"Cycle Touring in the French Alps" presents a personal selection of the most picturesque cycling routes through the mountains of Southeast France. The eight tours - seven circuits plus the "Grand Traverse" from Geneva to Nice - include the "classic" high passes of the French Alps (Galibier, Iseran, Izoard, etc) as well as many lesser known areas of the pre-Alps and Southern Jura. Although all of the tours are in mountain areas, the scenery - from the rolling hills of the Bugey to the dramatic limestone gorges of the Chartreuse or the snowy peaks of the Ecrins - is extremely varied. Without neglecting the "must-see" places, the tours have been designed to take you through the secret corners and forgotten backwaters of the regions described; even amongst the most awe-inspiring mountains, it is often the more discreet facets of the countryside that reveal an area's true charm.
- ISBN13 9781852844455
- Publish Date 17 November 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 April 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cicerone Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English