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SICILY -Bikes, Wine and Sea: Enjoy an Enogastronomic tour through Sicily.

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(Italiano) Bike&Wine è un tour in mtb tra Agrigento e Trapani , gran parte su sterrati, che consente di visitare alcune delle più importanti cantine e di degustarne i vini.

 

  • 8 giorni/7 notti
  • Data: ON DEMAND
  •  GRADO DIFFICOLTÀ
  • PERCORSO KM: Km 220
  • DISLIVELLO TOTALE: 4500 mt

A food and wine tour between the cellars of the Agrigento and Trapani area

By bicycle you will visit the most beautiful places on the coast between Agrigento and Trapani: the Valley of the Temples, Scala dei Turchi, the Valley of Sosio, Eraclea Minoa, Selinunte, Sciacca, the Saline di MArsala, Erice, San Vito lo Capo, Scopello, the Tonnara di Bonagia and much, much more … 

We will visit many wineries that we will meet along the itinerary: from Cantine Vinicole Rizzuto Guccione di Montallegro to the famous Planeta di Menfi. And then the Cantine Florio in Marsala. In some wineries it will also be possible to stay overnight and in all of them the best Sicilian wines will be tasted.

A Tour immersed in the Sicily of Traditions with the best that the Sicilian table offers, in the immense and oldest wood of Sicily in the Sosio Reserve and in the Mediterranean Sea with its splendid white coasts of the WWF Reserve of Torre Salsa and Scala dei Turchi.

The stay takes place in the accommodation facilities of the selected wineries and farmhouses. The dinners will all be based on traditional and often organic foods.

Day 1 • Agrigento. Transfer from the airport to Agrigento.

Free time to dine in a restaurant in the city and overnight stay in the city.

 

Day 2 • Agrigento

Relaxing day to get to know your bike, Meet your guide and enjoy the weather. Stroll through the wonderful valleys of the temples and the inner city. From the race to the Scala dei Turchi to admire the sunset from one of the wonderful places of Unesco. Overnight in Scala dei Turchi, 25 Km.

 

Day 3 • Agrigento – Montallegro

Via the old Porto Empedocle-Castelvetrano railway and after cycling the Torre Salsa WWF Reserve on the splendid coast of Scala, you reach the village of Montallegro. Overnight in an old aristocratic house next to the family winery. End of the first stage 55 km

 

Day 4 • Montallegro – Eraclea Minoa – Sciacca

We are in one of the stretches of coast where history is mixed with myth: Eraclea Minoa. Here Daedalus put his wings on the run from Minos who found him dead. (Once the name Eraclea Minoa). Always on the paths of the old railway along the reserve at the mouth of the Platani and along the dirt road along the sea before it reaches the town of Ribera, famous for its oranges, then following and occasionally crossing the Sosio river and riding The sand will arrive in the country of Sciacca. Accommodation in the city center after a visit to a local winery.

End of the second step 31 Km ascent 650 m.

 

Day 5 • Sciacca – Sambuca di Sicilia

Short transfer from Sciacca to Burgio. This stage will take to cross the Sosio Valley. From Local where we entered directly into the valley and proceed at high altitude, surrounded by woods and beautiful dirt roads, until we reach the village of San Carlo from where the railway descent that reaches the village of Sambuca di Sicilia where we stay for the night and visit of the famous Planeta winery.

End of the third phase: approx. 28 km

 

Day 6 • Sambuca di Sicilia – Segesta

Transfer from Sambuca to Santa Ninfa. This stage is a journey through the history of Italy and that of ancient Sicily, in the footsteps of Garibaldi (Calatafimi) and the testimonies of Segesta, city of Elime origin. Through uninhabited gravel roads and railways, with some stretches of asphalt, we arrive in the temple of Segesta from an unusual passage with a beautiful view. It will pass through places that have seen the Thousand Garibaldi.

Overnight near the temple of Segesta in an exclusive farmhouse.

End of the fourth stage; Km. 45.

 

Day 7 • Segesta / Scopello

The arrival in the beautiful sea of ??Scopello, after climbing Mount Inici (long but regular) which will give us a wonderful descent with the incomparable spectacle of the Gulf of Castellammare (one of the most spectacular Sicilian coast).

40 km climbing trails 1200 mt. Overnight in a comfortable 4-star hotel in Castellamare.

 

Day 8 • Transfer to the airport

The Registration Fee Includes:

 

  • 7 nights with breakfast and dinner at the accommodation facilities
  • 7 days with a guide always in a group
  • Luggage transport
  • FIAB Authorized Guides
  • Half car always available
  • Mobile number for emergencies 24h
  • Maps, brochures and road book
  • GPS tracks of the routes
  • Insurance
  • Packed Lunch
  • Water and Riding Snacks
  • Transfer to and from Airport
  • Light workshop and mechanical assistance

 

Not included

 

  • Flights
  • Drinks at meals
  • Bike rental
  • Anything not mentioned in the item “The fee includes”.

