Inspiring Tours

Cycling vacations with a personal touch

Locals. Travel Experts. Riders.

Why book with us

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Financial Security

We are a licensed and fully bonded tour operator. We provide full financial protection for our package holidays.

Local Business

Our company was founded by native Sicilians and Sicilians by choice. We are based in Sicily and provide direct local support.

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Customer Support

We are always there if you need help. Our multilingual staff provides support in English, German, French, Italian and Polish.

Unique Experiences

Thanks to our partners all over the island and our local knowledge as riders we can offer out of the ordinary travel experiences.

Our Travel Style & Expertise

We are a Palermo based family-run tour company with a passion for bicycle travels. We know our island inside out and we want to share our passion for Sicily with travellers who love to discover hidden gems off the beaten path and meet local people. 

Our biking trips are more than just tour packages. We create tailored life-enriching travel experiences for couples, groups of friends and families. And we want everyone to enjoy a hassle-free and fun holiday, that is why we pay attention to every detail, be it the saddle, the route’s fun factor or the views from your hotel room. 

Find out what our riders say about us

Sally Rolland
Sally Rolland
2022-11-17
We had a fabulous November cycling trip along the north west and south east routes. The routes were clear and interesting - along secondary roads, tracks and even beaches. The gravel bikes were perfect and the app was incredibly helpful, highlighting points of interest, historical sites and good bays for sea swims. The routes took us round and through beautiful towns so even if we couldn’t stay for long we got a good sense of each place we cycled through. Danuta was friendly and helpful - responding to our specific requests, booking excellent hotels and even helping us make our special anniversary memorable. On our return journey Danuta and Giovanni helped us see some of Palermo and were fonts of knowledge and information about everything from history to politics. Thank you for a great trip. Hope to see you again!
Tom Gainer
Tom Gainer
2022-11-01
We had a wonderful time on their Secret South tour of Sicily. Everything worked out fine, from communication to rental bikes to routes to hotels. In the last minute they were able to accommodate our request to switch to e-bikes, which was much appreciated. The scenery, beaches, and baroque towns were great!
Elisabeth Leslie
Elisabeth Leslie
2022-10-22
This was the most fantastic holiday. Inspiring Tours communication, organisation and timings were perfection. We had fabulous bikes, super varied routes, excellent hotels/suites and they even organised daily wall to wall sunshine! This was an unguided tour for my husband and I and we stopped and deviated when we liked and the bike app always got us back on track. Sicily is a beautiful country and this was a perfect way to see it. We would highly recommend them and this tour. Thank you so much Danuta and Giovanni. 😎🚴‍♂️☀️
Thomas Beving
Thomas Beving
2022-09-25
Totally recommend! We booked a self-guided bike tour this September. The bikes, GPS tracks and tour recommendations were fantastic. We enjoyed a carefree holiday and were amazed by the scenic routes. We'll be back for more.
Johannes L
Johannes L
2022-09-19
Great and friendly service! Bike was in great shape and came with everything you need.
Fredrik Saugestad
Fredrik Saugestad
2022-07-13
Beautiful cycling trip with large variation in scenery. Stages were suitable in length for our family aging from 12-50. Nice hotels / B&B with a personal touch in most locations. Everything was very well organised and we felt taken care of by Danuta and Giovanni! Highly recommended!
Richard and Lynda Zieba Yonge
Richard and Lynda Zieba Yonge
2022-05-15
Danuta and Giovanni provided us with superb service that exceeded our expectations. We rented two touring bikes for a month. The bikes were in excellent condition and ideally suited to the road conditions we encountered. The bikes were well geared to the hills on our route and fully equipped with rear racks for panniers as well as front and rear lights, two water bottle cages and a tire repair kit. They provided us with valuable route information as well as a cycling guide to Sicily that they had just published. They provided us with the best bike rental experience that we have had in several international cycling trips that we have done. Danuta and Giovanni are highly professional and it was easy to communicate with them prior to out trip. We highly recommend their company.
Jakob Rissmann
Jakob Rissmann
2022-04-13
