Tour de France visits the French side of the Aragones route!

[Vacajoe]

Watch Stage 9 of the Tour de France this Sunday if you’d like to see where you would walk just before crossing into Spain at the Somport pass (the start of the Camino Aragones!)

Stage 9 travels from Pau to Marie St. Oloron and then up a valley ADJACENT to the one you walk through the day before reaching the official start of the Aragones. The last half travels across the pilgrim route and then into a third valley.

Trust me, only watch if you want to add yet another route to your bucket list!!!! Pure bliss and astonishing beauty out there.

 

[Lexicos]

Going by your photos Joe, it looks absolutely ...... beautiful. Thanks for the tip, will watch Sunday's race for sure.

 

[Vacajoe]

Sorry about the double photo post...I guess it’s doubly beautiful?

 

[jl]

Oloron Sainte Marie is delightful

 

[lunna]

Shhh

Watch Stage 9 of the Tour de France this Sunday if you’d like to see where you would walk just before crossing into Spain at the Somport pass (the start of the Camino Aragones!)

Stage 9 travels from Pau to Marie St. Oloron and then up a valley ADJACENT to the one you walk through the day before reaching the official start of the Aragones. The last half travels across the pilgrim route and then into a third valley.

Trust me, only watch if you want to add yet another route to your bucket list!!!! Pure bliss and astonishing beauty out there.View attachment 82284View attachment 82284View attachment 82285View attachment 82286View attachment 82284View attachment 82285View attachment 82286

shhhhhhhh!!!!!!

 

[Vacajoe]

Well, our secret remains safe! It was so cloudy and rainy in the Pyrenees that the tv coverage didn’t capture the soaring mountain ranges in all of their spectacular glory. I guess folks will have to go walk it if they want to know what all the excitement is about...