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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.
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This is a ripping spot to prop up for a few days or more in order to tackle the Alpe D’Huez, Galibier, Croix de Fer, Glandon etc.
You could stay in St Jean de Maurienne (around the other side of this range) but it’s nowhere near as pretty as Bourg d’Oisans.
The camp ground is nice [...]
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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 and woodfired.
These are simple, delicious pizzas.
Credit cards are [...]
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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. Near the town of Oloron Saint Marie, it’s in a great position near the Col de la Pierre St Martin – a brutal climb up into Spain.
The place is [...]
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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
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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.
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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, [...]
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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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Despite the fact I’ve written and published a Very Comprehensive and Totally Kick Butt Guide to Cycling Through France, I thought I’d write a series of posts around the topic as well.
In Part 1, we cover the creation of an itinerary (initial planning) involving Tour stages, climbs to do, as well as what airlines [...]
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