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primalcarl
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 Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:50 pm Post subject: Getting around Alps stages on public transport? |
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I'm thinking of going to the Grenoble region to watch this year's Alps stages.
I can fly into Geneva and get the TGV to Grenoble, but I don't have a clue how I'd get to the mountains! Hire car isn't an option. Has anyone done this without a car or bike?
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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get the regular bus from grenoble to alpe d huez to get you started  - bus goes over to briancon iirc not sure about crossing into other valleys |
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primalcarl
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Cheers for that. Excuse my ignorance, but will my lack of french make it difficult for me to get around?
Currently thinking of this route (by train)
Gap (stage finish) --->Briancon (passing through)---Col Du Galibier (finish)---Alp d'Huez(finish) and then Grenoble (TT)
The mountain stages will require a lot of walking/hitching
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I know ...I was thinking the same a bit ...but there must be a reason
I'm cycling from Nimes to Gap via veynes then up the Izoard to Briancon then over to alpe d huwz ..on a bike you have a lot more choices.. is it an option? you can chuck a tent on then that gves you a lot more possbilities eg camping at the top of alpe d huwz etc
I dont think the train goes along that valley...if you are going Brriancon to Grenoble think the tran goes south and round...there is a bus/coach that goes from Brancon to Grenoble though and you can get off at Bourg etc but you might struggle gettng to Grenoble the next day |
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primalcarl
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| primalcarl wrote: |
Cheers for that. Excuse my ignorance, but will my lack of french make it difficult for me to get around?
Currently thinking of this route (by train)
Gap (stage finish) --->Briancon (passing through)---Col Du Galibier (finish)---Alp d'Huez(finish) and then Grenoble (TT)
The mountain stages will require a lot of walking/hitching |
If you're planning to walk up the Galibier to get close to the finish, that's a very, very long walk! It took me around two hours to ride up it last week, although the driving rain and cold temperatures made it fly by 
Good luck!
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| primalcarl wrote: |
| Cheers for that. Excuse my ignorance, but will my lack of french make it difficult for me to get around? |
No, just do what the Americans do and talk louder
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| Hans Datdodishes wrote: |
| primalcarl wrote: |
| Cheers for that. Excuse my ignorance, but will my lack of french make it difficult for me to get around? |
No, just do what the Americans do and talk louder |
substitute the Americans for English speakers the world over. |
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