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Mount Etna

Description: Sicily / Italy / 3,326 m

Newest Review: ... our assent, we drove through several villages including Etna itself. A somewhat run down looking place where house holders hadn't bothered to paint their homes and, unusual to elsewhere no plant pots adorned their steps, patios or balconies. I can only describe the place as grey, perhaps the residents had given up? "The Mountain" as the locals call it has installed a great feeling ... more

... of respect, mysticism and a love/hate relationship. Every eruption has ripped up cultivated land and farms. However, the minerals from the lava have made the soil extremely fertile, hence this is the greenest and most lush area of Sicily. We dro...more

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Mount Etna: Etna, where the views are lavaly! (952 words)
by - written on 04/10/07 (Very useful, 276 readings)
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A visit to Mount Etna has been on my "must see" list for years and so when hubby and I decided to take a two week break to Sicily last month, Etna was top of my list. Approaching Sicily by plane, the pilot announced that there was a terrific view of Etna for those sitting on the left-hand side. For once I had chosen the right side. There it was in all its glory, a fabulous sight in the Sicilian sunshine. I was awe struck. Etna is the largest volcano in Europe and the second largest in the world after Mount Fujiyama in Japan. We were based in the eastern towns of Milazzo for our first week and Taormina for our second. Etna dominates most of this ... Read the complete review

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