Mt Etna Walking Weekend

What makes this trip responsible?

On this trip, our accommodation for the first night is a small family-run hotel in Catania and eat in a locally-owned restaurant offering Sicilian specialties. We spend the following 2 nights in a comfortable mountain hut, with an on-site restaurant providing excellent food prepared with Sicilian fresh ingredients. The group’s activities have a low impact on the environment, and our operator rents all equipment locally. These aspects contribute to the continuation of the community itself, by creating jobs and offering career prospects to local people, who may otherwise be tempted to move to a larger town or city in search of employment. Most importantly, our local partner is an active member in “addiopizzo”, a grassroots organisation established by local businesses and private citizens who refuse to pay the “pizzo” – Mafia extortion money.