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Trekking on Mt Etna

by 1wetdiver 25 August 2011

This is to post my wonderful experience of going up Mt Etna in July. We stayed at Hotel Rubens Bed & Breakfast in Catania near enough…
RE: Up Mt Etna

by lucapal 15 April 2011

I haven't been there since they rebuilt it,but AFAIK there is a bus from Catania as you say (5 € return)....then you can go up and down…
Up Mt Etna

by 1wetdiver 15 April 2011

I would like to go up Mt Etna in July and would like some current information on the viability of taking the 0815 bus from Catania to…
Re: buses in Sicily, especially from Catania

by taranaki_chick 27 September 2009

Hi there. It has been a couple of years now but when I was in Catania I just went to the bus area outside of the train station and was…
RE: Climbing Mt Etna (from the North)

by seaneendubh 03 July 2009

What do you mean by "climbing" Mt Etna? For one thing, AFAIK the zone near the craters is closed and you're required to go on a guided…
Climbing Mt Etna (from the North)

by rin181 01 July 2009

Hi, I will be in August on Sicily and want to climb Mt Etna. I have a rental car so I can start from "everywhere". What would you recommend…
RE: Sicily Schedule: Feedback appreciated

by ling816 15 May 2008

Buses in Sicily run wonderfully well. So always choose buses instead of train. I personally prefer Catania better than Palermo which is…
Mt. Etna

by taranaki_chick 13 August 2007

There are public buses that go up Mt Etna to the snow line from Catania. Up in the mid morning and back in the mid afternoon. They go…
Sicily August

by taranaki_chick 04 July 2007

There is a hostel in the lovely small town of Nikolosi up on the slopes of Mt Etna.....local bus from Catania to get to it. Can also…
Mt Etna Tours

by karlhoh 01 July 2007

#4. From where does this local bus service leave? Somewhere in Catania? Nicolosi? Somewhere else? I'll be there in a few weeks and this…
Mt Etna Tours

by seaneendubh 28 June 2007

You could try the local bus service which will get you to rifugio sapenzia, from whence you can go for a walk or get the cable car up…
Mt Etna Tours

by lindyneill 27 June 2007

for tour contact Catania tourismo office.there is a train ..FERROVIA CIRCUMETNA around the base which is a great trip from Borgo station…
Sicily Advice!

by lindyneill 08 June 2007

forget about the bloddy mafia..sicily is wonderful.in catania there are lots hotels and cheap places..look in LP SICILY under CAtania..accom…
Sicily Advice!

by taranaki_chick 05 June 2007

About half an hour on the bus from Catania is a youth hostel in the little town of Nicolosi up on the slopes of Mt Etna and it is the…
Sicily and Malta

by seaneendubh 02 June 2007

How are you getting around? There are a lot of bus services so it shouldn't be too hard, the guides should fill you in.

To hike…