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We went there twice; Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
Entry was €10 per person and no sarny etc thrown in. It's a fantastic place to watch as just after 2nd chicane (as mentioned above) - noisy, quick and if you've a camera with a long lens, can get photos of the back-end of the cars. You also see prototypes overtaking GTs as they approach the Mulsanne kink.
Well worth the cost
Entry was €10 per person and no sarny etc thrown in. It's a fantastic place to watch as just after 2nd chicane (as mentioned above) - noisy, quick and if you've a camera with a long lens, can get photos of the back-end of the cars. You also see prototypes overtaking GTs as they approach the Mulsanne kink.
Well worth the cost
That's right. Take a right as you get to the mulsanne corner that is blocked off, then take next left.
10E is a bargain for a beer, choice of ham or cheese baguette with a great viewing area. You can usually walk upto the chicane area although this year the gendarme were moving everyone out every 30 mins or so.
Every year without fail I always see that Indy 500 pace car parked up.
10E is a bargain for a beer, choice of ham or cheese baguette with a great viewing area. You can usually walk upto the chicane area although this year the gendarme were moving everyone out every 30 mins or so.
Every year without fail I always see that Indy 500 pace car parked up.
sahajesh said:
We went there twice; Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
Entry was €10 per person and no sarny etc thrown in. It's a fantastic place to watch as just after 2nd chicane (as mentioned above) - noisy, quick and if you've a camera with a long lens, can get photos of the back-end of the cars. You also see prototypes overtaking GTs as they approach the Mulsanne kink.
Well worth the cost
Same here, saturday night and sunday morning.Entry was €10 per person and no sarny etc thrown in. It's a fantastic place to watch as just after 2nd chicane (as mentioned above) - noisy, quick and if you've a camera with a long lens, can get photos of the back-end of the cars. You also see prototypes overtaking GTs as they approach the Mulsanne kink.
Well worth the cost
Was a first time visit there for me, fantastic spot and hardly any people around!
Small impression from right in front of the hotel:
Saturday night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgaxDM9uBek
Sunday morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-q5k4c2dyw
Saturday night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgaxDM9uBek
Sunday morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-q5k4c2dyw
NickNJ said:
Every year without fail I always see that Indy 500 pace car parked up.
That'll be me. Seemed very busy on the Sunday. The sarnie deal was in operation during the race days but with Carrefour just 2 mins down the road we nipped in and out for supplies as required. The restaraunt meals they run during the race are also top class.Vette_1978 said:
That'll be me. Seemed very busy on the Sunday. The sarnie deal was in operation during the race days but with Carrefour just 2 mins down the road we nipped in and out for supplies as required. The restaraunt meals they run during the race are also top class.
Hotel Arbor defo seemed busier than normal. We cycled there this year from BSJ.Vette_1978 said:
That'll be me. Seemed very busy on the Sunday. The sarnie deal was in operation during the race days but with Carrefour just 2 mins down the road we nipped in and out for supplies as required. The restaraunt meals they run during the race are also top class.
Hotel Arbor defo seemed busier than normal. We cycled there this year from BSJ.perdu said:
Having been there at dusk on Saturday for a few years now, enjoying all it has to offer it would be nice if not TOO MANY other folks found it
Nudge nudge, know wot I mean?
It was a bit more 'organised' than usual with too much "Oi get away from the fence up there" about it, I thought
I see your point but then again...it's still fairly quiet + you can walk to the second chicane where there is literally no one during the night. Spent quite a bit of time on top of the fence there with marshalls walking past without saying anything.Nudge nudge, know wot I mean?
It was a bit more 'organised' than usual with too much "Oi get away from the fence up there" about it, I thought
Slomo_uk said:
is it possible to get to this from Tetre Rouge side?
From Tertre Rouge in a car you'd have to turn right down the side of the Stella bar as you go up the ring road slip road then turn left at bottom of the hill next to bar (chemin aux Boeufs) that runs parallel with main ring road then turn right at the end to Ruaudin (Rue de Ruaudin D142) then drive through Ruaudin and down the D140 TER to Mulsanne. I take it that the hotel is the right turn about two thirds of the way down the road which appears to head for the Mulsanne Kink?Printertosh said:
Slomo_uk said:
is it possible to get to this from Tetre Rouge side?
From Tertre Rouge in a car you'd have to turn right down the side of the Stella bar as you go up the ring road slip road then turn left at bottom of the hill next to bar (chemin aux Boeufs) that runs parallel with main ring road then turn right at the end to Ruaudin (Rue de Ruaudin D142) then drive through Ruaudin and down the D140 TER to Mulsanne. I take it that the hotel is the right turn about two thirds of the way down the road which appears to head for the Mulsanne Kink?Hotel Arbor is signed off the road to Mulsanne and is the turning mentioned, entrance is down a rough track through the trees.
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