Provence Cycling Weekend

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  Tracey Joyce

  PROVENCE CYCLING WEEKEND

  

  Written April 2012

  This is a well organised short cycling trip which you can adapt to suit your own cycling needs. You dont have to worry about your bags, they just appear at the next hotel. You can choose your own routes, shorter or longer, and there are lots of opportunity to stop and admire the view, or the local food! The trip notes are detailed and mostly accurate. I got a bit lost a couple of times, but only in the towns, so could easily ask for help. The hotels are great with friendly staff who were happy to listen to me barble on about my day.  

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  What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?

  Reaching the summit ( well...nearly!!)  of Le Mont Ventoux! this was the goal of my trip, but unfortunately I had to turn back with only about 500m to go as it was so windy it was becoming dangerous. The views from the top were incredible, well worth the hard work of getting there. If you have ever watched Le Tour de France, you HAVE to try this for yourself, the sense of achievement is still with me.

  Do you have any advice for potential travellers?

  This cycling trip can be flexible as you can choose between shorter or longer routes, or you could just plan your own. I would recommend taking a larger scale map of the area than is supplied as the trip notes provided are sometimes not detailed enough to distinguish between the smaller quieter roads, especially in towns. It is an expensive trip if you do it alone, like me, but shared between friends or family would be good value for money. Seriously consider taking the taxi to Sault if you plan to attempt Ventoux, its expensive, but I couldn't have done the whole route from Roussillon to Sault, then Ventoux and back. I went in April, and people I met told me that the summit is often closed due to snow until May. The route at the top ( the last 6k) was closed and there was a sign at the bottom to say the road was only open until Chalet Reynard, but when I got there, you could just take the bike round the barrier, so it was only really closed for cars.

  Is there anything else you would like to add?

  I really enjoyed this trip, with the challenge of Ventoux it was hard work, but the rest of the time it is fairly short cycling distances which can be broken up by stopping at the many towns and villages you pass through, so would suit anyone who cycles regularly. The routes are really quiet, with hardly any traffic, and I met a lot of other cyclists, so it is definitely a cyclist friendly area..