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Tour de France 2010

[ July 3, 2010 to July 25, 2010. ] The route for the 2010 version of the Tour de France has been announced. The race starts in Rotterdam on 3 July 2010 and after a few days in Holland and Belgium the route takes in Champagne and Burgundy before heading for the Alps. Then southwest through the Côtes du Rhone before skirting the southern

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October 18th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: 33 Gironde, 51 Marne, 52 Haute Marne, 64 Pyrenees Atlantiques, 65 Hautes-Pyrenees, 75 Paris, Bordeaux Landes, France, France Events, Languedoc-Roussillon, Roads/Autoroutes | Leave a comment

Festival in Bayonne

[ July 29, 2009 to August 2, 2009. ] The Basque city of Bayonne holds its annual Festival from 29 July to 2 August 2009.
During the first week of August Bayonne is ablaze in red & white with everyone dressed in the traditional white shirts and trousers and red neckerchiefs and sashes. The festival opens on the Wednesday night at 10p.m. in the town

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June 8th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: 65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Culture, France Events, music | One comment

Cycling’s Tour de France 2009

[ July 4, 2009 to July 26, 2009. ] Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees.

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With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially

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October 25th, 2008 | Category: 06 Alpes-Maritimes, 07 Ardeche, 09 Ariege, 11 Aude, 13 Bouches-du-Rhone, 25 Doubs, 26 Drome, 34 Herault, 36 Indre, 38 Isere, 65 Hautes-Pyrenees, 66 Pyrenees-Orientales, 67 Bas-Rhin, 68 Haut-Rhin, 73 Savoie, 74 Haute-Savoie, 75 Paris, 77 Seine et Marne, 83 Var, 84 Vaucluse, 87 Haut-Vienne, 88 Vosges, 89 Yonne, France, France Events, Roads/Autoroutes, Tour de France | Leave a comment

Another Festival – Festival of the Pig!

[ August 10, 2008; ] It sometimes seems that the French will use any excuse to hold a festival – and why not? Often it celebrates some local traditions or local speciality products, and the French can be very proud (often rightly so) of their produce, history and heritage.
Hence the village of Trie-sur-Baise (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees) celebrates the Pig (Fete

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July 20th, 2008 | Category: 65 Hautes-Pyrenees, France Events, FrenchFood | Leave a comment

The Pope in France – September 2008

[ September 12, 2008; September 13, 2008; September 14, 2008; September 15, 2008; ] Pope Benedict will be doing his own version of the Tour de France with all its encumbent entourage, large crowds, blocked roads and hotels full in September 2008. Although the timetable is provisional at the moment, he is due to be in Paris 12-13 September 2008 to meet President Sarkozy, celebrate mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral

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May 16th, 2008 | Category: 65 Hautes-Pyrenees, 75 Paris, France Events | Leave a comment

Tour de France 2008- Stage 11:Lannemezan – Foix

[ July 16, 2008; ]
The Tour de France 2008 (21 stages, 3500 km) Stage 11 is on Wednesday 16 July 2008 (after a rest day) and starts from Lannemezan (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees) and runs through the mountains for 167.5km to finish in Foix (09 Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees)

For more on the Tour de France 2008 see www.letour.fr/
For details of coverage on

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January 22nd, 2008 | Category: 09 Ariege, 65 Hautes-Pyrenees, France Events | Leave a comment
 
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