{"id":8153,"date":"2024-04-24T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/?p=8153"},"modified":"2024-06-26T13:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:02:25","slug":"randazzo-discover-the-village-at-the-foot-of-etna-in-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/randazzo-discover-the-village-at-the-foot-of-etna-in-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"Randazzo: discover the village at the foot of Etna in Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>At the base of Mt.Etna, on the northern slope, raises the medieval village of Randazzo<\/strong> which looks like a real treasure set among a few crests around the volcano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here time seems to be standing still by upholding traces of a thousand-year history and its roots as far back as the 6th century BC, thus making it one of the oldest inhabited sites in Sicily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randazzo has always been playing a pivotal role as the gateway to Sicily since long time thank to its strategic position for the most important shipping lanes. Randazzo has also granted the title of &#8220;City of 100 Churches&#8221;, an epitome of both culture and religion wealth which have characterized its history. Many of these churches, testimonies of a glorious heritage, still standing out in the urban landscape, cradling tales and legends within their ancient lava stone walls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What to see in Randazzo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randazzo is not just an open-air museum of its own history but a true uncontaminated nature surrounded by three magnificent protected areas: the Etna Park, declared as world heritage site by UNESCO, offers breathtaking volcanic landscapes and endless adventures for nature and hiking lovers, the Nebrodi Park, a vast and wild nature reserve, enchanting with its woods and the breathtaking high panoramic views to end with Alcantara River Park, a hidden gem of gorges carved into the rock by the river that bears its name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randazzo boasts a prime position just 35 minutes away from the splendor of the crystalline sea and the timeless charme and elegance of Taormina to offer a unique experience that blends history, culture and nature in such harmonious union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the base of Mt.Etna, on the northern slope, raises the medieval village of Randazzo which looks like a real treasure set among a few crests around the volcano. Here time seems to be standing still by upholding traces of a thousand-year history and its roots as far back as the 6th century BC, thus<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/randazzo-discover-the-village-at-the-foot-of-etna-in-sicily\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":7989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massimolentsch.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}