3 Stages Route for road bike through the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
A route in stages that combines a first stage of a classic nature through Northern Navarre and the Baztan Valley, with another 2 absolutely Dolomite stages through the unknown mountain passes on the northern slopes of the Basque Pyrenees.
Self-guided Package 3 stages / 3 nights BASOAK PYRENEES
style - road -
IN TRASLATION PROCESS
BASOAK PYRENEES is a Route by stages for road bike with 2 difficulty options. It runs through the Pamplona Basin and the Baztan region in the first part, before entering the "heart" of the surprising, solitary and - it must be said - steep Irati and La Soule mountain passes in the French Basque Country.A conglomeration of difficulties that we will not abandon until halfway through the last stage, which will return us a little more peacefully to the starting point in Pamplona.
The PIRINEOS PUNTO BIKE proposal to pedal the route is broadly speaking, a Self Guided Pack which includes the Half Board Accommodations, the Tracks of the route, Documentation with the different alternatives of route for each stage, a URL with info about Services on the route, and Luggage Transport from hotel to hotel.
read more...
- less -
In terms of sport and geography, in this proposal reduced to 3 stages of BASOAK PYRENEES we will find 2 environments and styles of cycling. A first stage of Navarra Mid-Mountain and 2 stages of the Pyrenean Dolomites.
After finishing the first stage, which takes us to Baztan, we enter the Kingdom of the Pyrenean Colossi.
Therefore, in order to design the standard option of the route, trying to ensure that its difficulty does not limit a sector of cycle tourists who do not want to "lose their legs" in each stage, the only option we have had has been to include only one of the big mountain passes during each of the 2 days that we are going to travel through the Pyrenees. For those who want more excitement, there is the PLUS option in each of the stages.
read more...
- less -
- The options
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
Standar Option
Distance: 303km Unevenness: 5.440m
Stage L1: Pamplona - Doneztebe/Elizondo
Distance: 102km Unevenness: 1.145m
Stage H1: Doneztebe/Elizondo - Sant Jean Pied de Port
Distance: 105km Unevenness: 2.455m
Stage J1: Sant Jean Pied de Port - Pamplona
Distance: 96km Unevenness: 1.840m
PLUS Option
Distance: 379km Unevenness: 7.800m
Stage L2: Pamplona - Doneztebe/Elizondo
Distance: 137km Unevenness: 2.170m
Stage H2: Doneztebe/Elizondo - Sant Jean Pied de Port
Distance: 121km Unevenness: 3.155m
Stage J2: Sant Jean Pied de Port - Pamplona
Distance: 121km Unevenness: 2.475m
Up
Stage L1: Pamplona - Doneztebe/Elizondo
Distance: 102km Unevenness: 1.145m
Stage L2: Pamplona - Doneztebe/Elizondo
Distance: 137km Unevenness: 2.170m
The peloton seen from the edge of the road in the last kilometer of the Etxauri mountain pass
Euskal Itzulia 2017
The team of the leader controling the peloton in the Port of Etxauri.
Euskal Itzulia 2017
Puerto de Etxauri. The walls of Etxauri mountain pass controlling the passage of the peloton.
Ultzama Valley - The Navarre Switzerland -
Preparing for the descent at the port of Uitzi
Queue of the Euskal Itzulia 2016 peloton in Usategieta mountain pass
Representative image of this 1st stage. Larraun Valley.
Up
Stage H1: Doneztebe/Elizondo - Sant Jean Pied de Port
Distance: 105km Unevenness: 2.455m
Stage H2: Doneztebe/Elizondo - Sant Jean Pied de Port
Distance: 121km Unevenness: 3.155m
Superamos Izpegi y un paísaje espectacular nos recibe, descendemos a Baigorri y se acaban los puertos de "tamaño medio", nos esperan 3 días de Colosos Pirenaicos.
Ascendiendo el puerto de Munhoa desde Baigorri
Campus Baigorri GIRLS Cycling Experiences 2019
Escenas habituales de la ruta
Ambiente de alta montaña pirenaica durante el ascenso a Munhoa
Campus Baigorri GIRLS Cycling Experiences 2019
Grupeta del "Campus Baigorri GIRLS Cycling Experiences 2019" dandolo todo en las laderas del Munhoa
Ascenso a Inharpu / Ahusky desde Bastida, la vertiente por la que se ascendió en La Vuelta a España 2016. Se puede elegir, pero si hace calor recomendamos la opción de subida por Behorlegi que es por la que "oficialmente" asciende BASOAK PYRENEES.
