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Europe » Italy » Sicily » Zafferana Etnea May 22nd 2017

Geo: 37.6905, 15.1051Our final stop, in the foothills of Mt Etna. Luckily for us, no sign of any volcanic activity since the last eruption in March 2017.Our accommodation was just beautiful, completely designed, built and operated by the Petralia family. The delightful and helpful Sara on front of house, her mum and sister cooking and her father organising the garden and further extensions. I certainly could have stayed longer here, so very relaxing.Checked out Mt Etna, 12kms of wonderful switchbacks up to the carpark. Pretty desolate and black... lots of old lava flows and on the cable car that takes you up to 2,500m you can see the craters from previous eruptions.We had planned to do a day trip to the well known coastal town of Taormina.... but the impending G7 summit put a stop to ... read more
Mt. Etna
Zafferana Etnea
Old craters




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