It’s free to join, everyone gets a souvenir, and local cake, wine and cheese are typically available. The spectacle isn’t just for pro cyclists though all ability levels are welcome and some don 1910 clothes – and bikes! The flotilla keeping him company on the way often includes past Tour champions, including five-time winner Miguel Indurain. Every summer the statue is relocated from its winter home at the foot of the Tourmalet to the top for four months. The Geant is a 3-meter tall statue of the first race rider to crest the pass, more than a century ago. Join thousands for a different angle of the Tour de France, with the annual ceremonial ride up the Tourmalet accompanying the Geant. Take part in the Montee du Geant cycling festival Victor Hugo once described it as “the Colosseum of nature” and the tumultuous noise, and dizzyingly spectacular views, are sure to stay with you.ĭetour: Visit during late July / early August to take in Le Festival de Gavarnie. Head down the valley with the sunset for open-air Shakespeare and other performances. The Gavarnie is a Unesco heritage site and the waterfalls flow down from one of the Pyrenees’ last remaining permanent glaciers. The Cirque du Gavarnie is home to multiple towering cascades, the highest reaching a drop of 422 meters. See one of Europe's most powerful waterfalls up close. Stand beneath the highest waterfall in France
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