This is a small structure that can sleep up to 10 people. It is located at the bottom of Monte Manfré, a lateral cone, at 1460 metres, covered in woods of chestnut trees, hazels and oaks, and featuring a deep cleft in its steep sides. It is crossed by the Trail 786, which starts in…
Located at 1910 metres, this is a hotel converted from a barracks, known as “Capanna Montagnola”, built by the Voluntary Militia for National Security (Blackshirts) and left unfinished with the outbreak of the second World War. With the fall of Fascism, the facility was given to the Catania section of the CAI, which completed it…
Before it was bought by the State Forestry Agency, it was known as Case Pappalardo, named for the last owner of the houses, which were built to serve the lumber business carried out there. They are located at 1219 metres and are one of the two natural access points to the middle area of Etna,…
The rural complex of Case Bevacqua is a large group of houses, sheds and production facilities at an altitude of 1013 metres. The story of this structure reflects the story of Etna’s whole eastern slope, prevalently used to grow wine since the first decades of the 19th century. An inscription on the keystone of the…
This is a long, sun-kissed hamlet at an altitude of 1077 metres in the municipality of Adrano, which in the past was dedicated to such agriculture as was possible at such a height and which suffered the snow in winter. It is also a starting point for Trail 708, which leads up to an area…
Built for Prof. Salvatore Citelli on the edge of Monte Concazze in 1935, on an area made available by Cav. Paternò del Toscano. The refuge and the land were donated to Catania Section of the CAI (Italian Mountaineering Club). It is located at 1741 metres and can be reached via an asphalt road, while until…
A hospitality structure, at 905 metres, created by Parco dell’Etna after purchasing a building used for some years as storage and accommodation by farmers working the surrounding land. It is a short distance from Monte Cicirello, a small volcanic cone with summit at 1098 metres. From Casa della Capinera, you can take trails 740 and…
From the village of Maletto, it is possible to access the middle area of the volcano, on a road that can be travelled using a private vehicle, which must be left alongside Monte La Nave, the start of Trail 713. The barracks is located along the trail, a short way from the Altomontana Path and…
Piano dei Grilli is the Base Point for Hike no. 6 in Parco dell’Etna. It can be reached directly from the town of Bronte, using a road paved in lava rock, which ends in a gate that marks the beginning of the state property where motorised vehicles are prohibited. The area in front of the…
This is the best known of the bivouacs owned by the State Forestry Agency and located in sequence along the 38 km of the Altomontana Path, which can be reached in an hour-and-a-half’s walk from Piano Vetore. It is located at 1878 metres and is always open so that it can be used by excursionists,…