Laura Fraser Sicily Bike Tour

Join best-selling author and journalist Laura Fraser on a unique bike tour between the Baroque towns of southeastern Sicily. Laura speaks (and cooks) fluent Italian and has written about Sicily in her memoirs An Italian Affair and All Over the Map, as well as in Afar and Gourmet magazines. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, Gourmet, O, the Oprah Magazine, and many other publications. 

This area, shaped by millennia of seismic activity, the highland plateau is broken up with deep valleys winding down to the sea. The result is a treat for the eyes with wide open panoramas giving breathtaking views of the orchards, pastures and olive groves of the Sicilian countryside. Grapes flourish in the volcanic soil and we will taste the area’s premier vintages at private tastings and with each meal. Both Sicily’s wine and food industries have experienced a resurgence in recent years due to the increasing focus on producing quality over quantity.

We’ll have front row seats to this gourmet transformation at every meal and even put our hands in the dough in a cooking class led by culinary guru, Giovanna Tabanelli. Sicily has long been known for its warm hospitality and you will be welcomed like family at our small, luxury hotels, historic buildings that provide all the modern amenities in an atmosphere of classic elegance. You are guaranteed to feel like a native and never want to leave this little corner of the Mediterranean’s biggest island.

Join Laura Fraser on this unique bike tour in Sicily this September 16 - 21, 2012.