Going to the top of Etna volcano
About 20 km from Catania, Etna - the highest volcano in Europe - can be easly reached by car or public transportation. If you have a car is worth to stop in the small villages you get during the trip, such as Trecastagni or Zafferana Etnea (depending on the route you choose). Rifugio Sapienza can be reached in half an hour and from there you can walk (with or without a guide) or take the cable way to get the top. Moreover, in Rifugio Sapienza it's also possibel to rent a room.It's hard to describe what you can find on top of the volcano: certainly it depends on the weather. When I was there it was really windy, so the sky was perfectly blu but it was hard to walk and black dust was everywhere! Importantly...at more than 3.000 mt...it can be cold!!!
