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Summer Cycling in the Pyrenees Special Offer
How's your summer planning going? We've got a special offer to tempt you over here...
CIC-Tour Féminin des Pyrénées – what went wrong and how to get it right
The CIC-Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées 2023 was an absolute nightmare with the race eventually cancelled. What does this year's race have in store?
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 8
Road Cycling in the Pyrenees: Col d'Aubisque. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new ride each week.
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 7
Road Cycling in the Pyrenees: Hourquette d'Ancizan. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new ride each week.
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 6
Road Cycling in the Pyrenees: Col d'Azet. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new ride each week.
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 5
Cycling in the Pyrenees: Mauvezin Castle. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new ride each week.
Escape to the Pyrenees for a Winter Break
Fancy a winter break? If you love to relax by the fire and play board games, then this is the holiday for you...
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 4
Road Cycling in the Pyrenees: Marciac. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new one each week.
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 3
Road cycling in the Pyrenees: Col du Tourmalet. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new one each week.
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 2
Road cycling in the Pyrenees: Col des Palomieres. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new one each week.
The Best Road Cycling in the Pyrenees – Part 1
Cycling in the Pyrenees: Col d'Aspin. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer. Check out a new one each week.
Latest Cycling News and Offers for Pyrenees Holidays
Allons y Pyrenees offers the best cycling holidays and training weeks. Read our new year update to get all the latest news and offers.
What Turns Your Wheels?
Originally published in BIKE magazine, and updated for Autumn 2022, this is Rachel's article for International Women's Day which looks at cycling motivation.
TDF 2023
See 3 great stages in the Pyrenees for the 2023 TDF and the final 2 stages of the TDFF with Allons y Pyrenees. This is cycling at its best!
TDF 2022
Read our review of the 2022 TDF: 3 great stages in the Pyrenees and more excitment than we could have ever hoped for!
The Pyrenean Baronnies
The Baronnies, in the heart of the Hautes-Pyrenees, are a wild, often untouched area of lush countryside and rolling hills. Ancient villages nestle in the valley bottoms among vast forests and beautiful limestone cliffs; the roads are quiet and winding. Away from the high cols, cycling doesn’t get much better than this.
Adventures On A Road Bike: Explore the Pyrenees
Adventures on a road bike: Exploring the Pyrenees. Allons Y Pyrenees has everything you need for a truly unforgettable cycling holiday.
Have Dog, Will Cycle!
A quick search on Google for ‘bike and dog friendly holidays abroad’ and various similar queries comes up with… well, not a lot and certainly nothing of value, but we've got the answer you've been looking for!
Every Holiday has its Own Story
Our location is perfect for exploring the Pyrenees at any time of year.
Memories: Raid Pyrenean
Originally published in BIKE magazine, this is Rachel's piece on our epic Pyrenean Coast to Coast Cycling and Camping Adventure
What Turns Your Wheels
This week's guest blog features Nikki Pearson who tells us about her experiences watching the world's best bike race.
What Turns Your Wheels
This week's guest blog features John Taylor who undertook the epic challenge to cycle from his home in Plymouth to his holiday home in southern Spain.
What Turns Your Wheels
This week's guest blog features Dr Helen Mills talking about her cycling experiences. Part of this piece also features in the March edition of BIKE magazine in Rachel's article What Turns Your Wheels?
Covid 19 and Your Cycling Holiday
With restrictions easing, we're looking forward to welcoming you back to AYP for your next cycling holiday. Here's what you need to know...
TDF 2020
Two great stages in the Pyrenees for this year's TDF
Covid 19 – A Personal Message
With restrictions easing, we're looking forward to welcoming you back to AYP for your next cycling holiday. Here's what you need to know...
Lockdown Triathlon Challenge 1
Rach is getting restless during #lockdown and has set herself a triathlon challenge in the grounds of AYP.
Guest Reviews
Read the amazing reviews of Allons-y-Pyrenees, providing friendly and flexible catered cycling holidays from their fantastic site in the Pyrenees.
Vegan Spa Retreats
Autumn is here and after a busy Summer, now is the time to slow down and take some time to look after yourself with a relaxing vegan-friendly spa getaway at Allons-y-Pyrenees, guaranteed to leave you feeling brand new...
The lure of the Pyrenees: The best road cycling destination
The best road cycling destination: the Pyrenees. Our location is perfect for exploring the famous cols, or some of the varied rides our beautiful area has to offer.
If you have a bike, you need to “Everest”
Everesting - it's so hot right now… and if you’re a cyclist, you probably know (pretty much) what it entails; if you aren’t you probably wouldn’t understand.
Look Marmotte Pyrenees
The Marmotte sportive has come and gone… leaving just a lingering soreness in about 26oo pairs of legs. Cycling in the Pyrenees has a different feel […]
Route du Sud
Was great to get out to see the Route du Sud race blast past this week – it made a nice change of scene and great […]