Highlight • Volcano
Silvestri Craters
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Martin Donat
March 5, 2018
Mountain biking
At the valley station of the Etna, you will first pass this restaurant. This is open daily from 7 to 20 o'clock. As it is sometimes very cold up here (even if it's pleasantly warm downstairs), you may be happy about the wood-burning oven inside the restaurant, and coffee is always going on in Italy anyway. Directly behind the restaurant, a small path leads to a side crater of Etna. A quite impressive view awaits you here.
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•Daniel
March 10, 2019
Road cycling
The Silvestri Craters were created when Etna erupted in 1892 and stand as a gateway on both sides of the road to Rifugio Sapienza. Simple paths lead to the crater rims and the lower of the two craters can be viewed up close even with racing bike shoes.
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•Emanuele Milazzo
March 20, 2023
Road cycling
Make sure you have water and food because you won't find anything for almost 30 km.
Challenging route, you need to be trained, you go up for 30 km with very important slopes.
For the rest... Enjoy the view ;)
Challenging route, you need to be trained, you go up for 30 km with very important slopes.
For the rest... Enjoy the view ;)
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Best routes near Silvestri Craters
8
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17.7km
02:47
1,080m
1,080m
This difficult 11.0-mile mountain bike loop on Mount Etna features 3556 feet of climbing and panoramic views of volcanic craters and the Sic
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Elevation 1,900 m
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