In Sicily, thanks to the mild climate, you can cycle all year round. Together with the good availability of flights to the two international airports (Catania and Palermo), we can say that the concept of the cycling season is quite broad.

In the coldest months (January/February), the average temperature ranges between 8 and 15 degrees Celsius along the coast and between 6 and 10 degrees Celsius inland. On Mount Etna, temperatures are lower and similar to those in the Alps: 0 degrees Celsius and frequent snowfall. We therefore recommend cycling along the coast or nearby.

The best time for biking starts between March and April and lasts until the beginning of November.

Although it is possible to have a great holiday in Sicily during the summer, July and August have some disadvantages compared to the other months: the main problems are the high temperatures (they can reach 40 degrees centigrade)and the roads can be crowded with tourists especially nearby the touristic resorts. These issue can be worked out selecting the early hours for the rides.

Another typical problem is the unavailability of hotel rooms for a single night during the busiest part of the season. This makes it problematic to offer an itinerary from June to mid-September, which is why we usually organise our itineraries outside the bathing season.

Geography makes Sicily a great environment for us cyclists too, with a huge variety of routes and different cycling conditions. From flat to rolling hills, up to the huge - 3000m high - Etna volcano.

Taormina's area, where our bike center is located, is the perfect place for a fixed base vacation. Its strategic position is perfect to discover by bicycle to some of the most beautiful places in the Eastern Sicily such as the Etna volcano, the Etna vineyards, the Alcantara's valley, Taormina and Savoca (where Francis Ford Coppola filmed the film "The Godfather"). These are a few examples of what this part of Sicily can offer. For more details, check "On the roads of Giro d'Italia in Sicily".

Western Sicily is in a quite 'wild' area wich proposes mainly flat or up und downs, but there's some very nice climb like the one up the village of Erice or the one towards Sambuca di Sicilia. With 'wild' we mean that it's less developed under the touristic point of view and roads are less frequented by tourists (but this can also be a downside, as roads are not always in a perfect shape). The coastline offer many beautiful villages as Trapani, Castellammare del Golfo, Marsala and Mazara del Vallo.

The south east portion of the island, features not only a great insight of culture, food and architecture, but also the most varied and scenic road rides. Our Baroque Ring Tour, propose a theme: connecting the most important towns where the stunning Sicilian baroque architecture (and we'd say lifestyle) knows its best expressions, creating a special ambience in which restaurants, bars and little shops are like notes of the same song.

Sicily has 4 airports. The main airports are Palermo (Falcone e Borsellino) and Catania (Fontanarossa). The airports of Trapani and Comiso are on the smaller side and less served.

Catania Fontanarossa is the most important airport southern Italy. This airport has a high volume of international air traffic from/to European and extra-European destinations. Catania's airport is very well connected with some of the most beautiful locations of Sicily as Taormina, Etna's Mount, Syracuse, Ragusa and Noto

https://www.aeroporto.catania.it/en/

Palermo's airport is located about 35 Km from the city, and is the third bigger (as importance) airport of Southern Italy (after Catania and Naples). It offers many international connections, daily flights from/ the most important Italian cities.

If you want to visit Trapani, Agrigento or Marsala; Palermo airport is the right place to land.

https://www.aeroportodipalermo.it/en/

The asphalt quality varies from good to average. There are many roads of different categories; only a few are forbidden to cyclists because they are too busy.

The traffic can be annoying in summer, especially near the main seaside resorts and larger towns. We do not use them because there are more interesting areas. Of course, we have designed our routes using the most scenic, safe and fun roads, which work well all year round.