Adrano watches Etna from a terrace of ancient lava: it was Adranon, founded by Dionysius's Greeks beside the sanctuary of the god Adranos, and keeps stretches of that era's walls. The Norman castle, a square keep built for Count Roger, houses the museum whose finds tell three thousand years of the Simeto valley.
On the river, the Saracen Bridge — a medieval arch over basalt gorges — is among Sicily's most scenographic ancient crossings. At Easter, the Diavolata has staged for centuries the contest of angels and demons: popular sacred theatre worth the journey into the less-trodden Etna on its own.
Near Adrano
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
