The resort’s champions, accustomed to snowboarding and freeriding, thrill the crowds in summer with their mountain biking exploits. In 2008, 170 daredevil downhill bikers took part in the K Bourre at the Saint-Lary Mountain Bike Park.

Just one year on from the opening of its Mountain Bike Park, Saint-Lary is imposing itself as a mountain biking venue.

With all the experience gained from its snowpark, the Pyrenean resort opened this excellent Mountain Bike a year ago. With wooden bike tracks and a route that respects the initial layout of the land, the Saint-Lary Mountain Bike Park is fully integrated into the landscape!

Trails to suit every one, small and big time racers alike: from downhill family trails of around 6km (ideal for a ride with children), to courses resembling real competitive circuits, secure, fully equipped and well laid out – a total of some ten waymarked trails in Saint-Lary 1700 and Saint-Lary 1900.

A unique concept of its kind! “We designed the Mountain Bike Park along the same lines as we did the ski slopes and snowboard park”, a spokesperson from the Tourist Office explained. Accordingly, just as in winter, the ski lift operates continuously throughout the day, providing access to the Mountain Bike Park trails.

Rates: 3.5 euros for the ascent, 10 euros for a day pass, 30 euros for a 10 trip pass

As the flagship resort in the Pyrenees, Saint-Lary is just a few kilometres from the Spanish border and one hour away from Pau and Toulouse airports (with flights from London by Easyjet or Ryanair). For more information, please visit: www.saintlary.com

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Parc Floral de Paris, a site within easy reach of the wide array Paris Hotels, will play host to the celebration.

A number of pavilions will be set up to showcase the newest innovations in cycling, while a conference hall is to provide visitors with the chance to view, discuss and purchase a wide array of bike accessories.

Meanwhile, practice slopes give guests the opportunity to try out some of the latest models, while specially-constructed circuits are available for people keen to engage in something a little more sedate.

A number of demonstrations will also take place, providing spectators with the chance to see some of the cycles in action.

Guests can attend Paris Bike Days between 09:00 and 19:00 local time on each day of the showcase.

Tickets for the event cost €8 for adults and €5 for children, while youngsters under the age of three are able to enter for free. A number of concessions are also available.

For those heading to Parc Floral de Paris to watch the show, LateRooms.com offers over 360 Hotels in Paris. Here you will find a wide variety of hotels that range from cheap hotel to more exclusive boutique hotels.

The Malte Opera is in the Opera Neighbourhood and is offering its standard double rooms from a £100 a night. The hotel Malte Opera offers 64 rooms and duplex apartments. This hotel has received some fantastic reviews and as a result has an average customer rating of 5/6

The discreetly luxurious Villa Opera Drouot which is in the heart of Paris and the Opera area has double rooms from £160 a night which is a saving of £198 off the normal rack rate!

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Price includes return Eurostar train travel (London), all transportation, seven nights’ B&B and the services of a tour leader. There are available departures 13 & 20 September, 2008.

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