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.

Launching our next tour from Lago di Como, we will head back into Switzerland for a night in St Moritz - a luxury alpine resort town that has hosted the Winter Olympics twice! After St Moritz, we take the Glacier Express train up to Bernina pass for an easy ride back down into Bormio, for a few days. Our few days in Bormio will allow us to ride Passo Stelvio, Cancano, Mortirolo Pass or rest before our 2-day ride to Lago di Garda via Passo Gavia.
Lago di Garda is one of the best towns to hang out for a few days if you are planning on continuing to the Dolomites and onto Venice for our next tour, you will have the opportunity to do just that or you can ride to Verona with our group leaving for a Romeo and Julliette or a night at the Opera experience before regrouping for the Dolomites.
Highlights
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Lago di Como
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St. Moritz, Switzerland
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Glacier Express train
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Passo Stelvio
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Gavia and Cancano
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Bormio
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Riva del Garda
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Verona
Arrival Details
26th July 2020
Milan Malpensa and shuttle to Como
Departure Details
2nd August 2020
If not continuing: Train from Verona to Rome Airport or Fly from Verona to an International Europe airport.


