Cycling trhough the passes of the French Alps has been a biug desire of mine. This mountain is far from Hungary in every respect. First, Austria, the Dolomites, the Italian Alps, Slovenia and many more mountains. Austria and Slovenia is more closer, than the Dolomites more beautiful, Italian Alps more famous. Of course, the French Alps are famous too, as the Tour is there every year, and of course they are beautiful, you can see that in the pictures, but they are so far away from Hungary. On the other hand, they are not only far away, but also difficult to get to. There is a motorway to Turin, and then there is expressway for a while, but as you get into the mountains, you come across 1x1 lane roads and passes. Plus, the area is quite large, it doesn't matter which town you go to. We only had one week in mid-September due to coordination difficulties, so we decided on "only" two accommodations. If you stay in one accommodation, you either won't be able to ride all the worthwhile passes, or you'll have to drive 100 km a day, which requires a minimum average speed due to the passes. The “southern” part of the accommodation became Barcelonnette, and the one further north became the “center”, Briançon. Barcelonnette a nice little town at the junction of several famous passes, Bonette, Vars, Cayolle, Allos, it's hard to choose. When I say "nice little town" that's exactly what I mean: a few thousand inhabitants, a typical French atmosphere, beautiful buildings, is very livable. Compared to this Briançon is a big city with all the accessory, McDonalds, shops, relatively lot of people. By the way, it is the second highest city in Europe. So, even though the French Alps were in the plans
Cycling trhough the passes of the French Alps has been a biug desire of mine. This mountain is far from Hungary in every respect. First, Austria, the Dolomites, the Italian Alps, Slovenia and many more mountains. Austria and Slovenia is more closer, than the Dolomites more beautiful, Italian Alps more
