Green Bike Pyrenees Holidays
How to find us:
http://www.map-of.net/france/louvie-juzon
Packages and Prices - All prices are in Euros.
Should you be interested in a package not included in this list, please feel free to contact us and we will try to accommodate your request.
B&B with continental breakfast - en suite bedrooms are furnished with double beds:
- €45 per night for 2 people (double bed)
- €38 per night for 1 person (double bed)
- includes complementary tea and coffee. Each ensuite has its own hair dryer. Towels/flannels are provided but please bring your own towel for swimming
Available on request per person/per day:
- breakfast extra (continental breakfast plus cereals, eggs, yoghurt) €4 supplement
- package lunch (sandwich, drink, fruit, cereal bar) €6.50
- picnic basket for 2 people (salad, cold meat or eggs, cheese, bread, cake, one bottle of wine) €18
- for cyclists only, we offer an evening meal option. For a weeks booking we can provide you dinner at our table four dinners out of seven at €10 each
Self-Guided Cycling Tours
Per week:
- €450 per person
- €590 based on 2 people sharing the same room
- (from Saturday to Saturday unless otherwise arranged)
Per long weekend 3 days/2 nights:
- €154 per person
- €207 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Per long weekend 4 days/3 nights:
- €218 per person
- €291 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- B&B in ensuite B&B with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- cycling maps
- emergency pick-up
- use of our cycling workshop
- garage for your bikes (if you bring yours)
Although we offer you free transfer from the airport, this is a rural area so we recommend you hire a car, unless you spend your days cycling as there is so much to visit!
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The 3 cols challenge (the Marie Blanque, the Aubisque and the Soulor):
- €218 for one person
- €291 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- 3 nights in ensuite B&B with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- cycling maps
- emergency pick-up
- use of our cycling workshop
- Garage for your bikes (if you bring yours)
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Per week:
- €450 per person
- €590 for 2 people sharing the same room
- (from Saturday to Saturday unless otherwise arranged)
Per long weekend 3 days/2 nights:
- €154 per person
- €207 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Per long week-end 4 days/3 nights:
- €218 per person
- €291 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- ensuite B&B with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- cycling map
- emergency pick-up
- use of our cycling workshop
- garage for your bikes (if you bring yours)
- your certificate
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Cyclosportives are local cycling events based on group riding but you cycle at your own pace. Beyond the front runners, most people do it to get a sense of achievement and enjoy the countryside. They are well organised and marshaled and are indeed an enjoyable experience! You will need a cycling license or a medical certificate proving you are fit.
- 26 July - La Pierre Jacques en Baretous - 115km or 168km
- 10 August - La Barousse-Bales - 105km or 144km
- 1 September - Larra-Larrau in Spain (€50 single person supplement, €75 for 2 people
- 28 September - La Tarbese - 80 km or 118km
Per long weekend 3 days/2 nights:
- €184 per person
- €267 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Per long weekend 4 days/3 nights:
- €248 per person
- €351 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- ensuite B&B with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- free transfer to the cyclosportive
- entry fee
- emergency pick-up while training
- use of our cycling workshop
- garage for your bikes (if you bring yours)
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- road/racing bike €20 per day or €120 per week
- mountain bike €15 per day or €90 per week
- helmets are available but for better comfort and hygiene we recommend you bring your own. If you wish to do cycling training bring your pedals to make sure there is no adaptation problem with your cycling shoes.
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Guided Cycling Tours
All guided tours require a minimum of two participants. Dates have to be agreed with Green Bike Pyrenees. The list of guided tours can be adapted to meet your requests.
Per week:
- €510 per person
- €650 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Per long weekend 3 days/2 nights:
- €184 per person
- €237 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Per long weekend 4 days/3 nights:
- €258 per person
- €331 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- ensuite B&B with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- cycling maps
- back-up vehicle (repair, drink, pack lunch, carrying your change of clothes)
- use of our cycling workshop
- garage for your bikes (if you bring yours)
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The Etape without the pressure
If you did not manage to get into the Etape or find the cost of their packages too expensive, why not come over and do the Etape any other time? You will have the pleasure of riding on the same roads of the Tour de France without the cost and the pressure. We provide you with the technical support as well as with the food and water supply.
