Adventure
La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols
Crossing the Pyrenees from one ocean to the other by the great Tour de France passes: Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin, Peyresourde and Puymorens.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine → Occitanie
Where to sleep on La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols
Halta lists 642 places to sleep within 5 km of the route: 400 campsites, 25 mountain huts, 153 bivouac spots, 64 hotels. For each one, the app shows the real detour from your stage — and it is that distance, not the straight line, that decides how a day ends.
- Campsites
- Mountain huts
- Bivouac spots
- Hotels
Alongside the campsites, mountain huts and bivouac spots drawn from open data, there are the hosts of the Halta community: travellers who welcome others into their homes, usually for free. You write to them before you come; you do not book a slot.
The 10 stages of La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols
An indicative split, drawn on real roads: distances and elevation come from route calculation, not from an estimate. In the app every stage can be adjusted — stretched, cut short, or pushed back a day.
| # | Stage | Distance | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hendaye → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port | 84 km | 1 352 m |
| 2 | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 68 km | 1 388 m |
| 3 | Oloron-Sainte-Marie → Laruns | 36 km | 498 m |
| 4 | Laruns → Argelès-Gazost | 47 km | 1 477 m |
| 5 | Argelès-Gazost → Bagnères-de-Luchon | 104 km | 2 414 m |
| 6 | Bagnères-de-Luchon → Saint-Girons | 78 km | 1 393 m |
| 7 | Saint-Girons → Ax-les-Thermes | 84 km | 1 699 m |
| 8 | Ax-les-Thermes → Quillan | 57 km | 1 314 m |
| 9 | Quillan → Prades | 60 km | 1 545 m |
| 10 | Prades → Cerbère | 89 km | 584 m |
Frequently asked questions about La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols
How many days does La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols take?
La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols takes about 15 days, split into 10 stages over 707 km — an average of 47 km a day. The split is indicative: stages stretch or shorten depending on your form and the weather.
Where can you sleep on La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols?
Halta lists 642 places to sleep within 5 km of La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols: 400 campsites, 25 mountain huts, 153 bivouac spots, 64 hotels. On top of those are the hosts of the Halta community, travellers who welcome others into their homes, usually for free.
How hard is La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols?
La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols is rated hard, with 13 664 m of cumulative elevation gain over 707 km. Per stage, that works out at roughly 1366 m of climbing a day.
Where does La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols go?
La Pyrénéenne, la route des cols runs from Hendaye to Cerbère, by way of Laruns, Saint-Girons, Quillan, across Nouvelle-Aquitaine → Occitanie. It is travelled by bike and totals 707 km split into 10 stages.
Figures established on 17 September 2026, from Halta’s own data. How they are calculated.
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Étapes indicatives d'après la Route des cols pyrénéens. Tracé reconstitué par routage (ODbL, openrouteservice.org). Halta 2026-07. Places to sleep: OpenStreetMap, refuges.info and DATAtourisme (ODbL). Photo : Wikimedia Commons (CC).