- LOCATION
Pyrenees, France
PAYMENTS
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- 4 DAY TOURAugust, 2022
Dates: Friday – Monday (Exact dates TBC as soon as the Marmotte event organiser confirms the event date for 2022).• $750 AUD – Deposit
• $1995 AUD – Per person twin share*
• $725 AUD – Single supplement or Non-riding partners
- 8 DAY TOURAugust, 2022
Dates: Monday – Monday (Exact dates TBC as soon as the Marmotte event organiser confirms the event date for 2022).• $750 AUD – Deposit
• $3,950.00 AUD – Per person twin share*
• $1,350 AUD – Single supplement or Non-riding partners
- SINGLE SUPPLEMENT
* Our twin share prices are per person based on two people sharing one room. If you are traveling alone select and pay the additional single supplement you’ll have a room to yourself.
Join us on our Phil Anderson Signature Tour to the French Pyrenees.
This Tour Includes Pyrenees Marmotte Granfondo.
We’ve teamed up with our longtime friend, Australian and Tour de France cycling legend Phil Anderson on a new series of signature, collaboration tours.
Join us in the French Pyrenees, ride alongside Phil Anderson as we explore the beautiful Pyrenees. This tour includes the Pyrenees Marmotte Granfondo, it’s a fantastic event which takes in some pure classics of the region including the Col du Tourmalet, Ancizan, Aspin and the Hautacam.
Our base in the French Pyrenees for this tour, is a beautiful Four Star Bike friendly Hotel. The famed natural spring water in the town is the perfect way to rehydrate after a day on the bike. It’s foremost destination is to visit the Grotto (Cave) of Massabielle, our intent is to showcase the region’s best riding, plus on and off the bike culture, history, artisan foods, cool drinks, wine and products.
Religion is part of the DNA of this Pyrenean town, it has a unique history that is worth experiencing, we intend to present a picture on and off the bike of a village and region that has so much to offer. We genuinely love this beautiful region of France, it’s superb produce and fantastic cycling.
The style of this tour is simple, daily rides with team leaders, designed to prepare you for the Granfondo Marmotte. We have created a catalogue of ride options, with flatter rides, long hard rides and shorter mountain rides, whatever your preferred ride distance, amount of climbing you like to do we’ll have an option that suits you.
This Cycling Tour is designed to showcase the many stunning Pyrenees mountains, villages and valleys, each day we roll out on rides we’ve collaborated on with Phil that reflect his training routes of old, rides that will have you ready your big day at the Marmotte Granfondo Pyrenees. We’ve pre-prepaired options to suit the individual for the Marmotte Granfondo day, wether you intend to tackle the complete distance or break up the day into smaller parts, we’ll have a great plan ready to suit your preffered distance and amount of climbing.
Phil Anderson is held in such high regard by the local Pyrenean communities, in 2019 they inducted him into the local cycling Hall of Fame prior to the Marmotte granfondo.
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Accommodation:
French Pyrenees, Four Star, Bike and Spa Hotel
This tour fits our 4 star model, we are based in one Hotel for the duration of the tour. We’ve formed a partnership with one of our favourite Bike and Spa hotels, a service course has been created at the hotel with bike rooms, massages and spa treatments available on request to enable you to ride/train and prepare for the Marmotte Granfondo Pyrenees in comfort and chic style.
Non-cycling options:
Non-riding partners are highly encouraged on this tour, ask us for some options based on your personal interests, we have some great recommendations in and around the region.
The regions beautiful towns and region are rich in culture, history, markets, outdoor activities, walking/ trekking and many other activities
Non Cyclists join this tour for the price of a single supplement. All the elements of the package other than the guided riding are available. It’s a perfect French experience.
Meet your hosts
Pat Fitzpatrick and Phil Anderson are two of the worlds most experienced and credentialed hosts, guides, coaches and all-round good guys, you’ll enjoy every minute with them on and off the bike.
Our Tour
Late August each year signals a beautiful time to visit and ride in France. We’ll show you the smaller roads, charming villages and stay in our chic, bike-friendly Pyrenean hotel.
It’s without a doubt a great time to visit France, the villages, the cities are all coming back to life after the peak summer holidays.
There’s something beautiful about riding a bike in France in the sun drenched summer, the terrain is almost purpose-built for cyclists who love panoramic climbs, sweeping views and coastal roads, it’s stunning.
Southern France, the Midi Pyrenees was our base for over ten cycling seasons, we know it like the back of our hand, we’ve spent much of that time running speciality cycling trips and tours. We’ve hosted groups to all of France’s beautiful regions, ridden all the best roads, mountains and we’ll show you the best of the French Pyrenees.
We love everything about France, the Pyrenees, the people, its culture, its beautiful food, wine, history, the outdoors, the mountains and its love for the best sport in the world – cycling.
We look forward to showing you France and the Pyrenees, it’s sure to be exciting.
Ciao Pat, Grace, Phil and the Ride International Tours Team
TOUR INCLUSIONS
TOUR EXCLUSIONS
8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS ITINERARY
2022 Pyrenees Marmotte Granfondo
4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS ITINERARY
2022 Pyrenees Camp – Marmotte Granfondo, Long Weekend
Advance Bookings:
We open up our Advance Reservations for trips early so you can book and plan well ahead. We guarantee your position by booking prior. If you’d like to organise and book your trip further out than the dates/years we have listed on our website, please contact us via email, phone, & or video call and we’ll arrange everything so you can place an advanced booking.
An advance booking, accompanied by a fully refundable $750 AUD (Australian Dollar) ensures priority booking status when the trip details are announced. Note, an advance booking is not considered final until payment is received.
Once specific trip itinerary details are finalized, we’ll contact everyone on the advance reservation list via email, we’ll include the itinerary and offer a priority booking position before opening up bookings to the wider community.
If a trip fills – as it often does in the advance bookings, we create a waiting list and then offer reservations on a first-come, first-serve basis (based on the date the advance reservation was made) once our advanced booking guest have finalised.
To cancel an advance reservation a cancellation request must be submitted in writing/ via email within 14 days of the trip details being published. The (AUD) $750 advance reservation payment will be immediately refunded for any cancellation received within this 14-day period.
Final Payments:
The balance of your trip payment is due no later than 120 days prior to your trip departure date, we will forward via email your final payment invoice. You can choose to make full payment earlier if you prefer to finalise your trip payment early, contact us and we will arrange for an invoice to be sent.
What if I have to transfer, change or cancel my trip:
We understand you may not be able to go on your trip, cancel, change or transfer due to personal or medical reasons. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to transfer to another trip that has places available. If you have a question give us a call or email.
Due to the high demand, limited hotel availability and the advance payments expected by our hotels and restaurants we use, the following cancellation conditions apply to all of our trips.
* PLEASE NOTE: For Phil Anderson to attend this tour, there needs to be a minimum of 4 guests booked. In the event that Phil does not attend this tour, our experienced, professional team of Australian and local on and off-bike guides will host your tour.
AFTER BOOKING, IF YOU CANCEL:
120 – 91 days prior to departure | 50% cancellation fee of the trip price |
90 – 61 days prior to departure | 75% cancellation fee of the trip price |
60 days and less prior to departure | 100% cancellation fee of the trip price |
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