Mount Etna – largest active volcano in Europe | Sicily, Italy

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Mount Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe and the most frequently erupting volcano on Earth. It has been erupting for at least 500,000 years. In 2021 alone it erupted more than 50 times. The locals call it Mungibeddu in Sicilian, and they have learned to live with a mountain that could, at any […]

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Categories: Islands, Italy, Nature, Nature, Sicily, Volcanoes

Serra de Tramuntana – mountains, lakes, forests and snow on the island of Majorca | Spain

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The Serra de Tramuntana, running for 90 kilometres along the north-west coast of Majorca, is a UNESCO World heritage cultural landscape where dry-stone terraces climb impossible slopes, ancient olive trees with trunks a metre thick grow from rock, and a network of stone pathways dating back to the Arab occupation connects mountain villages that have […]

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Categories: Islands, Lakes, Mountains, Nature, Nature, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports