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FreeRide café and bar

Café bar with pool table and unusual toilet access and the best vin chaud in resort

Location
Alpe d’Huez
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Bars & Clubs

Its warm and friendly atmosphere makes this bar an ideal après venue.

With hundreds of shots, six different beers on tap and a large cocktail list to choose from, this fun bar has a real party vibe to it. From 21:00, the stock exchange system kicks in, so keep an eye on the screens because the prices change every 100 seconds.

The resident DJ plays a nightly mix of commercial hits and house classics but be sure to attend the tour operators bar crawl every Monday in winter - this bar is a key part of the route. Keeping with its fun theme, there is a slide leading down to the toilets. You will be administered the "shot du jour" out of a giant syringe before flying down the slide! (Stairs are also available).

Open everyday in winter, and then again for the main summer season. Definitely a highlight.

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Alpe d'Huez hosts a wide range of events throughout the year. In the winter, you can expect motor racing on ice, comedy festivals, ski races and various live music gigs. During the summer months, the focus turns to cycling with the Tour de France usually passing through town. The Megavalanche, a mass-start mountain bike race that draws thousands of MTB fans from around the world, takes place in July.

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