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Inspiring landscapes in Catania area

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Inspiring landscapes in Catania area

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Alcantara gorges and river

The name of this river means “the bridge” (al qantarah, in Arabic) and it divides the province of Catania from that of Messina. The Alcantara, where in the past the Arabs tried to breed...
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Argimusco and Malabotta forest

  A great and magic place. The best way to approach it is from Montalbano Elicona. Located between the Peloritani mountains and the Nebrodi mountains, the Malabotta wood (700 - 1300 m asl)...
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Dirillo (river and lake)

River of historic importance as it served as a way of communication between the coast and the hinterland, the ancient inhabitants of Sicily. Starting from the meeting of the Amerillo and the Vizzini...
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Etna

This report was almost entirely realized taking inspiration from Giovanni Vallone's award-winning book "Guida dell'Etna"   The Queen of Sicily who with her 3330 m. represents...
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Fiumefreddo river

        At one time, and from a very wide river bed, this river was born of the source called Quadare (a small distance from the coast) that is, Caldare, which bubbles up...
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Isola Bella

The stunning Isola Bella is a small island below Taormina. It was a private property owned by Lady Florence Trevelyan, the wife of the Mayor of Taormina, and a descendats of the English Royal...
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Lachea island

        Near the fishing village of Acitrezza, about 200 meters from the shore, there are these spectacular rocks (Islands of the Cyclops) that legend has it were the put there...
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Lauro mountain

It is the highest peak of the Iblean mountains, reaching to 986 meters above sea level. The name is derived from the Latin, Laurus ‘laurel’, because in the the past there were many of this tree...
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Lava Museum - Butterflies' house

Nella stessa area ricadono questi due piccoli musei. Siamo attorno alle pendici di un vulcano spento, il monte Serra. Il museo della lava è un centro espositivo permanente sul vulcanesimo e sulle...
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Nebrodi mountain range: forest and road

It is a wonderful walk that wounds the Nebrodi to the heart. 70 kilometers of woods, lakes, landscapes, uncontaminated nature. This marvelous route can be divided into 3 main parts (each of which...
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Ossena river

A beautiful place made magnificent by waterfalls and canyons that meet in the rich vegetation and are active all year around, even during periods of severe drought. The recommended route (which runs...
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San Gregorio caves

    Eight lava caves, almost in the center of town, itself in a lava field. In length they reach about 1.5 kilometers. Today inhabited by bats, in the past the housed people (Bronze...
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Santo Pietro forest (Natural Reserve)

      From the 19th century romantic town of Santo Pietro (that has fascist architecture from the early 1900s), kind of a ghost town now, comes the name of this forest from ancient...
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Simeto river

The reserve is located on the plane of Catania, along the mouth of the Simeto River, the longest Sicilian River in scope and watershed area. It originates in the Nebrodi mountains and flows into the...
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Simeto's lava canyons

37°41'39.60"N   14°48'34.15"E    SP 94 Crossroads to the Saraceni Bridge (1 km farther)    These gorges are gorges that have been formed by...
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Timpa of Acireale (Natural Reserve)

A vast promontory created by repeated volcanic eruptions in various time periods, that fall to the Ionian Sea with steep, vertical walls.  La Timpa is in good part inaccessable and impervious. From...
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Veneretta mountain

  It’s the highest point (884 meters) of the natural staircase that from the sea of Giardini Naxos, trough Taormina and Castelmola reaches the hinterland of this...