Roads to the South of France

[Binky]

Excuse the de-rail.

Is there anyone else out there with any must do routes heading south in France???

[Luckypants]

Take a look in the Euro-tour section mate, lots of discussions about potential routes in there at the moment. This thread might be better off in there to...

What DMC says about N85 is also true. Although a trip over the Col Du Lautrette to Briancon is also a stunner. (you can get the Galibier in as well if you want). Get a good road atlas of France (michelin ones are good) and look for wiggly yellow roads.....

[Binky]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

What DMC says about N85 is also true. Although a trip over the Col Du Lautrette to Briancon is also a stunner. (you can get the Galibier in as well if you want). Get a good road atlas of France (michelin ones are good) and look for wiggly yellow roads.....

Cheers Mike

Visordown has a good touring forum with loads of valuable info/resource:

http://www.visordown.com/forum/forum...4&URN=9&V=2&SP=


Also, Viamichelin is a good resource for travelling on the continent/route planning/maps etc:

http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamich...?redirect=true

Michelin also publish regional guides of Europe, known as Green Guides, which are very helpful. Ive got a couple, including the one covering the Alps which contains invaluable info on tavelling through the region, places of interest, good driving/riding routes, places to stay/eat/drink along with town & city guides.

I'll bring it along on Sunday so you can have a look. Cant lend it unfortunately as I'll be neding it shortly when my own planning gets underway, but theyre available at all good bookshops (always wanted to say that )

A good map to get is the Michelin France Reversible (No722). Folds down real small & covers all roads down to N & D category. Doesnt show the smaller roads & tracks, but good enough for where youll be going.

The places Mike mentioned are on the Route de Grande Alpes, also very good, but further to the East.