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View of Mount Etna – Rifugio Santa Barbara loop from Monte Vetore

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View of Mount Etna – Rifugio Santa Barbara loop from Monte Vetore

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View of Mount Etna – Rifugio Santa Barbara loop from Monte Vetore

02:26

8.26km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

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Parco dell'Etna

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Parking

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198 m

View of Mount Etna

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great walk to enjoy the sight of Mount Etna while walking the children in nature.

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1.46 km

Rifugio Santa Barbara

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Santa Barbara refuge is located in the Etna Park, immersed in a suggestive landscape of woods and lava flows. Recently renovated, it has a fireplace with a wood reserve …

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2.13 km

Rifugio Carpentieri

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Rifugio Carpentieri, located in the Etna Park, offers a basic but functional bivouac, ideal for a stop during excursions. There is a woodshed available to those staying at the refuge.

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5.38 km

Shrine of San Giovanni Gualberto

Highlight • Religious Site

5.66 km

Chapel of Saint John Gualbert on the Altomontana Trail

Highlight • Religious Site

San Giovanni Gualberto (985 – 12 July 1073) was an Italian Tuscan monk, founder of the Vallombrosan Congregation. He is the protector of forest rangers, the chapel dedicated to him …

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6.64 km

View of Mount Etna

Highlight • Viewpoint

Shortly before the end of the hike, another beautiful view of Mount Etna and the cooled lava flows

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7.85 km

Really impressive to see these forces of nature so close. And thus to see the cycle of nature directly: the lava destroys and at the same time brings new life again. Really very, very impressive this area!

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8.17 km

Tree-Like Broom Shrubs in Parco dell'Etna

Highlight • Natural Monument

The subsoil, which consists of cooled lava, is populated by gorse. The exciting thing about this plant is below (although it is very impressive that a bush grows like a …

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8.26 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.26 km

1.97 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.10 km

1.21 km

950 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,820 m)

Lowest point (1,680 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

17°C

7°C

72 %

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View of Mount Etna – Rifugio Santa Barbara loop from Monte Vetore

View of Mount Etna

Rifugio Santa Barbara

Rifugio Carpentieri

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Chapel of Saint John Gualbert on the Altomontana Trail

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Lava Flows of Mount Etna

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