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An Etna tour with a chef

Craters, lava flows, butterflies ... and a gorgeous lunch

An Etna tour with a chef

Etna, Catania, Mediterranean sea: the magic of Sicily
Etna, Catania, Mediterranean sea: the magic of Sicily
Let's begin: 9.30 in the morning, this family is ready to enjoy Etna volcano
Let's begin: 9.30 in the morning, this family is ready to enjoy Etna volcano
11 a.m.: visiting the inactive Silvestri craters
11 a.m.: visiting the inactive Silvestri craters
The Russian top model Alena Vodonaeva and her husband at 3.000 meters: Alena, maybe that is not the best dress to wear!
The Russian top model Alena Vodonaeva and her husband at 3.000 meters: Alena, maybe that is not the best dress to wear!
The writer Giovanni Vallone (one of the guides) was the first person to be authorized by the Etna Park to ascend the crater of the volcano with a motorcycle for a broadcasting project.
The writer Giovanni Vallone (one of the guides) was the first person to be authorized by the Etna Park to ascend the crater of the volcano with a motorcycle for a broadcasting project.
Over the horizons
Over the horizons
12 a.m.: it's time to visit the butterflies house
12 a.m.: it's time to visit the butterflies house
Children are happy with all these insects and butterflies!
Children are happy with all these insects and butterflies!
Still Alena: she is scared about that beatle!
Still Alena: she is scared about that beatle!
Butterflie house: what a strange insect!
Butterflie house: what a strange insect!
In the meantime our chef is cooking the meal
In the meantime our chef is cooking the meal
Today, pasta alla Norma
Today, pasta alla Norma
Buonissimo
Buonissimo
French group
French group
The power of the volcano
The power of the volcano
15 pm: after lunch we are rady to walk inside a forest
15 pm: after lunch we are rady to walk inside a forest
The top seen from the forest during the walking
The top seen from the forest during the walking
Our guide in the middle of the forest!
Our guide in the middle of the forest!
What a sort of terrific experience!
What a sort of terrific experience!
"Etna", the fox of the Cubania forest
"Etna", the fox of the Cubania forest
We wish you to enjoy this during your stay
We wish you to enjoy this during your stay
16 p.m: inside a lava cave
16 p.m: inside a lava cave
One of the 300 hundred caves around Etna park
One of the 300 hundred caves around Etna park
Will Etna destroyed this town? Ah ah ah ...
Will Etna destroyed this town? Ah ah ah ...
The tour is finished: se you next year
The tour is finished: se you next year
Ezio Mongiovì, our guide
Ezio Mongiovì, our guide
Natalia Marta Guziuk, our guide
Natalia Marta Guziuk, our guide
Sreekumar Chandrasekharan and his family
Our Etna journey
The "troppo buono" lunch during the Etna tour

SUPERIOR, EXCLUSIVE, ACCOMPANIED TOUR! For yourselves without any other participants

 

 

The magic of Etna and the cooking of a Sicilian chef: welcome to the most popular tour of Sicily!

We bring you to the highest volcano in Europe, at 2000 meters a.s.l., among caves, forests, inactive craters, lava grounds and then enjoy an unforgettable and refined Sicilian lunch prepared just for you by a housewife at her private home!

 

 

 

 

Let's reveal the scheduling:

 

 

h.09,00. What a great day is waiting for you!  We'll meet in Viagrande (or pick-up at your accommodation) with our guide and departure towards 2000 meters a.s.l., through the Marenevefuoco road (Seasnowfire road).

 

 

 

 

 

We'll visit and walk inactive craters, lava flows of the past, and we'll see also some house destroyed and submerged by the lava flow!

 

Our guide will tell you everything about the highest volcano in Europe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At about noon we'll visit the Butterflies' House (if it's available) a museum of alive insects coming from all over the world, located inside an inactive crater (Monte Serra in Viagrande).

Adults and child you will be amazed!

Etna and butterflies will make you hungry and now we are ready for the great moment of the tour...

 

 

 

 

 

... a typical Sicilian lunch prepared exclusively for you, by a Sicilian chef at her home, in the only table of the room set for your group!

This is an absolutely exclusive moment highly appreciated by our guests.

Pasta alla Norma, Swordfish, tomatoes salade, cannoli ... are coming!

 

 

 

 

P.S.: YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE THE LUNCH AT HOME WITH A WINE TASTING IN A WINERY WITH LUNCH. SEE MORE AT: ETNA TOUR WITH WINE TASTING

 

 

Lunch is over, belly is full so now it's time to digest. What better than a walk inside an Etna forest?

Suggest the guide the excursion that suits better for you in terms of duration and lenght.

In any case we'll reach a spot from where enjoy the view of the Bove Valley, one of the greatest postcard of Etna.

It's an immense and deep valley covered by lava flows of all times, scattered with craters of the past and with the Ionian sea acting as an exceptional backdrop for this extraordinary landscape.

 

 

 

We are pretty much at the end of this unforgettable day.

It's time to visit one of the 300 hundred caves scattered all around the Etna park.

Let's wear the helmet and go in!

And, if we stll have time, we'll visit the 100 horses chestnut tree, the biggest chestnut in the world!

 

p.s.:scheduling could change according the weather

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natalia Marta Guziuk, our guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ezio Mongiovì, our guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PRICES
Please Note: Taking into consideration the experience at the Butterflies house, the private exclusive meal tailored exclusively for your private group we have calculated the booking and experience made exclusively for your group, this is the most cost effective price in the market .

for 2 persons, € 150 per person

from 3 persons, € 120 per person

from 6 persons, € 95 per person

half price for children

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Recommended equipment: Trekking shoes (or similars) are recommended. For clothing the guide will advise you according to the season.

 

 

This (as well as the other MammaSicily tours) is a Taylor Made Tour: it is made exclusively for a single reservation and does not provide for the participation of other people. In short: if you book it, it will be just you. Exclusive!

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WHO PLANNED THIS EXPERIENCE? The writer Giovanni Vallone (winner of the Gambrinus Prize for his book Guide to Etna) President of the Cultural Department of Splendid Sicily the greatest audio-video museum of Sicilia.

HIGHLIGHTS: The price is exceptional considering that is the same price you can find everywhere but without the Butterflies' house, the reservation just for your group and, above all, the refined lunch you will enjoy with.

WHAT A CHILD THINKS ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE: "The funniest things I did in Sicily"

 

 

 

 

If you would like to know more, please fill the form on  the right top of the page or send an email at mammasicily@mammasicily.com or send a WhatsApp text or a call at +39 3475913083

 

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