Welcome to the classic tour: Rome to Sicily! We will see the best that Southern Italy has to offer: Amazing coast lines, challenging mountain roads, sleepy villages, and of course, lots of history, geographic treasures, and extraordinary cuisine. Perhaps it is the best of both worlds as we will ride these 1200 miles (2000 km) on Harley Davidson Electra Glides. Wow, what an epic adventure awaits our group of 8. We want to welcome Ken and Becky from Montana, Katie and Cody from Idaho, Tim and Becky from Utah, and Jamie and Roger from Utah as well.
We will start our trip in the eternal city, Rome. We can actually say now: "when in Rome..." and mean it. All of our tour members had the chance to discover how special this really is. The Colosseum, Roman Forum, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square, Palatine Hill and the Pantheon, only to name a few. It never ends to spend a few days here.
Our tour is simply heading due south and finishes in lovely Catania, Sicily. We will ride primarily through 4 regions: Lazio, Campania, Calabria, and of course, Sicily. Please join us in reading and scrolling through this magical trip back in time as well as seeing some of Italy's endless magic.
Our first day always starts with a Welcome Briefing and a subsequent dinner. We lay out the tour details and introduce ourselves to each other. So, far all went smoothly and we are looking very much forward to our first riding tomorrow: From Rome to Pompeii.
We left Rome during rush hour, leaving Rome's busy ring road, the GRA, and traveling along the beautiful seaside towards Naples and Pompei. we pass buy the opes Summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, and many other beautiful view points. before arriving at our hotel across the street from the excavated ruins of Pompei and Herculaneum.
We visited Pompeii's amazing city in the morning and then rode the Costiera Amalfitana. It was a very sweet ride - La Dolce Vita! We rode small cliffside roads of the famous Amalfi Coast and witnessed was makes this area of Italy so special.
Today's journey took us to the region of Basilicata. But before we arrived we had a few stops along the way: a dairy farm that makes buffalo mozzarella cheese. Paestum - a place where the best preserved temples were found.
COSTA DEI CEDRI, enough said. Let the photos do the talking.
When the sun shines brightly in the morning, every morning is a delight!
We leave the Tropea area and drive to Sicily. We continue along the coast, passing through Scilla and on to Villa San Giovanni, where we catch the ferry to Tremestieri.
In Scilla, we stop for a coffee and a view of the sea.
It's already midday when we arrive in Sicily. So we decide to drive to Forza d'Agro and have lasagna and pizza – delicious!
After this fortifying meal, we continue on to Taormina, where Oliver has prepared everything for our arrival.
Our Restday started with a Breakfast on the terrace of our Hotel with a great view down to the beaches.
Now we are ready for a short ride to the smoking Etna.
Riding through the sicilians mountains feels like a waltz!
Up and down the rolling hills we ride!
Heute fahren wir über 2 Berggegenden die im Zentrum von Sizilien liegen. Die Nebrodi und die Madonie Bergketten. Eine wunderschöne Gegend zum fahren mit Motorrädern. Unser Haputziel heute ist die kleine Stadt Sperlinga und ihr Normannen Burg mit dem gleichen Namen.
From the north coast of sicily to the south coast of sicily and in between corleone the city of the cosa nostra.
In the 1980 and 1990 the Mafia has been all over Sicily and brutal fights among the Mafia families let to awful and high death toll.
Many policemen and man from the justice have been killed.
The boss of the bosses Toto Riina was sentenced to lifelong prison, where he did in 2017.
Sicily is a wonderful Island with kind people who deserve to life a desent life.
A sweet ride through the winding roads of the hinterland of the Enna and then finishing in Catania. We will stop at the best preserved Roman Villa (Villa Romano del Casale) before we check into our final hotel.