Desde lo alto de Ahusky y en días limpios la vista se extiende por la derecha hasta el Golfo de Bizkaia y por la izquierda hacia las cimas altas del Pirineo Atlántico.
Sin ningún genero de dudas, uno de los mejores tramos de cicloturismo de todo el Pirineo.
Vuelta a España 2016
El pelotón comienza el descenso hacia Altzai durante la Etapa Reina de La Vuelta a España 2016, por delante les vienen Soudet, Marie Blanque y Aubisque, una minucia de esas...
Vuelta a España 2016
Up
Stage J1: Sant Jean Pied de Port - Pamplona
Distance: 96km Unevenness: 1.840m
Stage J2: Sant Jean Pied de Port - Pamplona
Distance: 121km Unevenness: 2.475m
Escenas bucólicas en el territorio 5 estrellas de los Pirineos Atlánticos.
Restos de la Torre Romana sobre la cima del Urkulu custodiando las "apacibles" laderas del puerto de Arnostegi
Con sus 5 diferentes ascensiones principales, todas ellas rondando los 1000 metros de desnivel el Col de Arnostegi comienza a dejar de ser un gran desconocido y comienza a ocupar el lugar preferente que le corresponde.
Su ruta más sencilla -desde Esterenzubi, por donde nosotros descendemos- tiene un coeficiente de 268 puntos APM -Aubisque 255- y la más exigente, -la propuesta en nuestra opción PLUS- la conocida como Arnostegi por Bellurti alcanza los 385, puntos estos de los que 358 se han conseguido en tan solo 7 kilómetros -Tourmalet 342 en 23 kilómetros- Para nuestra opción estándar hemos elegido la opción por Ondarolle -288 puntos- que aunque sigue siendo exigente, suaviza un poco la cosa.
Esta es la tónica general; puntos que se consiguen esencialmente debido a los altos porcentajes de sus pendientes y no tanto porque el kilometraje sea excesivo. Dicho esto deberemos añadir las cosas buenas... a la habitual en estas tierras del casi testimonial trafico hay que añadir simplemente la de una belleza que en ocasiones corta la respiración -por si no teníamos bastante con la pendiente-
En algún tramo coincidiremos con peregrinos que con frecuencia tienen la propiedad de ofrecernos imágenes insólitas, en otras la vista se parará en las murallas naturales de la fortaleza prerromana de Zerkupe... siempre por encima de nosotros, en las inmediaciones del Col, la Torre romana de Urkulu... majadas de pastores por doquier...
¡En fin! Bucolismo al final de la Pendiente, eso es lo que tenemos.
Coronando Arnostegi entre jirones de niebla, una de las mejores situaciones meteorológicas para subir "refrigerados" las duras y prolongadas pendientes de este Coloso Pirenaico.
Y mucho mejor si después la niebla se queda abajo
Potente paisaje pirenaico entre los pasos de Orgambide y Azpegi. En el fondo, las laderas de Artaburu y Errozate por la que anduvimos ayer. Territorio Irati Extrem.
Recreación cultural de cromlech frente a la montaña de Errozate
Restos reacondicionados para el turismo de la antigua Fábrica de Armas de Orbaitzeta. Estamos ya en la vertiente sur del Pirineo.
Peregrinos y ciclistas compartiendo territorio en Espinal, población típica del Pirineo Navarro.
Cicloturista La Indurain 2016
Escenas de la vertiente sur del Pirineo navarro entre Espinal y Erro. Tachuela de Mezkiritz.
Cicloturista La Indurain 2016
Espectacular Alto de Nahala durante el descenso de Lindus a Urepel en la opción PLUS.
Campus Baigorri GIRLS Cycling Experiences 2019
La misma cuesta y los mismos arboles en distintas épocas. Ascenso a Urkiaga desde Urepel por el Col intermedio de Paradar. 510 metros de desnivel exigentes.
Up
If you have doubths, do not hesitate and use some of the buttons below, we respond quickly.
The Hotels - Day by day
1rst night: Iruñea-Pamplona
Hotel Villava
The base of PIRINEOS PUNTO BIKE in Iruñea / Pamplona is located in the HOTEL VILLAVA, a comfortable 3-star establishment located in the town of Villava, with Bikefriendly category and perfectly prepared for our cycling activity. The hotel is in a privileged situation for the practice of our sport, at the foot of Mount Ezkaba and on the road to the Pyrenees.
