A guide tube for a flexible pipe for transporting hydrocarbons comprising
an internal tubular element of a substantially rectilinear section
extending along an axis (A) and extended by a free section having a
curvature along its length and a wall which is internal with respect to
the curvature against which the flexible pipe is accommodated when
frictionally carried through guides. The rectilinear section comprises
eccentric guides for directing the flexible pipe away from the axis (A)
and in a direction opposite to the curvature of the free section such
that the pipe is deviated from the internal wall.