You could make a case that Sicily has the tastiest food in Italy.

One reason is the many different traditions they've inherited.

We still have a recipe that probably had the one thousand years ago when Sicily was Arabic.

Sicily was Arabic, so we're preparing the rice bowl of the Aranchino.

Coming up, we'll tentilize your taste buds with great things to eat in Sicily.

When you're in Istanbul, take a commuter ferry across the

Vosporus and you can say you had an intercontinental cruise. So we take the

ferry, we go to the Asian side, we have some Turkish coffee over there, and

then just get back to Europe in 15 minutes.

Or do like Kate Harrison, keep heading east on the legendary Silk Road on a bike.

It's a great way to see Uzbekistan. I feel like I came to know that country more by its

constellations than by any trustral landmarks. It was absolutely surreal to be sort of

flying through the stars in this incredibly flat desert.

Food in Sicily, fun and turkey and biking across Asia.

It's just ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.

The end of the road was always just out of sight.

Adventure writer Kate Harris tells us about her epic bike journey from Istanbul to the Himalayas along the

legendary Silk Road.

And we get an update on tourism in Turkey from a pair of guides from

Istanbul a little later in the hour on today's travel with Rick Steves. We're at

877 333 7425. Each region of Italy can certainly make a strong claim to having that country's best cuisine.

And today we have two tour guides with us and travel with Rick Steve's who specialize in Sicily. They're here to make the case

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