TOUR DESCRIPTION

• Departure at 8.45 am, followed by breakfast with some local products.
• The path, after a couple of Kilometers, will take us to the exact point where the 1971 lava came out from.
• After a strenuous climb characterized by expanses of Saponaria and Astragalus, we will finally reach a ridge. This point overlooks the largest open-air geological museum in Europe: the Valle del Bove.
• From here on, we will keep climbing the ridge until we get at 2150 m. Here we can rest, enjoy the magnificence of the view and have a lunch.
• We will descend along sandy canals characterized by the black of the lava ash and spontaneous vegetation of Spinosanto.
• We will get, then, at the base of the second largest extinct crater of the volcano, we will walk around it and descend along a sandy canal where the snow gets accumulated in winter
• After that, we’re going to head into the heart of the North-east side: the Betulla Aetnensis forest, undoubtedly the most historical and particular endemic plant of the Etna.
• We will then cross the eruptive vent of the monti Sartorius on a small path along their crests.
• The path of the return will take us to our starting point; we will be heading to the mountain shelter to get something to eat or drink

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MEETING POINT

📍 Piazza Lavinaio, 95025 Aci Sant’Antonio (CT)

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