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Day 1: Transfer from Alghero airport to Bosa.
Day 2: Bosa – Cabras (94 km)
Today, we travel through Flussio and Tinnura, where the women still weave their wicker baskets. Next comes a fascinating panoramic ride down to the Sinis
wetlands where you will see colonies of the pink flamingo and we finally reach one of the most beautiful spots on the island: the white quartz beach of Is Arutas.
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Day 3: Cabras – Villanovaforru (Km 100)
We move inland and cycle on the rolling hills of Marmilla, along hidden country lanes. The archaeological site of Su Nuraxi in Barumini, listed as World’s heritage site by UNESCO, is the perfect opportunity to get to know the mysterious ancient past of Sardinia. Tonight we stay in the tiny hamlet of Villanovaforru.
Day 4: Villanovaforru-Sa Perda Marcada (Km 76)
Back to the ocean! Today we will cycle through the natural beauty spots of the Costa Verde, some of the most savage scenery on the island. Our stop tonight is anagriturismo renown for its mouth-watering traditional dishes.
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Day 5: Sa Perda Marcada-Portoscuso (Km 70)
This day takes you back into the ancient mining past of Sardinia, as we pass the fascinating abandoned mines of Buggerru and Planusartu. After the golden beach of Portixeddu and looming mass of Pan di Zucchero cliff, you admire the old ore washery at Nebida: nestling in the varied colours of the Mediterranean bush, it looks out over the sea at the end of a long descent down 540 steps.
Day 6: Portoscuso-Sant’Anna Arresi (Km 80)
We board on the ferry to Carloforte, where locals still fish the Red Tuna fish. From Carloforte, we continue to the island of Sant'Antioco pedalling through its meadows. Riding along quiet country roads, we savour the quiet peace of the rolling plains of the Sulcis.
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Day 7: Sant’Anna Arresi-Pula (Km 60)
Final catwalk of your tour is the beautiful Costa del Sud with its gleaming white beaches, unspoilt natural landscape and imposing cliffs: Cape
Malfatano with its 16th Century tower, Cape Spartivento and Chia. We end our riding day in Pula and
transfer to Cagliari to take the ferry to Sicily.
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Day 8: (Km 00) Overnight on the ferry boat to Sicily.
Transfer from Palermo port to Monreale and then to the ancient village of Scopello a very small village sprang up around an ancient “baglio” dating back to the seventeenth-century.
You can spend this first day walking inside the Zingaro Natural Reserve.
Dinner and overnight in Scopello.
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Day 9: Segesta, the most beautiful temple
Scopello /Segesta/Erice - (64km) Today you start with quite a challenge as the climb out of Scopello is tough. Once you reach Segesta, there is no describing the beauty of the place with the golden stone of the temple shining in the sun. After visiting the ruins, you head towards Erice. The climb to the top is tough.
Day 10 - Erice/Marsala - (57km )
Erice is one of the most ancient towns of Sicily. Inhabited since the earliest times it has old cobbled streets, beautiful churches and fine examples of architectural buildings from different periods. After visiting the town (try some of the pastry shops!) Start your downhill trip toward the sea.
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The road passes by the "Saline" the places where salt is extracted. With fishermen boats and wind mills which design a very characteristic landscape. Pass in front of Mozia and take the 10 minutes boat ride to this island with an ancient castle and palm trees. Spend the night in the old centre of Marsala enjoying a meal of the freshest fish.
Day 11 - Marsala/ Selinunte - (70km) -
A completely flat day, partly among vineyards partly along a coastal road. Enjoy a wine tasting of Marsala wine, then stop at the Cusa caves where the columns of the temples were carved. come to a magical ending in Selinunte, a cluster of time old columns against the setting sun.
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Day 12: The heart of Sicily
Selinunte/Contessa Entellina (64km )- Today leave the coast to enter the secluded heart of the island; The landscape is rugged and you can go long stretches without seeing but a solitary heard of sheep. You cycle through Poggioreale ruins,the town destroyed by the 1968 earthquake and now a ghost town that Burri, an Italian artist, has frozen in a river of cement.
Day 13 – Contessa Entellina/Masseria Rossella(Piana degli Albanesi ) - (63 km)
A second day in the inland part of Sicily; mythical names, cradle of the Maffia such as the Godfather’s Corleone. You start by a car ride to a small village clinging to the mountain flank to continue with a winding descent to a fertile valley to reach a nice farmhouse with a swimming pool where you spend the night.
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Day 14: (Km 80) - From Masseria Susafa to Cefalù
The madonie area is a botanical garden in the heart of the Mediterranean.
Cefalu has a beach, winding, narrow, medieval streets, and delightful restaurants overlooking a rocky coast and the Norman-Arab-Byzantine cathedral, one of the greatest churches of southern Europe. Nestled between the Madonie Mountains and the sea, Cefalù's mountain boasts the ruins of a large fortress and an ancient Sicanian-Greek temple.
Day 15– transfer to Palermo airport
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