With a competent guide, active volcano treks are both safe and worth the climb. Here are some of the biggest active volcanoes ...

Mount Etna erupts: All about Europe’s most active volcano Unlike many other volcanoes that remain dormant for years before they erupt, Etna remains in an almost constant state of unrest.

In 1669, in what has been considered the volcano’s worst known eruption, lava buried a swath of Catania, about 23 kilometers (15 miles) away and devastated dozens of villages.

READ: Mount Etna eruption closes Sicily’s troubled Catania airport Video showed tourists running along a path on the flank of the vast volcano with smoke billowing some distance in the ...

Italy's Mount Etna is erupting again. Stunning photos show the volcano sending ash into the sky and turning into a 'lava fountain.' Tourists trekking one of the most active volcanoes in Europe on ...

Up to 7,500 UK tourists flying to Sicily this month may face minor delays, especially those headed to Catania. About 5–10 per cent of UK tourists fly to Sicily in June, and of these, 1,250 ...

Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts on June 2, 2025. Photo by Giuseppe Distefano / AFP. Sicily's Mount Etna erupted on Monday, releasing a huge column of black smoke into the ...

The area of danger was confined to the summit of Etna, which was closed to tourists as a precaution, according to Stefano Branca, an INGV official in Catania. Sicily’s president, Renato Schifani ...

Etna is roughly 3,400m (11,165ft) high, and the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the volcanic tremors occurred near the volcano’s south-east crater, at a height of ...

“Mount Etna is erupting, look!” said Giorgio, a local hotel owner who explained the eruptions are regular and that Sicilians in the port city of Catania are now used to regular disturbances ...

Tourists flee as Mt Etna volcano erupts in Italy One of the world’s largest volcanoes has spectacularly erupted sending visitors fleeing off the mountainside as “lava bombs” landed.

Mount Etna, the active volcano atop the Italian island of Sicily has yet again started flaring up, with visuals of hot ash and lava cropping up on social media and latest news reports. Italy's ...