French Alps tour motorcycle tour

Dates June - september
Destination Alps
Category Self-Guided Tours
Duration 5 days 5 nights

Mileage : 888 km / 552 miles  

Tour highlights :  Napoleon historical road, mythics pass of the french Alps. Iseran pass and Galibier pass, Roselend road, Mercantour and Vanoise National Parks, Menton sea resort, roads of high Provence.alpes ride in tours

Dates & Prices

Day 1 - Evian
Day 1 - Evian

Arrival in Evian. Hotel check in.
visit the lake Léman shore and Thonon lake front.

Day 2 - Evian - Tarentaise valley
Day 2 - Evian - Tarentaise valley

You start your ride of the Grand Alps Road by crossing the Bauges and Aravis mountain range. Then you will go through the Beaufortain region so well known for its cheese that will give you access to the Cormet of Roselend scenic road. You will stay in a mountain resort in Bourg St Maurice in the heart of Tarentaise valley.

Day 3 - Tarentaise valley - Briançon
Day 3 - Tarentaise valley - Briançon

Afer a short ride in the Tarentaise valley and passed Tigne and Val d'Isère, two of the most well know french ski resort you will climb one of the highest road pass in the Alps at the iseran pass in the Vanoise national park. On the other side of the pass you will stop at the village of Bonneval a typical Alps high mountain village. You will have to go through 2 more emblematic pass to reach Briançon : Lautaret and Galibier.

Day 4 - Briançon - Puget Theniers
Day 4 - Briançon - Puget Theniers

Its through the Izoard pass that you will enter the Queyras National pak and its gorgous desertic high moutain landscapes. There you will see some of the greatest Vauban fortress until you reach Barcelonette. Then through the Cayolle pass and Daluis gorges you will Puget Theniers in the southern Alps.

Day 5 - Puget-Theniers - Menton
Day 5 - Puget-Theniers - Menton

You will ride the gorges of the Cians river to start your day. Then you will visit some of the typical villages of high Provence : Trigance, Peillon, St Agnès. You will finally reach the see front of the french Riviera in Menton, hometown of lemon. Don't miss Monte Carlo if time permits...

map motorcycle tour AlpsIseran and Mont Cenis pass, Annecy, Evian, Chamonix, and to link them, not words or phrases, but endless winding roads, wrapping around, over and through a spectacular mountain landscape. The riding here is sublime, but even off the bikes it’s easy to lose yourself in the views of jagged, snow-capped peaks, deep valleys and lush countryside. But you’d here to ride, and from Lac Leman, the Napoleonic route, and Mont Blanc, the world-class motorcycling is endless. 

 

Day 1 ARRIVAL IN ÉVIAN
Day 2 ÉVIAN - TARENTAISE VALLEY
 (190 km / 118 miles)
Day 3 TARENTAISE VALLEY - BRIANÇON (220 km / 136 miles)
Day 4 BRIANÇON - PUGET THENIERS (250 km / 155 miles)
Day 5 PUGET THENIERS - MENTON (228 km / 142 miles)


 

 

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 If you want to add a motorcycle rental to that tour or for any special request contact us to get a quote. This tour can be combined with our Provence & Riviera motorcycle tour.

Rates in self-guided formula (in € P/P) : 

Category / Type of room 
(price per person)

lit double

lit single

2 star hotelStandard accommodation

€ 495

€ 755

 4 star hotel   Superior accommodation     € 785 € 1 245

Our price of this self-guided motorcycle tour includes :

  • 5 nights in two and three star hotels (standard) or three and four star hotels (superior) with continental breakfast.
  • Tour information package with road-book and travel tips
  • GPX files for GPS device or smartphone and map
  • All reservations and travel documentation

Not included in the price of this self-guided motorcycle tour :

  • All meals not included in the tour
  • Drinks and all personal expenses
  • Motorcycle and fuel
  • Riding equipment (helmet, jackets, gloves)
  • all visits not included in your package

 Rates valid except from 1st july to 31st august

 

Guided tour calendar 2025

2025

 

March

Southern Morocco
01 to 10 March 2025

Western Morocco & Anti-Atlas
29 March to 06 April 2025

April

Best of Portugal
13 to 25 April 2025

Central Spain
20 to 29 April 2025

Bardeñas off-road - NEW TOUR !!!
28 April to 04 May 2025
Limited places

May

Irish loop - FULL
02 to 14 May 2025

Irish loop - FULL
09 to 21 May 2025

Scotland & Highlands
22 May to 02 June 2025
3 places available

Asturias & Picos Europa
25 May to 01 June 2025
3 places available

June

Historical Alps road & Provence
04 to 14 June 2025
4 places available

Historical Alps road & Provence (Can-Am only)
05 to 15 June 2025
2 places available

Bardeñas off-road - NEW TOUR !!!
09 to 14 June 2025
Limited places

Grand Alps tour (Can-Am only)
17 to 26 June 2025
4 places available

Grand Alps tour - FULL
18 to 27 June 2025

July

Trans Pyrénées tour  - FULL
29 June to 06 July 2025

Trans Pyrénées tour - NEW DATE !!!
06 to 13 July 2025

August

Beetween Rhein & Mosel valley
06 to 13 August 2025
2 places available

Auvergne & Cévennes (Can-Am only)
15 to 24 August 2025
6 places available

Auvergne & Cévennes
16 to 25 August 2025
5 places available

Heart of Europe - FULL
30 August to 05 September 2025

Heart of Europe -NEW DATE !!!
30 August to 05 September 2025

September

Italian lakes & Dolomites tour - FULL
14 to 21 September 2025

Italian lakes & Dololmites tour - NEW DATE !!!
16 to 23 September 2025

Bardeñas off-road - NEW TOUR !!!
15 to 21 September 2025
Limited places

Tuscany & Cinque Terre tour - FULL
22 to 29 September 2025

Tuscany & Cinque Terre tour - NEW DATE !!!
24 September to 01 October 2025

October

White villages of Andalusia 
05 to 13 October 2025

November

Bardeñas off-road - NEW TOUR !!!
10 to 15 November 2025
Limited places

The Canary islands
22 to 29 November 2025
3 places available