Honeymoon Sicily | Mount Etna

Mount Etna is an active strato volcano on the east coast of Sicily close to Messina and Catania.

It is the tallest active volcano in Europe 3,329 metres high although this varies with summit eruptions.The mountain is 21m higher than it was in 1981.The base of Etna covers an area of 140 kilometers in circumference. It is also the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps.

This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, 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-North African region.

In Greek Mythology, the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus, the god of the sky and the ovens of Hephaestus were said to be also located underneath it.

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 famous family vineyards, orchards and many small towns spread across the lower slopes of the mountain benefiting from her magic