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Mount Etna Birch Forest – Monti Sartorius loop from Monte Baracca

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Mount Etna Birch Forest – Monti Sartorius loop from Monte Baracca

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Mount Etna Birch Forest – Monti Sartorius loop from Monte Baracca

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3.58km

80m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 29, 2026

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Parco dell'Etna

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607 m

Mount Etna Birch Forest

Highlight • Forest

The play of colors is fantastic. The paths are easy to walk. However, the birch trees are increasingly suffering from the high temperatures. Many have a darker brownish bark.

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1.24 km

Volcanic Bombs of the Sartorius Craters

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The birches of Etna (birch aetnensis) is an arboreal plant endemic to Sicily present spontaneously only in the Etna area, on the north, north-east and north-west slopes of the volcano, …

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1.74 km

Wooden Figures at Parco dell'Etna

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Unfortunately, birch trees have to be felled again and again because of beetle infestations. Here, an imaginative use has been found for the cut wood in the form of life-sized figures.

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1.87 km

View of Mount Etna

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2.17 km

Monti Sartorius

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A whole network of beautiful hiking trails leads around and to the Monti Sartorius, ashes cone of a flank eruption of Etna 150 years ago. Great view down to the …

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2.49 km

Mount Etna viewpoint

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The viewpoint, which faces the sea, is the destination of most guided tours. Those who are a little more fit can reach even higher craters to the west, from which …

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2.58 km