Circumetnea Railway

Etna: the main event

Tripadvisor was the most helpful in providing info about this rail journey! And most of the journey is tourists doing it for themselves - ie the blind leading the blind, and succeeding! The timetable...

Circumetnea Timetable - does it exist?

Hoping to do a return ride from Riposto to Randazzo (and back) on the Circumetnea in early June. Struggling to find a readable recent timetable to work out our schedule. Can anyone help or give us an ...

One strange experience

Judging by social media this is not an easy experience as we confirmed recently. In winter months the train only circumnavigates Etna once or twice a day and usually terminates at two horse towns like...

Train with character

Unfortunately the windows of the train were very dirty, so we couldn't see the views! The first part of the journey was un tunnel a lot of the time. The train had to work hard to get up the mountain, ...

A Fun Train Ride Around A Volcano

This was a fun trip around the circumference of Etna. The views were nice, although I was hoping to be a little closer to the Volcano. Randazzo is a really cute little town. It was a bit challenging i...