Etna Alcantara tour: the majestic lava landscape in Messina
Etna Alcantara tour: the majestic lava landscape
private tour
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USD 196.82
semi private (min 8 -max 16)
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USD 166.54
Etna Alcantara tour: the majestic lava landscape
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USD 116.06
Highlights
Etna Alcantara tour is the experience to discover two totally different types of lava landscapes. The first part of the day will take you to the northern side of Mt. Etna at 6500 ft above sea level. Here you will learn about the stages that led to the origin of Mt. Etna and the different types of volcanic activities all hiking up to the edge of some of the extinct craters formed by the eruption of 2002.
In the second part of the Etna Alcantara tour, you will visit the Alcantara Valley where the Alcantara river has shaped the famous lava canyon formed by prehistoric lava flows of Mount Etna. Here you can decide whether to visit the most known area which is the Alcantara Gorges or to hike along the river banks up to the Gurne of Alcantara
Itinerary
La Madonnina del Porto(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe stele was raised by the will of Archbishop Angelo PainoFontana di Nettuno(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe fountain of Neptune is the second fountain created in Messina by Giovanni Angelo MontorsoliChiesa di S. Francesco all'Immacolata(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeIt is an impressive temple, the second in size for the churches of MessinaPiano Provenzana(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeNorther part of Etna VolcanoAlcantara River Park
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Includedthe Alcantara river Park, established in 2001, is a protected area the cold Alcantara river originates in the Nebrodi Mountains and flows into the middle of a spectacular lava canyon. In the Alcantara area became a River Park.Mount Etna
2 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeIs the highest active volcano in Europe with it 10.900 ft. The newest mountain of Sicily, it started its eruptions 500.000 years ago and since then has never stopped!
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DISCOVER MESSINA SICILY