Easy communication, individual customizing of the bike setup and lots of tips and advice for our tour. Highly recommended to rent a bike in Sicily👌
Alessandro Caraffa
Alessandro Caraffa
2022-04-06
Bellissima esperienza ! Per la nostra ultima ciclovacanza da Palermo ad Agrigento abbiamo chiesto supporto a Danuta e Giovanni, che ci hanno fornito 2 ottime Trek robuste ed affidabili e l'Adventure Pack con percorsi, waypoint, bar, ristoranti e "tips" vari! Grazie ancora per la competenza, disponibilità e cortesia, ci rivediamo per il Sicily Divide !
fabiobike8
fabiobike8
2020-10-16
BELLA ESPERIENZA Giovanni e Danuta sono due giovani molto simpatici e professionali. le bici e gli accessori sono di prim'ordine, ho noleggiato una Trek Dual Sport nuovissima con borse Ortlieb a prezzo molto competitivo e si sono sempre mostrati puntuali e precisi nelle informazioni e nei contatti. al ritiro ho trovato Giovanni nel negozio di Palermo con la bici pronta che mi aspettava pronto a darmi tutti i consigli utili per il tour della Sicilia.Alla riconsegna ho conosciuto anche Danuta. persone squisite e affidabili.Bravi e....al prossimo giro!!
bealicious
bealicious
2020-03-17
Mit dem Crosser über Sizilien Das Team vom Radverleih ist sehr schnell, zuvorkommend und engagiert. In entspannteren Zeiten hätten wir gerne viele Touren mit den tollen Gravelbikes gemacht!Danke und alles liebe, Beate
mmbaltimore
mmbaltimore
2019-12-02
Viaggio eccellente! We had the great pleasure of booking a self-guided bike tour of the southeastern portion of Sicily through Ciclabili Siciliane. It isn't easy to find a tour company that suits your personality and your budget, but for us, this was it. Danuta was responsive, patient, and helpful from the start. She customized our itinerary, answered a million questions, and consistently made us feel like we had entrusted our holiday to the right company. That would prove to be true; we enjoyed the routes, the accommodations (a mix of small-to-mid-sized hotels and B&Bs), the restaurant/attraction recommendations, and even, grudgingly, the app. The bikes were super-clean and well-maintained (thank you, Giovanni). They went above and beyond by rescuing a lost item and having it delivered it to our next hotel and indulging our want of a bit more sightseeing time in Siracusa. Our only regret was that we could not have spent more days and visited more of the smaller villages, but the siren song of the Aeolians was too powerful. We wish them great success but hope they forever maintain that personal touch. Grazie mille, Danuta + Giovanni!
Pedro P
Pedro P
2019-11-30
Great agency! Inspiring Tours! Inspiring Tours in 100% recommendable!!! We were three friends travelling to Sicily in November to cycle from Palermo to Agrigento. Luckily we come across Inspiring Tours in Palermo. They rented us three brand-new gravel bikes in perfect conditions and borrowed us all the necessary equipment (pump, tubes, lights, bottles). They also took care of our luggage every stage and transported it to the accommodation we have booked in advance. Finally they picked the bikes back in Agrigento. On top, of that they gave us interesting remarks for the route. Sicily is a great place to cycle, there are many side roads with almost no traffic and the landscape and food is great.
M. Aquino
M. Aquino
2019-11-22
Rented road bikes for two full days of amazing cycling. Best part of my visit to Sicily! While visiting Sicily for a wedding, my cousin and I were able to rent two very new, well-kept, comfortable road bikes for cycling from the Palermo area to Trapani. The service was perfect. Danuta + Giovanni provided everything we requested (helmets, proper pedals, correctly sized/fit bicycles). They delivered the bicycles to us and picked the bicycles up at our hotel outside of Trapani. Everything worked out perfectly. The bicycles functioned perfectly. The scenery along the coast between Palermo and Trapani was amazing. There were some relatively challenging climbs that provided beautiful vistas of the sea at the top. We stopped along the road and bought some fruit, beer, mortadella...we saw grapes and olives growing. And then, we experienced some fun descents as we went back down to the coast to end at a beach in Trapani. A really wonderful experience.I will use this same service on future trips to Sicily. Very good business and nice people.
tomcam89
tomcam89
2019-11-13
Brilliant Cycling Holiday Myself and my girlfriend rented two bikes for 10 days while on holidays on Sicily. While I was a small bit hesitant before booking, I shouldn’t have been as Danuta was extremely helpful from the beginning until our last day. The hybrid bikes we rented were fantastic and during our 10 day trip, we did not have any issues at all, not even a puncture. The bikes are also very durable and could handle even the toughest roads and trails in Sicily. Even if we were to get into difficulty, Danuta had provided contact details for assistance during our trip. Everything we needed was provided for including a helmet, repair kit and panniers for the bike. I could not recommend Ciclabili Siciliane/Sicily Cycling highly enough to anyone to is interested in cycling tours of Sicily or who just wants to rent a bike for a few days.
