TOUR 8 The Pyrenees (relaxed)

TOTAL DISTANCE: 1390 miles RIDING TIME: Eight days

DAY ONE: Santander to Zarautz (150 miles)

DAY TWO: Zarautz to Argèles-gazost (185 miles)

DAY THREE: Argèles-gazost to Foix (170 miles)

DAY FOUR: Foix to Carcassonne (180 miles)

DAY FIVE: Carcassonne to Berga (175 miles)

DAY SIX: Berga to El Pont de Suert (180 miles)

DAY SEVEN: El Pont de Suert to Estella (205 miles)

DAY EIGHT: Estella to Santander (145 miles)

This pillion-friendly tour of both sides of the Pyrenees ties into the Santander ferry crossings. There’s lots to see, as the route takes in many of the Cathar castles on the French side of the mountains.