TOURIST EXCURSIONS

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ETNA TOURIST EXCURSIONS

HALF DAY

1) ETNA TOUR MORNING:

Meet your Siculì guide (certified hiking guide) at 8:00am in his Jeep to start your adventure with 5 steps to see, feel, and understand "what is Etna". From how a volcano works, how it destroys and builds, and most importantly: how people, animals, and plants live around it. You'll visit an old crater, a cave, an inactive lava flow tube, free tasting of local products and much more, starting from the base up to 2000 mt.

You'll return around 13:30 approx.
Equipment: closed-toe sports shoes, jacket (These may be available if you don't have them, just ask!)
Pick up and Drop Off free from Catania or Trecastagni or depending on location of your hotel.

Meeting point are 2:
-8:00 Catania , piazza Federico di Svevia, close to the small kiosk bar in front of the Ursino castle.
-9:00 Trecastagni, Piazza Sant'Alfio
Price:
- 60€ per person (minimum 2 pax)

- 50€ per person (minimum 3 pax) "Group of maximum 6 persons"
- 280€ for private tour

*SINCE JULY YOU CAN CHOICE: ETNA SUNRISE TOUR, ETNA MORNING TOUR OR ETNA SUNSET TOUR

2) ETNA HIKING:

An easy hike to walk on the lava stone, to reach the summit of off craters , to enjoy scents, landscapes and to feel the power of Etna looking at Catania and the seacoast from its amazing volcanic slopes.

You'll return around 13:30 approx.

Equipment: hiking boots, jacket, walking sticks (These may be available if you don't have them, just ask!)
Pick up and Drop Off free from Catania or Trecastagni or depending on location of your hotel.

Meeting point are 2:
-8:00 Catania , piazza Federico di Svevia, close to the small kiosk bar in front of the Ursino castle.
-9:00 Trecastagni, Piazza Sant'Alfio
Price: Basic price 60€ per person (minimum 2 pax) - 50€ per person (minimum 3 pax)

3) ETNA HIKING + FUNICULAR :

Starting from the cable car, we will reach an altitude of 2500 meters. From here we will start slightly uphill towards the extinct crater formed in 2001, Mount Escrivà. We will climb its steep slope to reach the top, enjoy the view, take pictures, look inside the crater and walk along the edge of the crater and then descend back to the base.
We will resume the path this time in the direction of the April 2017 lava flow.
We will take a few steps on these lava rocks to better understand the shape and the elements. We begin our descent.
First we will stop at ponoramic point to admire the vastness of the Valle del Bove, then continuing we will see a sinking crater (pit crater), La Cisternazza, and to close our tour we will pass by the east side of Monte Escrivà, crossing a wide area full of volcanic bombs.
Last descent to return to the cable car and then to the car to descend to a height of 1700mt and visit a lava cave along the road to Zafferana.

Price: Basic price + 30€ funicular ticket

4) ETNA HIKING + FUNICULAR + OFFROAD BUS:

Starting from the cable car, we will reach an altitude of 2500 meters. From here we will take an offroad bus that will take us up to 2920mt. Once off we will follow the group led by a volcanological guide. We will do the tour (approx. 45 min) of the crater formed in 2002, Mount Barbagallo , we will enjoy the wonderful panorama, photos and then we return to the bus again to descend back to the cable car and from there to the cars.
We will then move up to 1700 meters to visit a lava cave along the road to Zafferana.

Price: Basic price + 65€ funicular+bus+vulcanological guide ticket

FULL DAY

5) ETNA TOUR AND WINE:

Meet your Siculì guide (certified hiking guide) at 8:00am in his Jeep to start your adventure with 5 steps to see, feel, and understand "what is Etna". From how a volcano works, how it destroys and builds, and most importantly: how people, animals, and plants live around it. You'll visit an old crater, a cave, an inactive lava flow tube, free tasting of local product and much more, starting from the base up to 2000 mt.

Wine Tasting and lunch in a local Etna winery.

You'll return around 16:00 pm aprox.

Equipment: closed-toe sports shoes, jacket (These may be available if you don't have them, just ask!)

Pick up and Drop Off free from Catania or Trecastagni or depending on location of your hotel.

Meeting point are 2:
-8:00 Catania , piazza Federico di Svevia, close to the small kiosk bar in front of the Ursino castle.
-9:00 Trecastagni, Piazza Sant'Alfio
Price: 150€ per person (minimum 2 pax) - 120€ per person (minimum 3 pax) "Group of maximum 6 persons" - 450€ private tour

6) ETNA HIKING FULL DAY :

A perfect day for true mountain enthusiasts. A full day hike on the northem side of Etna, where nature is still wild, walking on the lava stone ground. A full day into the nature rounded by basalt stone, local flora and fauna, and plenty of breathtaking lookouts. We used to start from Rifugio Citelli (Mountain shelter) at 1740 mt , visit the cave of Serracozzo at 1850 mt with our helmets and lamps, and reach 2200 mt, Serracozzo's ridge: a beautiful panoramic point where you can admire the whole wide Valle del Bove (the big valley) and the north-eastern flank of Etna, with its smoking summit craters. After the lunch break, we'll continue our tour toward Monte Frumento delle Concazze (the biggest lateral off crater) and after the last up hill, we'll reach the summit of mount, totally covered by several kinds of lava bombs and then starting downhill to close our round path.

It's a medium-hard 7 km path, but we can decide together our comfortable hiking according to your physical condition.You'll return around 17:30 approx.Equipment: hiking boots, jacket, walking sticks (These may be available if you don't have them, just ask!)

Pick up and Drop Off free from Catania or Trecastagni or depending on location of your hotel.

LUNCH NOT INCLUDED

Meeting point are 2:
-8:00 Catania , piazza Federico di Svevia, close to the small kiosk bar in front of the Ursino castle.
-9:00 Trecastagni, Piazza Sant'Alfio

Price 100€ per person (minimum 2 pax) - 90€ per person (minimum 3 pax)