Mount Etna is located in the northeast of Sicily, Italy, about 30 kilometers north of Catania.

Mount Etna, 3520 meters above sea level. The main crater is 3323 meters above sea level and 500 meters in diameter, surrounded by more than 200 smaller volcanic cones.

Mount Etna is a huge shield volcano in the lower part and a 300-meter-high volcano in the upper part, with frequent activities, which is the volcano with the largest number of eruptions since records began in the world.

Mount Etna is full of pores of different sizes, with yellowish sulfur deposits beside the pores and several large cracks on the top of the mountain.

Mount Etna has been very active, with 202 1 erupting several times. Thousands of meters away from the volcano, you can still see the yellow gas and white smoke emitted by the volcano, accompanied by the explosion of steam eruption.

The fertile soil paved with volcanic ash from Mount Etna provides favorable conditions for local residents to produce. There are vineyards, olive orchards, citrus plantations and apple orchards under the volcano.

The most densely populated area in Sicily around the volcano. Mount Etna is 900~ 1980m above sea level, and there is a large forest, which provides a lot of wood for the local area. The area above the altitude of1980m is covered by volcanic sediments, with only sparse shrubs. And there is often snow on the top of the mountain.

The eruption of active volcanoes, snow-covered peaks, forests on hillsides and orchards under mountains have brought huge income to local tourism!