Comments on: Crossing the French Alps in 5 days https://www.destinations-gravel.com/en/2026/07/04/the-traverse-of-the-alps-from-thonon-les-bains-to-nice-in-5-days/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Kim Gintrand https://www.destinations-gravel.com/en/2026/07/04/the-traverse-of-the-alps-from-thonon-les-bains-to-nice-in-5-days/#comment-18076 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:39:42 +0000 https://www.destinations-gravel.com/?p=11462#comment-18076 In reply to Marcin.

A little advice that I didn’t write in the article but in France you can take your bike fully mounted only in the TER train or Zou (southern train line). And for the TGV you need a bag. We’ve had to do the route ourselves when we got back from Nice, choosing each train in order to make it back to Annecy without any problems. But if you choose the TER trains, your fine to travel anywhere in France with your bike!

]]> By: Marcin https://www.destinations-gravel.com/en/2026/07/04/the-traverse-of-the-alps-from-thonon-les-bains-to-nice-in-5-days/#comment-18075 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:25:43 +0000 https://www.destinations-gravel.com/?p=11462#comment-18075 Thanks Kim for writing all the details – very informative!
And impressive ride!
I am eyeing for some French Alps this year (as I cycled my Swiss passed through and through already) and what worries me are 2 things – bike transport in trains and hotels…I think that for the first year I will book something in one place for a few nights and cycle around to get accustomed to, and your ride will be a big plan for next year.

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