On the route, the Val Calanna, and in particular the top of Monte Fior di Cosimo or Monte Zoccolaro, is the first point where we can observe a vast area of eastern Sicily.
For most of the year, the Val Calanna is covered by a yellow and green blanket of broom. You must take the chance to smell its fragrant yellow flowers.
The Val Calanna is an area where you can still find some Etna heritage apples, which are a little smaller than we are used to, but really tasty!
While moving through the flow of 1991-93, at the start of the Val Calanna, you will find completely smooth areas, as though they were artificially built roads: these are portions of “pahoehoe” lava, which in Hawaiian means “smooth, unbroken lava”.
The Val Calanna and, more generally, the Valle del Bove, are far from inhabited centres. By sitting somewhere comfortable, at some point you will hear an explosion from the summit craters!