The Alpe d'Huez

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si_mon628 in reply to @Sion

This isn't a specific recommendation, sorry, but Le Bourg d'Oisans is a nice little town with enough shops/restaurants/wandering etc. for the evenings, although presumably your time will be more about the riding. As well as Alpe d'Huez you've also got the Glandon, Croix de Fer (although it semi-cheats to count them in the same ride!), the Ornon, Lautaret and Galibier within looping distance, all with a downhill return at the end of the day's ride.

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andyp in reply to @si_mon628

I’d definitely recommend staying in Bourg rather than in Alpe d’Huez. It’s a bit more compact as a town, so less walking around required of an evening and you don’t have a fuck off hors categorie climb to face at the end of every ride.

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si_mon628 in reply to @andyp

Ha yeah I was assuming @Sion was not planning on giving their group of pals a 14km, 1000m up, av. 8% climb* back to dinner and bed each evening...!

*I may have had to look up a couple of those statistics.
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I'd recommend staying on the Alpe so you can enjoy a fuck off hors categorie climb at the end of every ride.

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