- €268 per person
- €341 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- 3 nights B&B in ensuite with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- cycling maps
- back-up vehicle (repair, drink, pack lunch, carrying your change of clothes)
- Use of our cycling workshop
- garage for your bikes (if you bring yours)
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- in 2 days
- €333 per person
- €426 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- 4 nights in ensuite B&B with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- cycling maps
- back-up vehicle (repair, drink, pack lunch, carrying your change of clothes)
- use of our cycling workshop
- garage for your bikes (if you decide to bring yours)
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Crossing the Pyrenees from the French to the Spanish side (through Pourtalet, back via Somport):
- €335 per person
- €450 based on 2 people sharing the same room
Includes:
- 4 nights in ensuite B&B with double bed
- free airport transfer from/to Pau
- cycling maps
- back-up vehicle (repair, drink, pack lunch, carrying your change of clothes)
- use of our cycling workshop
- garage for your bikes (if you bring yours)
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Please note that cycling or running races requires a valid medical certificate or a sport license (cycling, running or triathlon) which will be required at registration.
The area offers numerous possibilities for running from the valley to the mountain. Each weekend in summer you will find each village fair holding its own race. This all takes place in a very friendly family atmosphere.
A well known challenge is the Le Challenge d'Ossau which consists of 4 races between May and August. You can participate in some of the courses only but to be classified in the challenge, you need to run the 4 events. The cost is €45 for the challenge or €10 per race except the Aubisque at €15.
- 17 May - La Ronde du Pic de Rebeneca -15 km
- 31 May - Lo Petit Aussales (Arudy to Eaux Bonnes)-20.6 km, 350m difference in altitude
- 29 June - L'ossaloise (Louvie-Juzon to Laruns by the mountain) - 25km920m difference in altitude. This course is virtually on the road in front of our chalet!
- 24 August - La Montee de l'Aubisque (Laruns to the col de l'Aubisque) -18.7km, 1207m difference in altitude
You can run some of the races or the whole challenge where you have a global result over your four races. Prizes here come from local shops and vary from wine, ham, cheese, and foie-gras to mountain bikes or a weekend in a Spa resort. There are also some random prizes with a lottery based on your race number. All prices are donated by local businesses.
- 6 July - Gourette - Ronde du Sanctus - 17km, 1400km difference in altitude
- 2 August - Lembeye - Les Foulees du Vic Bihl - 12km
- 21 September - Pau Billere - Half Marathon Nouste Henric - 21.1km
- 28 September - Lestelle - Betharram - 29km, 1950m difference in altitude
- 12 October - Jurançon - Half Marathon - 21.1 km
- 16 November - Pau - Marathon
- 28 June - Tourmalet Duathlon - Bagneres de Bigorre
- downhill ski - gourette
- downhill ski - artouste
- downhill ski - la pierre st. martin
- cross country ski
- cross country ski & snow shoes
- winter triathlon
Skiing in the Pyrenees is not as crowded as the Alps and generally cheaper. Traditionally the Pyrenees resorts have been visited more by Spanish customers but in recent years more English families are discovering the local resorts.
Our chalet is 30 minutes away from the ski stations of Gourette and Artouste where you can practice downhill ski.
Gourette on the way to the Col de l'Aubisque has recently increased its available number of ski pistes
- altitude: 1350-2400m
- 90 hectares of pistes, 30km of marked pistes
- 28 runs: 1 black, 14 red, 89 blue, 4 green
- 16 lifts
- snowpark
- 7 hectares of beginners area
- adult day pass - €27, child day pass - €20.50
- ecole du ski
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Artouste on the way to the Col du Pourtalet and Spain.
- Altitude: 1400m-2100m
- 25km of downhill pistes
- 1 green
- 8 blue
- 5 red
- 1 black
- 9 ski lifts, snow park with bumps and obstacles, half pipe and snow cross piste on a ski area of 150 hectares
- snowpark including half pipe
- boardercross
- snow garden for children 16-18 years old
If you wish to try another station during your stay, the ski station of Arette/la Pierre st. Martin is not too far away. If the weather conditions allow it, through the Col du Pourtalet, there is also easy access to a day's skiing at the Spanish slopes of Formigal.
