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Pyrennes

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  • #2
    paddy's hill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭paddy's hill


    www.velopeloton.com
    best place to stay in Europe.
    Paddy Sweeney from Navan Road Club runs this place, he is a great source of info on anything to do with cycling in the Pyrenees. I stayed there for the Tour last week, brilliant.
    http://web.me.com/twjmath/France_2009/Blog/Entries/2009/7/10_The_Lantern_Rouge.html


  • #3
    Sean02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭Sean02


    If Saint Jean Pied de Port is your first stop. accomodation is plentiful. I stayed in L’Esprit du Chemin. a hostel for pilgrims evening meal and B&B about €20. Really nice hosts however beware they like to lock up at 10 pm as pilgrims have breakfast from 6 a.m. If you fancy a pint or glass of vino don't stay there. my next stopover was Isaba in Spain just off your route so I cant be of much help.


  • #4
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,414 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    paddy's hill wrote: »
    www.velopeloton.com
    best place to stay in Europe.

    That place sounds fantastic. Bookmarked for a future holiday.

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  • #5
    amjon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭amjon


    Sean02 wrote: »
    If Saint Jean Pied de Port is your first stop. accomodation is plentiful. I stayed in L’Esprit du Chemin. a hostel for pilgrims evening meal and B&B about €20. Really nice hosts however beware they like to lock up at 10 pm as pilgrims have breakfast from 6 a.m. If you fancy a pint or glass of vino don't stay there. my next stopover was Isaba in Spain just off your route so I cant be of much help.


    Thanks alot have sorted out a night there.


  • #6
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    I stayed in a little hotel in Gourette... La Glacier or something... out of season the ski resort is completely deserted and the owner looked a bit like Jack Nicholson... That is about it, sorry I can't be of more help :)

    th_6_Aubisque_07.jpg

    Worth bearing in mind, most of the ski resorts in the Pyrennes seemed pretty much completely deserted out of season, in the Alps I only know Alpe d'Huez but it seemed a hell of a lot busier out of season. It seemed like you would get one hotel, one restaurant open in each resort, certainly in Gourette (Aubisque) and La Mongie (Tourmalet) anyway. This was September though, they might have more going on in July.

    Here's some pictures of my route if you are interested.

    I am planning on heading back in September to do the Raid Pyrénéen, basically the same route you are doing- are you getting a card? May as well get the medal if you plan on doing the route in under 100 hours, or indeed two medals if you are going back again.

    EDIT: BTW in terms of what to bring, make sure you have good thermals- even in July the weather can turn at altitude and you could freeze on the descents. Gilet, arm warmers, knee warmers, overshoes, full finger gloves, raincoat.


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  • #7
    hunkymonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭hunkymonkey


    Hi not sure if you've gone yet, only seen this post when I was googling
    the raid. I did this trip last year with a gang of others in early May. I
    did out the route with profiles, directions and synopsis of the climbs
    prior to going. If ya pm me I'll send it on to ya. First time user of
    boards.
    Found it a great spin, last day is tricky enough re route and give yourself enough time to complete in 100hrs as you reach the Med but still have a fair bit of mileage to get to stop-off point and its up and down. The rest of it is fairly straighforward once you've 'reccied' the route each evening on the map. I find writing the main towns you need to go thro on masking tape and sticking to the top tube so you don't have to keep refferring to the map is v handy. You also need to be careful of the "siesta" time in France. It differs from village to village so prepare for all places to be shut between 12-3 so don't get caught out for food & drink, can be tricky on the long climbs.

    Let me know if ya need any other info re hotels, stopovers etc.

    here is a report from the trip:

    http://noelmccluskeyat.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/raid-pyreneen-day-1-the-adventure-begins/


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