GuardTrailsDay 8 of 10 · Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza, 20 km from Randazzo · Off-the-Beaten-Path Sicani & Hidden Baroque
Day 8 — Mount Etna North Slopes
An active day to your new base in Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza, 20 km from Randazzo, with 2 h 06 on the road.
Stage 6 · Randazzo · Italy
We sleep at Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza, 5.6 km away
day 8 1 night 2 h 06 on the road112 kmclimate cold
Interest of the place — nature 25. Based on: volcano; volcano reached from the stage (Etna).
- programme
- 5 h 30
- road
- 2 h 06
- Hiking the volcanic trails of Etna North from Piano ProvenzanaInterest nature 25★★★★★ · known in 115 languages — article “Etna”“Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.” — after Wikipedia5 h 30
To add if time allows: Searching for endemic reptiles and birds in the Alcantara park (3 h) · Visiting the Archaeological Museum of Randazzo (1 h 30)
Bad-weather option — something else that day — Strolling the dark lava-stone streets of medieval Randazzo
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On the way
Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.
Rifugio Sapienza
The main base camp area on the southern flank of the volcano, offering immediate access to crater paths.
90 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps
© photographed in 2014 by Edgar El — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
