Etna South to North: Silvestri Craters, Organic Honey and Five Wines at Lunch

One day that crosses the volcano rather than sitting on one side of it. The climb goes up the southern slope, the lunch happens on the northern one. On the way up, the route crosses the lava flows of 1983 and 2002, with a stop to look at what they did close up. At 2,000 metres come the Silvestri Craters, opened by the 1892 eruption. You can walk the rim of the lower crater, or take the easy path up the slope of the higher one for the view from the top. The volcano ruins ground and then hands it back better than it was. That is what the second half of the day is about. At Zafferana Etnea the stop is a honey farm, where the organic production process gets shown and the tasting covers the honeys plus extra virgin olive oil, wine, liqueurs, olives and dried tomatoes. The last stop is a winery on the north side. After the cellar and the vineyard comes lunch: local products cooked to tradition, with five wines paired to the courses. Five wines is more than most Etna days pour, and it is the reason this one ends at a table rather than at a viewpoint.