Western Pyrenees ( the Spanish end)

[dxwalt]

I' looking to plan a trip along the length of the Pyrenees from West to East, has anyone done tis and if so can anyone suggest some interesting routes.

Thanks

David

 

[Yellow Peril]

Done it this year would recommend the LV401 great road

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

this is not taking the piss, try to do all of it, dont miss andorra and blois and dont stay in Lourdes.
Make sure you have nowt funny on or in your bike, they get inspected sometimes at the border of andorra - mainly exiting.

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

visit mont louis, the highest town in somewhere i believe
its lovely, but a dodgy turn off i see to remember. Cracking views

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

this is not taking the piss, try to do all of it, dont miss andorra and blois and dont stay in Lourdes.
Make sure you have nowt funny on or in your bike, they get inspected sometimes at the border of andorra - mainly exiting.

Anywhere will be wonderful, stick to B and C roads and you won't go wrong.

Agree with not staying in Lourdes but it's defo worth a visit if you like religious kitch and proof of how corrupt the Catholic Church is

Andres

 

[vernon]

Best Road

I' looking to plan a trip along the length of the Pyrenees from West to East, has anyone done tis and if so can anyone suggest some interesting routes.

Thanks

David

Just follow the n260, easy.

 

[Fordy]

Don't stay in Irun, both me and my mate were hustled and had our phones nicked with bills to Algeria when we got home. In hindsight we should have stayed in St Jean Pied de Port as the furthest point west.

There's a great cafe in Vielha on the Sort end of town on the left does some monster burgers.

Cow shit road is good; Puigcerda - Ribes de Freser - Ripoll.

 

[Yellow Peril]

In hindsight we should have stayed in St Jean Pied de Port as the furthest point west.

Nice place to stay but would pre book as you get a lot of pilgrims looking for rooms later in the day. Can recommend Logis Hotel Ramuntcho, great food.

 

[Deleted account 210609001]

Don't stay in Irun, both me and my mate were hustled and had our phones nicked with bills to Algeria when we got home. In hindsight we should have stayed in St Jean Pied de Port as the furthest point west.

There's a great cafe in Vielha on the Sort end of town on the left does some monster burgers.

Cow shit road is good; Puigcerda - Ribes de Freser - Ripoll.

St Jean Pied-de-Port is back from the coast a bit. Did you mean St Jean de Luz? We stayed there a few year ago - a lovely little town.

 

[dxwalt]

Thank you

Thanks for all of the suggestions, I now have a good idea where to go and can start planning my 2013 trip,,, its always good to have something to look forward to.

Cheers

David

 

[Yellow Peril]

There is always some useful stuff here too:-

http://www.ebbo.org/

 

[Fordy]

St Jean Pied-de-Port is back from the coast a bit. Did you mean St Jean de Luz? We stayed there a few year ago - a lovely little town.

No, we ate in St Jean Pied de Port and decided to press on for the coast. As Irun was a right shithole and we got robbed that decision wasn't the best one

The mountains are petering out by there anyway so hooking a left to Pamplona and picking up the N240 back east would have made a better route.

 

[Blasterwizard]

Take a look here

http://www.freevax.it/itinerari/Spagna2003.htm

 

[AlanAce1967]

Im planning similar this year in June, Eurotunnel booked, roll on June ! East to West then a few days in Roses, Spain before heading home.

 

[JWFr]

Was in St Jean Pied-de-Port about 6 weeks ago. If you don't mind hoards of pilgrims standing in the middle of the road then fine, but I found it hell and left smartish. Quite a good book of trips all along the Pyrenees on both sides, is Motorcycle Journeys through Western Europe by Toby Ballentine. ( Whitehorse press/Amazon).

 

[Dellis]

Just follow the n260, easy.

Well worth riding

Dave

 

[Rasher]

Anywhere will be wonderful, stick to B and C roads and you won't go wrong

Make an exception for the N260 from Sort - Adrall which brings you up to the edge of Andorra.

There are a few Pyrenees routes in the Motorcyle Journeys book.

 

[blazedani]

this is not taking the piss, try to do all of it, dont miss andorra and blois and dont stay in Lourdes.
Make sure you have nowt funny on or in your bike, they get inspected sometimes at the border of andorra - mainly exiting.

Definitely! Andorra is a must.
Went there a couple of times & always willing to come back.
And you can get one day to relax in Caldea SPA.

 

[sidestand]

If you're doing the N260, then I'd recommend the Hotel Charle, just north of Jaca on the N330/E7 as a good place to get your head down.

Off road parking for bikes, reasonable, & good local food - stopped there last week

http://www.expedia.co.uk/Aragon-Pyr...A.X.TP.1744441.sa.1379.227873.en_UK..&rm1=a2&

And the N260 IS good up to & past Andorra - I generally give Andorra a miss, as it's an over rated shithole.

 

[boatman]

Make an exception for the N260 from Sort - Adrall which brings you up to the edge of Andorra.

There are a few Pyrenees routes in the Motorcyle Journeys book.

+++++++ 1 for the Sort road