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Follow on Google News |  Pure Adventures’ Bicycle Tour of Sicily Leads Guests over Routes of History March to NovemberThe strength of the dollar makes this tour into retro Italy especially appealing this year. The U.S. dollar is stronger against the euro than it's been in a decade, making it a bargain for North Americans to travel.
By: Pure Adventures 
Meet the locals “The strength of the dollar makes this tour into retro Italy especially appealing this year,” said Loren Siekman, Pure Adventures (http://pure- The patchwork of cultures that is Sicily is a puzzle of history. Who came here when and why are still being worked out in the historical centers of Palermo, Catania and Siracusa and even in most of the little towns of the island. One minute visitors are standing before Greek temples and the next pondering the influence of the Arabs. This historical texture gets tossed into the cuisine as well, creating a variety of flavors unmatched on mainland Italy, thanks in part to its Spanish, Greek and Arab influences. Guests are plunged on the first night in Erice into a cultural salad of pre-Greek Elymians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Syracusans, Carthaginians, Romans and Arabians. To digest the cultural complexities, life necessarily has to slow down. Opportunities abound to sip regional wines while dipping country bread into organic olive oils, all the while savoring Sicilian dialects that trace back to dark-haired Arabs and fair-haired Normans. They all contributed to, among other gustatory pleasures, pane cunzatu (home made bread cooked in wood oven, dressed with tomato, oregano, olive oil, pecorino cheese and anchovies). While the conquests that marked Sicily are in the past, the only battles on this cycling trip might come about when deciding which vineyard or tasting site to stop at and visit. Western Sicily is mostly rolling countryside and seaside where this tour takes place. That is in contrast to the eastern side of the island where volcanic activity is ongoing, including Europe’s largest active volcano, Mount Etna. Pure Adventures can organize custom groups to ride that more challenging eastern part of the island upon request. The rate includes seven nights accommodation and breakfast; four dinners; transfers from Palermo or Tripani airport to Erice; an orientation meeting with the local support person who reviews the route book and helps guests set up their bikes; luggage transfers; telephone and technical support; a detailed road book with route maps, route sheets with suggestions for visitation and site information; For more information on all of Pure Adventures guided, self-guided and supported, self-directed tours, call: 800-960-2221 or 480-905-1235, Email: info@pure-adventures.com, or visit online: http://pure- About Pure Adventures Pure Adventures was created to meet North America’s growing demand for high-quality, self-guided cycling tours. Pure Adventures leverages and utilizes local expertise for route development, sites to see, people to meet, where to eat, and shop and experience life as a local would. Pure Adventures award-winning tours are competitively priced and meticulously planned with substantial behind-the-scene support creating a unique combination that makes a bicycle adventure more easily accessible to today’s active traveler. This company pioneered self-guided tours in Europe in 1994 and recently launched its first itineraries in North America. 2015 tours span Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and now the United States with the introduction of 20 programs in the West. Pure Adventures was recently recognized with a Best of Travel 2015 (http://www.outsideonline.com/ Contact Widness & Wiggins PR for photos, interviews and more information: Sara Widness / 802-234-6704 / sara@widnesspr.com Dave Wiggins / 303-554-8821 / dave@travelnewssource.com For a Portfolio of Past News Releases Visit: http://www.travelnewssource.com/ Follow Widness & Wiggins PR on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ Follow Pure Adventures: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: @PureAdvTour (https://twitter.com/ Blog: http://pure- End
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