This day was reserved for a special climb out of Trapani. It is clearly a well loved route of cyclists if you look at the Strava heat map (an indispensable tool for planning), and of fans of Sicilian pastry, which is basically everyone else. Erice is a hilltop town overlooking Trapani. I would maybe call it a small mountain instead. We climbed 712 meters over about 13 kms, so an average of 6% grade. We didn’t have our bags thankfully or we would still be climbing. The town is a bit of a tourist trap but we felt accomplished with the ride and we earned the pastries from the famous shop of Maria. The road was fairly quiet and full of lovely switchbacks but the Italian drivers can be crazy so you need to aware going around the blind corners. Of course the climb is also rewarded by fabulous views of Trapani and up and down the coast. The Norman castle overlooking everything was almost incidental given the ride and the views.
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