View of Mount Etna – Lava Flows of Mount Etna loop from Monte Vetore

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View of Mount Etna – Lava Flows of Mount Etna loop from Monte Vetore

Easy

4.8

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View of Mount Etna – Lava Flows of Mount Etna loop from Monte Vetore

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2.68km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 29, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parco dell'Etna

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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198 m

View of Mount Etna

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great walk to enjoy the sight of Mount Etna while walking the children in nature.

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405 m

Really impressive to see these forces of nature so close. And thus to see the cycle of nature directly: the lava destroys and at the same time brings new life again. Really very, very impressive this area!

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737 m

19th-Century Shepherd's Shelter in Parco dell'Etna

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Lt. According to our guide Iorge, it is not a replica of an original shelter. The circular path that leads past here was created for an "educational purpose". On the …

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1.08 km

View of the Horizon from Rifugio Santa Barbara

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1.22 km

Rifugio Santa Barbara

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The Santa Barbara refuge is located in the Etna Park, immersed in a suggestive landscape of woods and lava flows. Recently renovated, it has a fireplace with a wood reserve …

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2.59 km

Tree-Like Broom Shrubs in Parco dell'Etna

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The subsoil, which consists of cooled lava, is populated by gorse. The exciting thing about this plant is below (although it is very impressive that a bush grows like a …

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2.68 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.99 km

673 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.54 km

125 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,820 m)

Lowest point (1,740 m)

Weather

Friday 16 October

13°C

2°C

39 %

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Max wind speed: 3.0 km/h

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Comments

April 4, 2024,Wanderung am Ätna – Rauchkringel zur Begrüßung in Ragalna

What a beautiful coincidence. On the day of the (short) hike, Etna was spitting out "circles". Usually only known to smokers, this is a great spectacle in nature

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