2nd night: Doneztebe
Hostal Santamaria
A comfortable hostel dedicated to cycling service will be the PUNTO BIKE that welcomes us in Santesteban.
At dinner time Casa Santamaría Restaurant, one of the indisputable gastronomic references in the entire Baztan/Bidasoa area, will be in charge of replenishing our energies.
3rd night: Sant Jean Pied de Port
Depending on availability, we will stay either at the Ramuntcho Hotel or at the Hôtel des Remparts, both in the same center of the village.
TARIFFS 2025
3 Stages / 3 Nights
402 € Price per person for groups of 6 or more people
434 € Price per person for groups of 4 or 5 people
502 € Price per person for groups of 3 people
546 € Price per person for groups of 2 people
In these proposals when the groups are odd, the accommodation is offered in double rooms and a single room.
- TRIPLE ROOMS ARE NEVER USED -
If you want the price of the Pack to be cheaper, perhaps we can lower the level of one of the chosen hotels. And also, if the number of participants is odd; request a triple room.
- This management is only done once the Pack has been contracted -
Rates for the whole year, subject to availability.
The prices may vary when the dates coincide with the Easter holidays or with the Patron Festivities of any of the places of accommodation.
INCLUDED
- 1 night of accommodation with breakfast
Corresponds to the 1st night as usually the groups prefer to choose themselves where to dine during the arrival trip to the destination - 2 nights accommodation in half board
Transport of luggage between hotels
1 bag or package of a maximum of 20 kg per person
If not needed, the cost of this service will be deducted from the proposal- Tracks of the route in GPX format for mobile phones or GPS devices and printed map with each day routes options
- Explanatory printed map-sketch of the different route options for each stage
One per stage - Shower and luggage reception at the end of the last stage despite you don’t spend the night at the finalising point of the route
- Presentation of the route and delivery of information in hand the day of the arrival of the group to the hotel or the morning of the next day when groups are of 6 or more people
- Telephone assistance for incidents or consultations during the days of the contracted activity
NOT INCLUDED
- Beers or other consumptions outside the proposed menus in the dinners or during the stay in hotels
- Meals in restaurants at the time of the noon, unless it has been agreed previously to replace dinner with meals
- Any kind of sports material, helmets, shoes, etc
- Mechanical Assistance during the activity
If possible, we will try to help you in case of a breakdown, but in many situations this help can be very limited due to lack of specific spare parts or other circumstances. The cost of the service if it can be done is € 18 per hour + € 0.40 per kilometer. - Anything not expressly indicated in the offer
OPTIONS
- Airport/station pick up
We put you in contact with the transfer companies that provide these services. We do not include its cost in our proposal. - Bicycle rental
We put you in touch with a rental service in Pamplona - Hire Asistance / Accident Insurance
and / or Trip Cancellation Insurance - Single room supplement: + 127 €
- Add a night at the finalising point of the route - B&B
+ 37 € in doble room or + 60 € in single room
FAQ
- Desarrollo: We refer here to the combination of cassette and chainring of the bike. It is absolutely advisable to go with a "generous" pair, a 34x32 better than a 34x28 or 25. The ascents are really long and demanding. Sometimes they surpass the mythical mountain passes of the Central Pyrenees in difficulty coefficient, and they do so by earning points for having steep slopes rather than for mileage.
- Best time to go: The route can be done once the snow disappears in the highest ports of the route. From there, we dare not say that one era is better than another. It really depends on the specific weather of the days we choose.
Do not underestimate the weather, not even in the middle of summer. The conditions -especially in the Pyrenees- can be identical to those of the Central Pyrenees. To summarize... our advice is: bring even the long culotte and if it doesn´t come out from the suitcase, all the better.
In summer it is necessary to be aware of the possibility of storms -frequent in the afternoons-. - Orientation: It is highly convenient to use a GPS device, since many of the roads that ascend to the mountain passes of the northern slope are actually paved tarmacs for shepherds and we will find many unmarked crossroads in the middle of "nowhere".
- Provisioning: In most of the stages we will find towns with water and other services without too many difficulties. However, there may be exceptions to take into account.
- Philosophy: The philosophy of the route is to make "sport bicycle touring" but trying that at the end of the day there is still enough energy for something else besides resting until dinner. This is done to allow us at the end to have enough time to be able to learn - even slightly - where we are.
Anyway, if what you need are kilometers and hours on bike, all the proposals have their Option PLUS
Related Road Tours
