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The best known of these escape routes is Le Chemin de la Liberté, which passes through the Ariège from Saint-Girons to Alos d’Isil in Spain. When you hike the GR10 in good summer weather, remember that many of these crossings would have been made at night in appalling weather and in winter over snow-covered mountains.

Tour de France

Tour de France riders, 2014, below Barèges after descending the Col du Tourmalet (Stage 21)

The Tour de France cycle race visits the Pyrenees in July and may impinge on the GR10 with road closures and fully booked facilities. In 2015 stages ended at Arette-la Pierre-St-Martin, Cauterets and the Plateau de Beille as well as passing over the Col du Tourmalet and Col de la Core.

Accommodation

Cabane de Besset (bothy) (Stage 31)

There is a wide range of accommodation on the GR10.

 Hotels vary greatly in quality and cost and they have all the facilities you expect of a hotel in Britain. An auberge is the equivalent of an English inn.

 Chambres d’hôtes are private houses offering accommodation similar to the British ‘bed & breakfast’. Many of them depend on weekly or weekend bookings and are reluctant to take advance bookings for a single night.