bolonga to narbone

[TONY G]

hows it going all??? I took my brick from dublin to bolonga italy in june and parked it up in a friends place not far from bolonga,, got great ideas on here for that trip now the plan is to take it from bolonga to narbonne in the south of france(have another place to park it up) anybody have any good routes, places to stop on the way down?? have 5 days to do it in early october,, cheers tony

 

[Dansin]

There's some great trails just South of Narbonne. We went there in 2008 and had great fun. The KTM Dakar team train down there too.

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[TONY G]

thanks for that dansin looks like great craic i,d be doing well to do them trail on my k100lt with herself on the back, but sure i,ll give it a lashj

 

[Dansin]

Ah, road bike and pillion.

Pezenas is a lovely little town on your way down to Narbonne. Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert is again a really pretty medieval village. Don't park down on the bottom road with the tourist. Head up the hill and you can leave a bike in the square. If you fancy some great seafood head to the harbour in Meze, where there are four or five lovely little restaurants on the harbours edge. Not sure if it's the right time of year, but they do the sea jousting there too. Another little place worth a visit is Marseillan. Ignore the 'Plage' and again head for the harbour. More great seafood restaurants on one side and the Noilly Prat facility for a visit on the other. If you're going to head further down the coast, Collioure is a great place to visit. Very pretty, more great restaurants (there's a theme here...) and is where some of the great impressionist artist painted.

Most of the above is courtesy of the late Shenzi. Off to work now, if I think of anywhere else I add more later.

 

[Pip_UK]

From Bologna you could go across the Appennines to the Cinque Terre region on the NW coast (between La Spezia and Genoa) You'd be travelling through national parks most of the way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Terre

If you do go that way, when you get to the Ligurian coast, visit a bakery and try the focaccia bread spread with pesto - it's a top snack.

If you choose an inland route, you could go straight up to Verona and Lake Garda, but I would avoid the Milan area with its heavy traffic as you head West.

Have a great ride whichever way you go.