Strada Dell Etna

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18.5 km

Length

+1,178 m

Ascent

−19 m

Descent

1,914 m

Highest point

Hairpins

12.5%

Max gradient

0h 25min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 1,914 m

6 °C partlycloudy

wind 3 m/s · clouds 67%

At the start

14 °C partlycloudy

wind 4 m/s · clouds 57%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	4 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	3 m/s	partlycloudy
Friday 23 Oct	4 °C	11 °C	0.3 mm	3 m/s	partlycloudy
Saturday 24 Oct	3 °C	11 °C	0.9 mm	4 m/s	lightrain

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 6:48 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: High mountain road
Surface: asphalt 99%

18.5 km · 7 hairpins · 1,914 m

Elevation profile

What does Strada Dell Etna look like?

Sicily Mount Etna 09 · Ad Meskens You are free to use this picture for any purpose as long as you credit its author, Ad Meskens. Example: © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons If you use this work outside of the Wikimedia projects, a message or a copy is very much appreciated. This · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mont Etna - panoramio · trolvag · CC BY-SA 3.0

Belpasso, Catania, Sicily, Italy - panoramio · trolvag · CC BY-SA 3.0

Ätna – unter der Lava versunkene Kapelle - panoramio · Edgar El · CC BY 3.0

Ätna – versunkenes Haus an der Straße zum Ätna - panoramio (1) · giggel · CC BY 3.0

ISS064-E-38869 - View of Sicily · Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domain

Nicolosi - Biblioteca Comunale Cristoforo Cuscunà - 2024-09-01 21-43-30 001 · Auregann · CC BY-SA 4.0

Chiesa dello Spirito Santo (1) · Auregann · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Ragala

37.61892, 15.02317

Finish

Nicolosi

37.69995, 14.99892

Along the road

Restaurants and cafés

Oro dell'Etna 0.0 km · 744 m

Ristorante Decò 0.0 km · 744 m

Punto ICS 0.0 km · 744 m

La Baita di Rosemary 0.0 km · 744 m

Papaveri e Papere 0.0 km · 744 m

Etna 0.0 km · 744 m

Il Gorilla 0.0 km · 744 m

I Compari 0.0 km · 744 m

Pudamuri 0.0 km · 746 m

Scorzonera 0.1 km · 749 m

Antico Orto dei Limoni 0.2 km · 753 m

7+ 0.2 km · 753 m

13 more

Parking

Giuseppe Bruno 0.0 km · 744 m

Piazzale Rifugio Sapienza 18.4 km · 1,909 m

Piazzale Funivia 18.5 km · 1,905 m

27 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 18.5 km.

Toilets

5 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 18.5 km.

Mountain huts

Rifugio di Monte Manfrè 10.3 km · 1,413 m

Rifugio Forestale Monte Vetore 15.5 km · 1,751 m

Viewpoints

Monte Vetore 15.6 km · 1,759 m

5 unnamed places along the road, from 11.8 km to 17.7 km.

EV chargers

Enel Way 18.5 km · 1,904 m