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- Altitude: 1500-2200m
- 23 km of downhill pistes.
- 18 runs: 1 black, 5 red, 9 blue, 3 green
In La Pierre de St. Martin, you will find 18 runs (23km), 11 ski-lifts, 5 of which are chairlifts.
www.lapierrestmartin.com/pyrenees
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Located 2 km before the ski resort, the Braca forest is an ideal place for cross country skiing and snowshoeing with its hilly landscape, sunny forest and clearings.
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Cross Country Ski and Snow Shoes
Cross Country Ski:
- On the French side - La Braca - Pierre St. Martin, Somport, Iraty, Issarbe
- On the Spanish side- Somport-Candanchu
Snow shoes:
- Can be practised locally in the forests on the way to the Col du Pourtalet or again at Issarbe.
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Winter Triathlon - Pau - March (run, bike, cross country ski)
This is quite a different sort of triathlon where the weather conditions, being in March, allow you to run and cycle normally but still benefit from the snow once you reach the mountains. So if you wish to stretch your safety boundaries why not come and enjoy this new challenge while at the same time preparing yourself before you start the triathlon season?
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Within the chalet, we have a foot table, pool table, dart board, Badminton set, cross trainer, rowing machine, 12ft round pool, choice of DVDs and various board games (such as Monopoly).
There is so much to do that we never manage to do all we want when coming on holidays ourselves! You can enjoy a wide choice of historical visits, gastronomy, wine tasting, bird watching, local spas, donkey walks and local crafts if you do not choose the "sporty road". Experience the traditional French markets with locally grown products (Tuesdays - Nave- Oloron-Ste-Marie, Saturdays - Laruns) or go to Spain for Sunday lunch, shop at the border shops and back within a day!
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Olroron-Sainte-Marie - Maison du Patrimoine (21km)
Olroron-Sainte-Maire - Acquabearn - tel: 05 59 39 20 75
Bielle - Espace Natural, Lac de Castet (5km) - canoes, kayaks, VTT, pony rides - tel: 05 82 64 54
Aste - Beón - La Falaise aux vautours (5km) - www.falaise-aux-vautours.com
Asson - Zoo d'Asson - www.asson.fr/tourisme/asson-tourisme-zoo.htm
Artouste - Le petit train d'Artouste - 05 59 05 34 00
Jurançon - Jurançon caves (25km) - www.cavedejurancon.com
Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre - Grottes de Bétharram (24km) - www.betharram.com
Lourdes - Musée d'Art sacré de Gemmail (32 km)
Base de loisirs de Baudreix (lake with aquatic toboggan, canoeing, kayaking, horse riding) (28km) - 05 59 92 97 73
Pau - Musée Bernadotte (25km)
Pau - Chateau de Pau (castle of Henri IV) (25km) - www.musee-chateau-pau.fr
Pau - Parc Beaumont (jardins anglais - 10h) (25 km)
Pau - Musé des Beaux-Arts de Pau (25km) - tel: 05 59 27 33 02 musee.ville-pau.fr
Lescar - Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Lescar (28km) - en.wikipedia.org/Lescar_Cathedral
Biarritz - Musee de la mer (130 km) - www.museedelamer.com
Toulouse - Cite de l'espace (225 km) - www.cite-espace.com/content/gb/
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If you are into a variety of sport then you are spoit for choice:
- walks within the beautiful setting of the Valley d'Ossau and the National Park of the Pyrenees
- fishing
- rafting
- canyoning
- rock climbing
- caving, paragliding
- horse riding
- golf
- surf (Biarritz) with the possibility to watch international surfing competitions during summer
- ski (downhill and cross country ski)
- snow shoes
Within the next villages there is an outdoor swimming pool (June to the end of August) and an indoor pool open all year and Aqua Bean at 20 km. The Lac de Baudreix is a water leisure complex only 28km away which has a beach, aquatic toboggan, canoeing, kayaking, horse riding and a picnic area.
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Office du tourisme de Pau - www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/pau.htm
Office du tourisme de Laruns - www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/laruns.htm
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