Etna and surroundings

Etna Experience Excursions: tours in jeeps and hiking on the Etna volcano
Etna and surroundings
- Etna and surroundings
Mount Etna (‘4Ľ· (Aítn) in Classical Greek, Aetna in Latin, also known as Muncibeddu (beautiful mountain) in Sicilian
and Mongibello in Italian (from the Latin mons and the Arabic gibel, both meaning mountain) is an active stratovolcano
on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. Its Arabic name was æabal an-Nr ("the Mountain of Fire").
According to Adrian Room’s book Placenames of the World, the name Etna is said to have originated from a Phoenician
word attuna meaning “furnace.” He dismisses the theory that Etna is from a Greek source meaning "I burn". It is the largest
active volcano in Europe,
currently standing 3,329 metres (10,922 ft) high, though this varies
with summit eruptions; the mountain is 21 m (69 ft) lower now than it
was in 1981. It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps.
Etna covers an area of 1,190 km² (460 sq mi) with a basal circumference
of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the
height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide in Tenerife surpasses it in the whole of the European
region. In Greek Mythology, the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus, the god of the sky.
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in
an almost constant state of activity. The fertile volcanic soils
support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards
spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of
Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby
population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations.
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La Giara
Bed and Breakfast
Viale della Regione, 12
Nicolosi
tel. 095 7919022
cell. 347 9025049
http://www.etnaexperience.com
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Perla
Dell'Etna
Bed and Breakfast
Via Roma, 210 Zafferana
Etnea
tel. 330 693057
La Vecchia Quercia
Bed and Breakfast
Via Archimede, 2 Pedara
tel. 095 919863
cell. 349 4933658
http://www.etnaexperience.com
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Villa Dagala
Bed and Breakfast
Via D. Galimberti, 152
Santa Venerina
cell. 340 4995876
La Rena
Rossa
Bed and Breakfast
Via Luigi Capuana, 6/A
Nicolosi
cell. 333 2196198
cell. 340 3397490
http://www.etnaexperience.com
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Casa
Del Ponte
Casa
Vacanze
Via Roma, 415 Zafferana Etnea
Tel. +390957082762
Cell. +393296149499
La Ginestra dell'Etna
Bed and Breakfast
Via Delle Ginestre,
27/D
Zafferana Etnea
tel. 095 7081302
cell. 340 1837748
http://www.etnaexperience.com
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