LINGUAGLOSSA, municipality of Parco dell?Etna, is located on the northern-east slope of Mount Etna at an altitude of 550 metres above sea level. It is easy to reach from the A18 motorway, exit Fiumefreddo, through the road S.S. 120 in the direction of Randazzo. Thanks to its position, half way from the sea and the mountain, it is the perfect place for every kind of tourist trip, both for its natural features and its cultural ones. At about 10 km there is Pineta Ragabo, the widest coniferous forest in the south of Europe, where in the spring and in the autumn you can go through several natural paths (also lava caves), either walking, cycling, quad biking, riding a horse or with off road jeeps up to the top of the volcano, while in the winter you can ski at Piano Provenzana tourist resort. At about 15 km there are the wide and golden beaches of Giardini Naxos and Taormina, enchanting places to enjoy the wonderful sea and the sun of Sicily, to go on boat trips and also diving, or just to visit interesting archaeological areas and museums. Also within a short distance from Linguaglossa, at about 18 km, on the Ionic Coast, there is the tourist port of Riposto, the Cyclopes Riviera, with its interesting nature reserve of the Island of Lachea, and the cities of Acireale and Catania.