 

Attention:

DISCOUNTS: for groups of 4 or more bikers (booking together)

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+ DESCRIPTION

A food and wine tour between the cellars of the Agrigento and Trapani area

By bicycle you will visit the most beautiful places on the coast between Agrigento and Trapani: the Valley of the Temples, Scala dei Turchi, the Valley of Sosio, Eraclea Minoa, Selinunte, Sciacca, the Saline di MArsala, Erice, San Vito lo Capo, Scopello, the Tonnara di Bonagia and much, much more … 

We will visit many wineries that we will meet along the itinerary: from Cantine Vinicole Rizzuto Guccione di Montallegro to the famous Planeta di Menfi. And then the Cantine Florio in Marsala. In some wineries it will also be possible to stay overnight and in all of them the best Sicilian wines will be tasted.

A Tour immersed in the Sicily of Traditions with the best that the Sicilian table offers, in the immense and oldest wood of Sicily in the Sosio Reserve and in the Mediterranean Sea with its splendid white coasts of the WWF Reserve of Torre Salsa and Scala dei Turchi.

The stay takes place in the accommodation facilities of the selected wineries and farmhouses. The dinners will all be based on traditional and often organic foods.

+ PROGRAM

Day 1 • Agrigento. Transfer from the airport to Agrigento.

Free time to dine in a restaurant in the city and overnight stay in the city.

 

Day 2 • Agrigento

Relaxing day to get to know your bike, Meet your guide and enjoy the weather. Stroll through the wonderful valleys of the temples and the inner city. From the race to the Scala dei Turchi to admire the sunset from one of the wonderful places of Unesco. Overnight in Scala dei Turchi, 25 Km.

 

Day 3 • Agrigento – Montallegro

Via the old Porto Empedocle-Castelvetrano railway and after cycling the Torre Salsa WWF Reserve on the splendid coast of Scala, you reach the village of Montallegro. Overnight in an old aristocratic house next to the family winery. End of the first stage 55 km

 

Day 4 • Montallegro – Eraclea Minoa – Sciacca

We are in one of the stretches of coast where history is mixed with myth: Eraclea Minoa. Here Daedalus put his wings on the run from Minos who found him dead. (Once the name Eraclea Minoa). Always on the paths of the old railway along the reserve at the mouth of the Platani and along the dirt road along the sea before it reaches the town of Ribera, famous for its oranges, then following and occasionally crossing the Sosio river and riding The sand will arrive in the country of Sciacca. Accommodation in the city center after a visit to a local winery.

End of the second step 31 Km ascent 650 m.

 

Day 5 • Sciacca – Sambuca di Sicilia

Short transfer from Sciacca to Burgio. This stage will take to cross the Sosio Valley. From Local where we entered directly into the valley and proceed at high altitude, surrounded by woods and beautiful dirt roads, until we reach the village of San Carlo from where the railway descent that reaches the village of Sambuca di Sicilia where we stay for the night and visit of the famous Planeta winery.

End of the third phase: approx. 28 km

 

Day 6 • Sambuca di Sicilia – Segesta

Transfer from Sambuca to Santa Ninfa. This stage is a journey through the history of Italy and that of ancient Sicily, in the footsteps of Garibaldi (Calatafimi) and the testimonies of Segesta, city of Elime origin. Through uninhabited gravel roads and railways, with some stretches of asphalt, we arrive in the temple of Segesta from an unusual passage with a beautiful view. It will pass through places that have seen the Thousand Garibaldi.

Overnight near the temple of Segesta in an exclusive farmhouse.

End of the fourth stage; Km. 45.

 

Day 7 • Segesta / Scopello

The arrival in the beautiful sea of ??Scopello, after climbing Mount Inici (long but regular) which will give us a wonderful descent with the incomparable spectacle of the Gulf of Castellammare (one of the most spectacular Sicilian coast).

40 km climbing trails 1200 mt. Overnight in a comfortable 4-star hotel in Castellamare.

 

Day 8 • Transfer to the airport

+ CONDITIONS E INFORMATION

The Registration Fee Includes:

 

  • 7 nights with breakfast and dinner at the accommodation facilities
  • 7 days with a guide always in a group
  • Luggage transport
  • FIAB Authorized Guides
  • Half car always available
  • Mobile number for emergencies 24h
  • Maps, brochures and road book
  • GPS tracks of the routes
  • Insurance
  • Packed Lunch
  • Water and Riding Snacks
  • Transfer to and from Airport
  • Light workshop and mechanical assistance

 

Not included

 

  • Flights
  • Drinks at meals
  • Bike rental
  • Anything not mentioned in the item “The fee includes”.

 

Attention:

DISCOUNTS: for groups of 4 or more bikers (booking together)

+ INFO FORM

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