Jessica B
Jessica B
2019-11-13
Best part of our honeymoon! We knew we wanted to explore by bike for part of our honeymoon and decided on Sicily because of the weather (still warm in Oct), the history, the food, and Danuta and Giovanni of Sicily Cycling! Danuta was so incredibly helpful and responsive, our emails and phone chats with her got us so excited for our trip. The trip itself was outstanding. The bikes we rented (Trek), the route Danuta and Giovanni planned, the accommodations they booked for us, the amazing flexibility and support they provided along the way (including a route app), and the tips and stories they shared - all of it made for such a memorable and special honeymoon. Thank you!
Lukas
Lukas
2019-11-10
Cycling Tour from Catania to Palermo, via Nicosia, Parco delle Madonie, Cefalu and Piana degli Alpanesi We made an amazing bicycle-tour from Catania via Adrano, Nicosia, Petralia Sottana, Parco delle Madonie to Cefalu and from there via Piana degli Albanesi to Palermon. We rented two touring-bikes from Sicily Cycling, which were delivered to Catania. Even if we did not get exactly the type of bikes we had ordered from the homepage, the bikes were in very good condition, almost new, comfortable and we never had any problems with them. The bikes had been delivered directly to the hostel and the mechanic helped us to adjust the bikes and make them ready. It was also very uncomplicated to return them in Palermo. Before renting the bikes we were a bit unsure how it works with the payment, but in the end we simply payed by credit card directly when the bikes were delivered. Alltogether communication was good and the rental simple. The landscape, the people and the food were great! The only drawback of cycling in Sicily are sometimes dogs running free, garbage along the streets and the car-traffic in towns and cities. However the Siciliani are generally respectful car-drivers and we got used very quickly to the different way of behavior on the streets. Altogether the cycling tour was a great experience, which I would recommend anyone who likes to cycle in hilly to montaneous landscapes. Many thanks to Danuta and her Team!
Sukablue
Sukablue
2019-10-20
Tolle Räder und bester Service Wir haben für 6 Tage zwei MTBs ausgeliehen. Wir waren sehr zufrieden mit den Rockhopper MTB von Specialized. Sicily Cycling haben uns die Räder auch an unseren Aufenthaltsort gebracht und wieder abgeholt. Insgesamt toller Service. Wir würden Sicily Cycling jederzeit wieder kontaktieren.
539mxb
539mxb
2019-10-18
Great cycle tour company offering great service. Spent five days on a self guided tour of Sicily using bikes and a route from this company, everything was excellent from our first meeting with them to their picking the bikes up at the end. Highly recommended, and we hope to be back soon for another tour.
Riders at the Sicily Cycling Rental Shop in Palermo

Our Commitment

We care about where we live and work. That is why we are committed to offer authentic and ethical travel experiences. We supportand work with nonprofit organisations who are engaged in promoting sustainable development in Sicily. For us, travelling responsibly means opening up your eyes at the local culture, explore places beyond mass tourism and meet authentic people. We want our riders to know that their travel experience will have a positive impact on the local communities.

Our Projects

Together with our sister-NGO Ciclabili Siciliane ASDC we promote cycling tourism in remote areas. We support their Sicily Divide project, a long-distance route connecting Trapani or Palermo with Catania across Sicily. Learn more about Sicily Divide on the official website or join the community on Facebook to find out what it means to explore Sicily away from the crowds.

Book With Confidence

Inspiring Tours is a fully bonded tour operator licensed and registered under no. 1655/S7 in Sicily, Italy. When you book a tour package with us your holiday booking is financially protected by our insolvency insurance issued Secure Travel Srl certificate no. 2020-0208-2-0150 valid through 31 decembre 2023. All services offered by our company are covered by our civil liability insurance no. 1505002721/B issued by NOBIS Compagnia di Assicurazioni SPA.

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We are looking forward to helping you create a unique travel experience.

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