GR footpath
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The Grande Randonnée (French), Grote Routepaden or Lange-afstand-wandelpaden (Dutch), Grande Rota (Portuguese) or Gran Recorrido (Spanish) is a network of long-distance footpaths in Europe, mostly in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. In France alone, the trails cover approximately 60,000 kilometres (37,000 mi). The trails are blazed with characteristic marks consisting of a white stripe above a red stripe. These appear regularly along the route, especially at places like forks or crossroads.
In France, the network is maintained by the Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre (French Hiking Federation),[1] and in Spain by the Spanish Mountain Sports Federation.[2]
Many GR routes make up part of the longer European walking routes which cross several countries.
Markings
The GR trails are marked by a special system:
- France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain: Red and white bars
- Luxembourg: Yellow rectangles or circles
- Switzerland: Red and white bars or yellow diamonds
GR routes
France: Grande Randonnée
Routes 1 to 25
Routes 26 to 40
# | Route |
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GR 26 | Paris • Villers-sur-Mer |
GR 30 | Chaîne des Puys • Plomb du Cantal |
GR 34 | Vitré • Mont Saint-Michel • Saint-Brieuc • Morlaix • Brest • Crozon • Douarnenez • Pointe du Raz • Lorient • Quimperlé |
GR 34A | Louannec • Gurunhuel |
GR 35 | Verneuil-sur-Avre • Seiches-sur-le-Loir |
GR 36 | Ouistreham • Caen • Saumur • Angoulême • Albi • Carcassonne • Bourg-Madame |
GR 37 | Vitré • Douarnenez |
GR 38 | Redon • Douarnenez |
GR 39 | Mont Saint-Michel • Guérande |
Routes 41 to 50
# | Route |
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GR 41 | Tours • Farges-Allichamps • Mont-Dore |
GR 42 | Saint-Étienne • Avignon |
GR 43 | Col des Faïsses • Sainte-Eulalie |
GR 44 | Les Vans • Champerboux |
GR 46 | Tours • Cahuzac-sur-Vère |
GR 48 |
Routes 51 to 75
# | Route |
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GR 51 | Mediterranean |
GR 52 | Menton • le col du Berceau • le col de Trétore • Sospel • Baisse de Linière • Pointe des Trois Communes • Baisse Cavaline • le refuge des Merveilles • Baisse du Basto • La Balme • Madone de Fenestre • le torrent du Boréon • le col de Salèse • le col du Bam • Saint-Dalmas-Valdeblore Near Nice - Breil-sur-Roya to Gorges de Saorge and Vallon de Zouayne. |
GR 52A | Mercantour |
GR 53 | Massif des Vosges |
GR 54 | Tour of Oisans and the Écrins |
GR 55 | Vanoise |
GR 56 | Ubaye |
GR 57 | Liège • Diekirch |
GR 58 | Queyras |
GR 59 | Massif des Vosges • Jura • Bugey • Revermont |
GR 60 | Montpellier • Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac |
GR 65 | Genève • Le Puy-en-Velay • Nasbinals • Conques • Figeac • Moissac • Aire-sur-l'Adour • Roncevaux |
GR 66 | Mont Aigoual |
GR 68 | Mont Lozère |
GR 70 | Le Puy-en-Velay • Lozère • Ardèche • Saint-Jean-du-Gard |
GR 71 | Espérou • Mazamet |
GR 71C/D | Larzac |
GR 71E | |
GR 72 | Col du Bez • Barre-des-Cévennes |
Routes 76 to 100
Routes 101 and above
# | Route |
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GR 223 | Berville-sur-Mer to Mont Saint-Michel via Côte de Grace, Côte Fleurie, Côte de Nacre, Côte de la déroute, Côte des havres, Baie du mont Saint-Michel |
GR 145 | The Via Francigena: (Canterbury) - Wissant - Arras - Laon - Châlons-en-Champagne - Besançon - Geneva - (Rome) |
GR 380 | Monts d'Arrée (Finistère) |
Routes with special codes
Spain: Gran Recorrido
All routes
Belgium: Grote Routepaden or Grande Randonnée
Netherlands: Langeafstandswandelpaden
See also
References
External links
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- Template:En icon List of grande randonnée hiking trails in France and Belgium
- Template:En icon List of multi-day GR itineraries in France (mostly in French)
- Template:Fr icon Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre
- Template:Fr icon Website with Belgian GR routes
- Template:Es icon Federacion espanola de deportes de montaña y escalada FEDME page on GRs in Spain
- Template:Ca icon Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya FEEC, page on GRs in Catalonia
- Template:Nl icon Grote Routepaden in Belgium
- Map of GR paths in Belgium