Excellent location for cycling all the Cols. The new owners Mark and Niamh were very welcoming. The food was exceptional. Breakfast set us up for each days cycling of 60 miles plus. Evening meals were healthy and wholesome very filling after a hard day cycling.

Secure spacious bike storage facilities with room to clean the bike. Washing machine and warm indoor area with long clothes line to dry cycling clothes.

The village is very picturesque and within easy reach of all major climbs.

Dining and social areas gives a good place to chat with others in an evening.

Rooms were a good standard, clean, good water pressure on the shower.

I have seriously considered not posting a review, considering that any review posted is directly affecting this family's income, however I do feel the need to describe a bit more what this cycling lodge is like, so as to set the right expectations for other travelers. I use TripAdvisor for all my future holiday plans and base my bookings on the opinions that are left by other travelers, hence the reason I do feel it is important to stretch positives and negatives (or suggestions) for this particular accommodation. I do have to say I am surprised there are not more reviews, considering the amount of people that pass through the Pyrenees Cycling Lodge.

Positives:
- Olive is very welcoming
- Both breakfast and diner is included in the price. Food is good and I appreciated that Olive took into account my dietary restrictions because of health problems.
- Large parking just in front of the accommodation
- Located in quiet village
- Located between Col d'Aubisque and Tourmalet and Hautacam is closeby as well, short drive by car from Lourdes
- Nice views from room
- Clean
- Breakfast and diner with other cyclists from different nationalities, which is a fun way to share experiences.
- Breakfast with fresh croissants and pains au chocolat (although last day the croissants seemed to be left overs from the day before that were warmed up).

Negatives /suggestions:
- Village doesn't have shop or bakery, which means you need to go down to the next village (Argelès Gazost), which is about 2,5km away down hill. Argelès has bakeries, a few restaurants and a small Carrefour.
- Car needed to get around
- The finishing of the accommodation was a bit poor, garden not maintained, linoleum in bathroom, laminate room not finished properly... I know that this type of rooms tends to be very standard in both the Pyrenees and the Alps, but I do believe that a bit more effort could be made to change it from just so-so, to something memorable
- The pillows were horrible, I believe they are washed regularly, which means that the inside is completely destroyed and you are sleeping on lumps.
- No information available on road works or possible rides with directions on where they start. I know internet is available, but it is not always straight forward, maybe take this into consideration as a suggestion? We only found out that the way to Saint Sauveur was blocked because another cyclist told us.
- bathroom was very tiny without fan or window, couldn't enter both of us, although might depend on room.
- no curtains in front of window, and we didn't dare to close the shutters since there was a climber covering the wall and part of the shutter. Meant that we would wake up because of the sun at 6.30am.
- fixed time for breakfast (8am) and diner (6.30pm),

I think you need to be aware that this property has 2 dogs. They are not allowed upstairs and are closed out during breakfast and diner, but otherwise they roam through the ground floor of the house although I can imagine they wouldn't be allowed in the kitchen.

I honestly found it such a shame that no more attention was being paid to the maintenance of the property itself, it would make such a huge difference (in my eyes). The house itself is beautiful as are the surroundings, it could just do with a little bit more care to make this truly exceptional besides the food and the company.