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Just starting to plan for summer '08, and we're thinking about touring the Pyrenees, so I wondered if anyone had been to the area, and had any comments on the following sites, and also the road through the Pyrenees from Lourdes to Huesca (Spain).

The sites we are looking at are:

Camping Le Ruisseau, Bidart near Biarritz

Pyrenees Natura (Castels Site) 20KM south of Lourdes.

Lago Barasona, near Huesca in Spain

Also, does anyone have experience of towing a large caravan through the Pyrenees from the Lourdes region into Spain, without the need to go back round the long way on the auto-route at Bayonne???

Via Michelin recommends the 230 through the tunnel at Vielha.

I'm with Billy on this one. We did the area with a twin axle some years ago. The N134 is Ok to the tunnel , but don't be tempted to go over the col; We did a reccy just car, and there were 3 Spanish artics passed us going up, as we came down, and I am glad we did n't have the van. They would have taken the side out. If you speak Spanish get a ceebee, and you will know what is on the road.

Out of interest, it was that trip that persuaded us to change to a single axle. 4 times we were refused access to sites, and treated very discourteously in a garage, because of the twin. Apparently the problem is with nomads, and because the site owners cannot bar them as such, they claim the access is unsuitable for large vans..I have good French, and I talked my way on to the sites, but only as an emergency stopover, and we were put "in a corner" and had to move the following day. I have no evidence that the problem is getting better, rather the reverse.

I don't see you having any problems on commercial sites with your "big van", but you may have the odd problem getting there. See what everyone else thinks. 

Quote: Originally posted by billybhoy999 on 20/11/2007

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Just starting to plan for summer '08, and we're thinking about touring the Pyrenees, so I wondered if anyone had been to the area, and had any comments on the following sites, and also the road through the Pyrenees from Lourdes to Huesca (Spain).

The sites we are looking at are:

Camping Le Ruisseau, Bidart near Biarritz

Pyrenees Natura (Castels Site) 20KM south of Lourdes.

Lago Barasona, near Huesca in Spain

Also, does anyone have experience of towing a large caravan through the Pyrenees from the Lourdes region into Spain, without the need to go back round the long way on the auto-route at Bayonne???

Via Michelin recommends the 230 through the tunnel at Vielha.

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