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Sapienza Hut – View of Mount Etna loop from Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza

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Italy
Sicily
Catania
Nicolosi

Sapienza Hut – View of Mount Etna loop from Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza

Hard

23

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Sapienza Hut – View of Mount Etna loop from Rifugio Giovannino Sapienza

01:25

6.59km

670m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 18, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parco dell'Etna

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Parking

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345 m

Sapienza Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Sapienza refuge is the starting point for climbing the crater of Etna, it is also a very famous place for road cycling, as it hosted the arrival of some stages of the Giro d'Italia.

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3.04 km

View of Mount Etna

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Mount Etna is a majestic sight. Its size, vastness, and natural power are hard to put into words. Truly impressive!

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3.74 km

Funivia dell'Etna Upper Station Refuge

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A small refuge at the arrival of the cable car.

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3.77 km

Piccolo Rifugio (Etna South)

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A fascinating piece of earth and you feel as a human being infinitely small and humble towards nature.
The jeep tour oh up is highly recommended.
Attention: If it is …

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6.08 km

Etna Cable Car Lower Station

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Done! That is, almost. You are at the valley station of the Funivia dell’Etna, the cable car that was rebuilt after the last violent eruption of the volcano and has …

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6.59 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

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3.68 km

1.75 km

722 m

289 m

115 m

Surfaces

3.68 km

1.05 km

924 m

739 m

165 m

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Tuesday 2 June

24°C

8°C

29 %

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