Southern Italy & Sicily

The Southern Italy bike tour begins and ends in Rome. Our tour starts with a drive down the Amalfi coast with a stop in Ercolano, a town at the foot of Vesuvius, perfectly preserved by the volcanic ash after the eruption two thousand years ago. After dinner, you will get to taste “Limoncello,” the local lemon flavored liquor (there is plenty of room in the van for the bottles we are sure you will buy). Our motorcycle tour will travel south along the beautiful coastline and then inland, eventually crossing the Strait of Messina to Sicily by ferry. The tour continues across Sicily where we will discover the flavors and charm of the island. From Palermo, Sicily’s main city, a night cruise will take us back to Rome where we will spend our last day of the tour seeing the sights of Rome with a local guide.

Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival in Rome
Day of meeting at the hotel in Rome. Welcome dinner follows that evening.

Day 2 - Rome - Amalfi - km 250
From Rome to Amalfi, stopping in Ercolano to visit one of the most beautiful remaining cities of the Roman Empire. The town was covered by the Vesuvio ash during the big eruption of79 a.D. Arrival in Amalfi for dinner and overnight.

Day 3 - Amalfi coast - km 100
An easy day of sightseeing and relaxing along the Amalfi coast, visiting Positano, Sorrento and the beautiful villages of the area.

Day 4 - Amalfi - Scalea - km 250
Following the Gulf of Policastro, the road runs near the coast, climbing up the hills and returning to sea level where you will see places like Agropoli, Palinuro, Marina di Camerota. The beautiful scenery of these locations are known word wide. Arrival in Scalea for dinner and overnight.

Day 5 - Scalea - Soverato - km 300
Across Sila, a wonderful Highland up to 2.000 metres in altitude, touching Cosenza and the Tirrenian Sea again before crossing the region and arriving on the Ionian Coast in Soverato for overnight. Twisties all day!

Day 6 - Soverato - Taormina - Km 250
Southward through the wonderful inland area of Calabria, mysterious and inhabited, to Villa san Giovanni where we will catch the ferry to cross the Messina Channel, proceeding to Messina and Taormina.

Day 7 - Taormina
Relax in Taormina, wonderful magic place facing the Etna volcano and the Mediterranean ocean.

Day 8 - Taormina - Agrigento - km 280
Ride through the island of Sicily: wonderful hills and valleys, reaching the sea again at Agrigento, but not before having touched the top of the Etna volcano.

Day 9 - Agrigento - Erice - km 250
A morning visit to the Valley of Temples, after which we will cross Sicily from south to north, stopping in Segesta for another astonishing visit to this amazing Greek temple.
We will overnight in the Middle Age village of Erice, where we will also enjoy dinner.

Day 10 - Erice - Palermo and ferry to Rome - km 150
Morning transfer to Palermo where we will park our bikes in a safe place and have a city tour of this incredible city after enjoying a leisurely lunch . We will be back to get our bikes in time to board our ferry to Civitavecchia and Rome with dinner and overnight on board.

Day 11 - Civitavecchia - Rome - km 100
Morning arrival in Civitavecchia and transfer to our hotel in Rome. Free afternoon to enjoy Capital of the Ancient World.

Day 12 - Rome
Morning visit with a local guide to the major archaeological sites in Rome, back to our hotel for lunch. Free afternoon for shopping and relaxing.

Day 13 - Day of departure from Rome
After breakfast, time to spend at your leisure until the transfer time to the airport and departure.