Mountain · Sicily
Mount Etna
Etna
Mount Etna is the active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, surrounded by the regional Etna Park.
Why go
Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano in eastern Sicily whose slopes lie in several comuni of the Metropolitan City of Catania. The Etna Park (Parco dell'Etna), set up by regional decree on 17 March 1987, protects the land around the volcano, and the park's UNESCO site says that 'Mount Etna' was inscribed on the World Heritage List on 21 June 2013, covering 19,237 hectares of the park's higher ground. The park's ordinances page says access to the summit areas is limited by mayors' ordinances issued according to current volcanic risk, which set the heights up to which free excursions are allowed or require a guide, and that visitors must carry safety equipment. This record is the volcano, not the park or the designation, and its map point is the summit, which stands for the mountain and is not a place XTOUR sends anyone.
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