Santander to the Pyrenees and back

Main roads

From the map

Longest gap between fuel

71 miles

Fuel stations near the line

167

Curvature

234 ° a mile

Campsites within 2 km

168

• The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 247 to mile 318. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
• The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 366 to mile 386, at 485 degrees of turning a mile.
• Passes: Portillo de la Sía (1,200 m, mile 59), Puerto de Oroel / Puerto d’Uruel (1,080 m, mile 315), Puerto de Cotefablo (1,423 m, mile 352), Col de Fanlo (1,383 m, mile 371), Bouche nord Tunnel Aragnouet-Bielsa (1,821 m, mile 410), Col d'Aspin (1,489 m, mile 437), Col du Tourmalet (2,115 m, mile 455), Col du Soulor (1,474 m, mile 489), Col d'Aubisque (1,709 m, mile 495), Col de Labays (1,354 m, mile 549), Col du Soudet (1,533 m, mile 552), Pas de Massare (1,655 m, mile 553), Pas d'Arlas (1,763 m, mile 554), Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin (1,765 m, mile 554), Erraitzeko Lepua (1,578 m, mile 558), Paso Laza (1,129 m, mile 577).
• Countries: France.
• 38 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
• More routes from this port.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

• The Tourmalet and the Aubisque are normally open from about June to October. Check before you go.
• The line keeps off motorways and toll roads by design.
• Brittany Ferries sail to Santander from Portsmouth and Plymouth.

On the way

1. Santander
2. Ramales de la Victoria
3. Medina de Pomar
4. Haro
5. Estella
6. Sanguesa
7. Jaca
8. Biescas
9. Torla
10. Bielsa
11. Saint-Lary-Soulan
12. Arreau
13. Col d'Aspin
14. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan
15. Col du Tourmalet
16. Luz-Saint-Sauveur
17. Argeles-Gazost
18. Col d'Aubisque
19. Laruns
20. Oloron-Sainte-Marie
21. Isaba
22. Ochagavia
23. Lekunberri
24. Azpeitia
25. Bermeo
26. Castro Urdiales
27. Santander

Split it into days

Pick the miles you like to ride in a day. Each day ends at the named place on the route nearest that distance, and you get a GPX file for each day.

This is your pace, not our estimate of how long the riding takes. Day lengths vary because each day ends at a named place.