Region France / Spain - From Bilbao to Lourdes
Tour Basque Experience
EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE FAMOUS CAMINO SANTIAGO AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY BY BIKE
7 days / 6 nights
Level: Intermediate Advance
Distance: 480km
Price From: A$2,423
We start at the rooftop bar in the Spanish coastal seaport of Bilbao overlooking the city skyline at twilight. You may make some time on your arrival to visit the 2nd of the famous Guggenheim Museums. From Bilbao, we begin our journey to France along the rugged Basque coastline through small fishing villages to arrive at the iconic seaside town of San Sebastian for Tapas and Sangria in the old town. Our green route inland toward the Pyrenees is carefully chosen for smooth quiet roads all the way with the option to bag the trophy climb of Col d’Aubisque on arrival to Lourdes.
This route was chosen to offer exceptional landscape and cultural experiences on a route that is not too challenging.
Highlights
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Guggenheim Museum
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San Sebastian Old Town
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Basque Culture
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Col d’Aubisque, Col du Soulour
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Coastal Roads and views
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Basque Hinterland
Arrival Details
5th June 2020
Fly into Madrid or Barcelona then fly or fast train to Bilbao. We suggest arriving a day early to recover and to visit the Museum.
Departure Details
11th June 2020
if not continuing: Fly from Pau or Tarbes or train from Lourdes to Toulouse or Paris airport.
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Our boutique Tours are designed perfectly to suit a wide variety of rider abilities. We take so pride in our customers feeling the route is planned around them, here are a few of the customer reviews.
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I loved the bikeNOW Team support but what was especially great is how bikeNOW managed different abilities in the group, they usually had everybody arriving at the top at the top or end at the same time, loved the Tarmac Disc too.
Jeff Stobie
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bikeNOW go over the top to deliver, honest and a great guys. I am very proud of what they do , how he does it and how humble they are. I am a huge fan !!!
Tony Hancy
I keep coming back because it is a complete break: foreign country, radio t.v. or news, different language, no city and European countryside with polite drivers, warm weather, sunshine and good company.
Steven Rolph
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