Italy Bicycle

[Coast of Capo D'Orlando, North of Sicily - credit: grafosecondo]

N° Days: 4 days

Accomodation Suggestions

You can Book your accommodation in:

• Palermo
• Milazzo
• Maniace

Stages : You can choose to bike in 3 different places:

1. Sea places
2. Mountain places
3. North Etna Villages

1° Sea Places to Visit

• Gioiosa Marea
• Capo d’Orlando
• Messina
• Milazzo
  

[Gioiosa Marea - credit: * mario *]

Here the landscape is unique, You will enjoy the sea in front of the green hills of Messina and the farmhouses to taste local food.

[Lake in the Nebrodi Mounts - credit: eriol ]

2° Mountain Places to Visit

The Route is between the slopes of Nebrodi and Etna Mount.

• Nebrodi Regional Park
• Etna Regional Park
• Madonie Regional Park

[Medieval Church in Randazzo - credit: .countz]

3° North Etna Villages

• Bronte
• Randazzo
• Maniace

What’s the Best Period?

To ride this zone is better to choose springtime. During this period It’s common to swim in the tyrrhenian sea in summer. Winter offers you a good-time trip, but the most tourist services are available in summer or spring, because this is a summer resort.

Fit Level

• High-level. The Slopes of Mount Etna are good for well-trained cyclists
• Etna villages are about 700-800 metres on sea level
• Nebrodi park and Madonie are at great height too

Road Conditions: Asphalted roads

Suggested Tours

• Start visiting Madonie Regional Park
• On the second day visit Nebrodi Regional Park
• You can end doing Etna villages tour to cycle through the ancient etna villages of Bronte

Here you can taste the typical sicilian cuisine such as pistacchio and visit the Horatio Nelson’s Castle.