Saturday July 18th to Tuesday July 21st
3 nights and 3 days - 2* hotel Package
3 nights and 3 days - 2* hotel Package
3 nights in Grignan, 2*-hotel, on a halfboard basis (dinner, wine and water included, bed and breakfast) with all the transfers.
The hotel is located for the 3 nights in Grignan 15 miles from Montélimar (the city of the start).
You will be one of the privileged riders who will be provided with accommodation close to the start.
The Hotel Restaurant Sevigne nearby the Chateau de Grignan in Dr�me
proven�ale at the gateway to the Provence has both a long history and very well known reputation throughout the regions of the "Dr�me" and the "Vaucluse".
Remodeled in 2003, the Hotel Restaurant S�vign� offers all the charms of a Provencal Hotel, as well as a touch of paradise. The rooms are both spacious and comfortable with a taste of soft provencal colours and are all equipped with wireless internet connection, telephone and television.
Price : Sharing in Twin or double : €640
(€300 deposit to secure your package - Balance on June 1st 2009)
Single room : €740
(€300 deposit to secure your package - Balance on June 1st 2009)
Single room : €740
Saturday, July 18th : day 1
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Meeting in the morning at Lyon airport
A bus will take you to the 2* hotel in Grignan, where you will spend your next 3 nights.
Bus transfer: 176 km, 109, 36 miles (1 hour 45 min).
If you wish, you will have the time to make any adjustment on your bike and go for an easy ride.
Dinner at the hotel
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Sunday, July 19th : day 2
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After breakfast, you will have the time to make any final adjustment on your bike and go from your hotel for an easy ride in the morning to see the first miles of the Etape du Tour.
In the afternoon, our bus will bring you to Montelimar where you will be free to visit the Etape du Tour village and its bicycle exhibition where all the major European makes will be present. This is also where you will sign for and collect your race number. In the evening, our bus will take you back to the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel
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Monday, July 20th : day 3
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Group: D-day, the Etape du Tour
This will be your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live up to the same challenge as the pros (a few days later), by doing a mountain stage of the 2009 Tour de France. You will be able to see how your total time on that stage compares to that of the top pros.
There will be 8,500 participants, and the roads will be closed to regular traffic. There will be several feeding zones along the course, and technical assistance will be offered by MAVIC.
After breakfast, you will leave the hotel by bus and ride the short distance from the hotel to the start (19 km, 12 miles).
After the finish of the Etape, there will be a meeting point where you will be able to take a shower and put on fresh clothes. Some snacks and drinks (fruits, energy bar, and drinks) will be served. After that, a coach will take you back to your hotel. 47 Km, 29 miles, 50 minutes)
Special bike trailer for the safe keeping and transport of your bike
Dinner at the hotel
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Tuesday, July 21st : day 4
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You�ll leave the hotel by bus at 10:00am to get to the Lyon airport at
11: 00 a.m. where you�ll board your flight back.
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...Option...
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________If you wish, you can continue your journey and join the Tour de France.
Our status as an official Tour Operator allows us to offer the most exciting week of
the Tour de France.
From tuesday, July 21th to Monday, July 27th 2009
Third Week of the Tour de FRANCE
PREMIUM PACKAGE
7 days, 6 nights in three and four star hotels
With or without bikes
� 2 Exclusive VIP access to mountain stage, Le Grand Bornand, and Aubenas stage finish.
� Ride the stage of the Tour de France (BourgouinJallieu/Aubenas and the time trial of Annecy).
� Ride the Giant of Provence: the MONT VENTOUX.
� Access to an official Tour de France Champs Elysée Grandstand in front of the finish line.
See details on packages Overtime Tour de France.
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THE PRICE INCLUDES:
- Accommodation for 3 nights / 4 days, in two-star hotel: Double rooms with private bathroom including toilets, and a tub and/or a shower.
- 3 Breakfasts, and 3 dinners, drinks (wine and water) included.
- Shower, food and drink after the Etape du Tour Monday 20th.
- Transfer from Lyon airport to your hotel on the first day, transfer to the start village to collect your number, transfer from the hotel to the start on the day of the Etape, transfer back to your hotel after the Etape du Tour on day 3 and transfer from your hotel to Lyon airport on the last day in a luxury private coach.
- Special bike trailer for the safe keeping and transport of your bike.
- Ronan Pensec Travel Welcome Package.
- Fruit, energy bars, drinks for Etape du tour and at arrival.
- Local taxes
- Services of our guide.
THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- Lunches.
- Personnal hotel expenses, mini bar, telephone, room service.
- Travel and personal insurance.