For information on the next Etape du Tour, go to the VeloNomad Etape landing page. The 2013 Etape du Tour route announcement has caused a collective apoplexy amongst the Etapperati. “Sacre Bleu! It stinks!” “Mon dieu! It’s too short!” “Pooh-pooh, ziss stinks like a good French cheese! But in a bad way. (Sacre Bleu!)” Now […]
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Bagnères-de-Luchon cycling information, submitted by: Owen What you love about this place Close to some epic Pyrenean climbs and the Spanish border. Anything else you want to mention about the town? Great central location for cycling. Any climbs nearby? Col de Peyresourde Superbagneres Col de Portet d’Aspet Other comments from Owen We stayed at La […]
Start planning your dream trip to France, save time and hassle, with this handy beginners guide In the Beginner’s Guide How to Plan a Cycling Holiday – Sign Post France, you’ll get shortcuts to all the Cycling Holiday tips and tricks, save time money and hassle, and begin planning your trip now! This is the […]
Name of Place: Buffet de la Gare Type of Tip: Cafe Street Address: Avenue Jean Biray Suburb/Town: Pau State/Provence: Aquitania Country: France Zip/Postal: 64000 If you score a fresh croissant here you’ll die. They’re ridiculously good. The coffee here is perfectly acceptable. Without driving around the very large Pau, head here. pau1.jpg (104 KB) pau2.jpg […]
Name of Place: La Toscane Pizza Type of Tip: Food Place Street Address: 14 Rue Carrerot Suburb/Town: Oloron-Sainte-Marie Major City: e.g. London, Paris etc State/Provence: Aquitania Country: France Zip/Postal: 64400 This place is hidden away behind some arches so look hard. It’s on the left heading down the hill. The crusts are thin and crispy […]
Pyrenees self contained accommodation for cyclists This is a great little place providing self contained accommodation in the Pyrenees for cyclists. Name of Place: Laé de Haut Type of Tip: Hotel/Motel Website: http://www.selfcatering-pyrenees.com/ Street Address: None Suburb/Town: Aramits Major City: e.g. London, Paris etc State/Provence: Aquitania Country: France Zip/Postal: 64570 We stayed here in 2010. […]
Name of Place: Relais Mont Ventoux Type of Tip: Select One Street Address: Le Cours/D974 Suburb/Town: Bédoin State/Provence: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Country: France Zip/Postal: 84410 test IMG_0027.jpg (39 KB)
This is Part 2 in an I-don’t-know-how-many-parts-yet series on planning a cycling trip to France for the Tour, L’Etape or just leisure.
At the end, I’ll do a case study on our 2010 planning, so you can see how to practically apply these ideas to your own trip to get a great outcome.
Ok, so after last year’s D-E-B-A-C-L-E – read more here – I thought I’d save you the hassle and lay my thoughts down for the 2010 edition. I am a hardcore logistics man and hate stuffing about, so trust me on this. If you are travelling with team support (wife, husband, girlfriend, whatever) then IGNORE […]
Cost breakdown – getting to France for the Tour
I thought I’d post a cost breakdown from our 2009 trip to France for Le Tour and L’Etape on suggestion by Liz at Corsica Journey.
So, the damage from 2009, including airfares, accomodation/carhire (campervan), fuel, tolls, food etc is listed below. All prices are in Australian dollars, convert to your currency here. Costs were shared between 2 people. We had an extra 15kg free baggage allowance on Malaysian. If you want a detailed cost breakdown, as well as tips on how to minimise these costs, you need to check out Guide to Cycling through France I wrote.
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