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Sicily covers a vast and various territory, in particular the area of Linguaglossa and the northern slope of Etna offer remarkable and spectacular landscape.

Within a small area, we have Mount Etna on our doorstep, the beautiful Sicilian sea and the tourist area of Catania and a piece of paradise in Taormina.

How could you resist such an abundance of natural and architectural resources? We await you...

 
 
THE TERRITORY
ETNA'S HISTORY

“Smoking Etna, column in the sky, eternally fed by sparkling snow, whose fabric roars among the purest source of terrifying fire”. Dating from the V century, this verse by Pindaro express admiration and deep respect for the unfathomable natural phenomenon that is Mount Etna... More

LINGUAGLOSSA

According to the historian Filoteo degli Omodei, Linguaglossa was founded around the year 1100 by a group of Genoans and Lombards who arrived from Castiglione... More

FLORA

Vegetation around Etna is distributed over three different altitudes in strips or belts of vegetation based on the climatic and soil conditions... More

     
 
 

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