Small Roundtour Westside of Pyrenees Passions
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Last edit: 10-12-2024
Route Summary She offers you a nice first introduction to the Hautes Pyrenees; let you enjoy wonderful views; and yet she is not too tiring.
A really nice ride on nice, good roads that leaves you enough space to quickly dive back into the pool and garden of Pyrenees Passions.
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5h 25m
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168.68 km
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RouteXpert Review The ride starts at Pyrenees Passions and glides along lovely rolling roads to the picturesque village of Aspet where a very nice local market is held on Saturdays. After a small refueling (careful, petrol can be a bit more expensive here…) we test the Col de Buret very relaxed. Not really spectacular, but shortly afterwards the playground of the higher Pyrenees opens. The cornering is already a bit more intense and the environment more and more beautiful.
This ride is mainly about absorbing the environment. Enjoy with the big 'G' of the higher Pyrenees that keep looming in the distance and seem to be calling you for a part of your rubber. Don't worry, that time is definitely coming, but first we're going to enjoy the elongated foreplay a bit more….
As you approach through the valley of the Pique Bagneres-de-Luchon, the call of the Hautes Pyrenees grows louder; the vistas become more and more beautiful while the roads only go up slowly as if to say… not yet, just a little while, not yet….
Bagneres-de-Luchon; Nicknamed the 'Queen of the Pyrenees' (What's in a name?) is a small spa and ski town with just over 2000 inhabitants. There are some nice historic buildings to visit, but it won't make you wild.
What will undoubtedly play on your mind is the gradient of the road after passing Bagneres-de-Luchon. From here it climbs steeply 1000 meters and you go from the Haute-Garonne Département straight to the Hautes Pyrenees at the Col de Peyresourde. There we strongly recommend the Creperie du Col de Peyresourde…. Delicious pancakes; just down the road. Super-friendly (and beautiful!) service; so worth a stop!
After stuffing our stomachs we can start on the better cornering; it may be a short, but fun ride towards the Col d'Azet, where the splendor of the Pyrenees will surely captivate your eyes. The road surface is excellent and here too enjoy remains the most important verb.
After the Col d'Azet we descend back to 'normal' altitudes and leave the high mountains northwards. We drive in the direction of Heches and just before that we turn to the right where we briefly touch the smaller roads back. We still touch some tops, but these, like the roads, are significantly smaller in size.
Very nice is the passage at the height of the Cathédrale de Sainte Marie in the village of Bertrand de Comminges, one of the most beautiful villages in France. You can't miss it as you approach the site. Just before you drive to the right to drive the loop around the cathedral, there is a nice place to take a break. A sun, sufficient parking space and a few tables with chairs, a motard doesn't need a lot to feel like a king…..
The further way back to Pyrenees Passions is a piece of cake. You pass the Garonne and the Ger for a short while before you arrive back relaxed at the Pyrenees Passions where the lovely garden and the swimming pool are happy to welcome you back, not to mention the richly filled refrigerator with nice chilled wines…..
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