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The GR footpaths are a network of long-distance walking trails in Europe, mostly in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain. They go by the following names: Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx – generally meaning "long trail" or more literally "great route". The trails in France alone cover approximately Template:Convert. Trails are blazed with characteristic marks consisting of a white stripe above a red stripe. These appear regularly along the route, especially at places such as forks or crossroads.
The network is maintained in France by the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (French Hiking Federation),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and in Spain by the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Spanish Mountain Sports Federation).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Many GR routes make up part of the longer European walking routes which cross several countries.
MarkingsEdit
The GR trails are marked using a system of blazes that are visible in both directions:
- France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain: red and white bars; three subtypes
- Luxembourg: yellow rectangles or circles
- Switzerland: red and white bars or yellow diamonds
Red and white was chosen as the most visible colour combination in natural surroundings. Waymarks are often painted, but may take the form of metal signs in city centers.
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Follow the track
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Change direction
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Wrong direction
GR routesEdit
France: Grande RandonnéeEdit
Routes 1 to 25Edit
Routes 26 to 40Edit
| Template:White | Template:White |
|---|---|
| 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 50Edit
| Template:White | Template:White |
|---|---|
| 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 75Edit
| Template:White | Template:White |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| GR 75 | Urban path around Paris |
Routes 76 to 100Edit
Routes 101 and aboveEdit
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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) |
| GR 400 | Circular routes in the Volcan du Cantal area of the Massif Central |
| GR 2013 | urban and suburban trail around Greater Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence |
Routes with special codesEdit
GR Préféré des FrançaisEdit
Since 2017 the French Hiking Federation has allowed people to vote for the GR Préféré des Français award that goes to peoples favourite trails, for following year.<ref name="Bretagne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The winners are:
- 2018 – GR 34 – Destination Baie de Morlaix <ref name="w123">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2019 – GR R1 – Tour du Piton des Neiges (Réunion)<ref name="w123"/>
- 2020 – GR 21 – Littoral de Normandie<ref name="w123"/>
- 2021 – GR de Pays Grand Pic Saint-Loup<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2022 – GR de Pays Tour de Belle-Île-en-Mer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2023 – GR de Pays Tour de la Suisse Normande<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2024 – GR 37 – Cœur de Bretagne<ref name="Bretagne"/>
Spain: Gran RecorridoEdit
All routesEdit
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AndorraEdit
- GRP (Grande Randonee Pays), a circuit of Andorra<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- GRT, a route from Spain to Andorra with two variants
- HRP (High Route Pyrenees), combining elements of the GRP and GRT
- GR 7 passes through Spain, France, and Andorra's Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- GR 11 (Spain) passes through Spain, France, and Andorra's Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
Portugal: Percursos Pedestres de Grande RotaEdit
- GR 5 Fojos circular, Template:Convert, Vieira do Minho / Minho
- GR 11-E9 Caminho de Santiago, international, linear
- GR 12-E7 international, linear
- GR 13-E4 Via Algarviana, international, linear, Template:Convert
- GR 14 Rota dos Vinhos da Europa, international, linear,
- GR 17 Travessia do Alto Coura, circular, Template:Convert
- GR 22 Rota das Aldeias Históricas, circular, Template:Convert
- GR 23 Serra do Caldeirão, circular, Template:Convert
- GR 26 Terras de Sicó, circular, 9 stages, Template:Convert
- GR 28 Por Montes e Vales de Arouca, circular, Template:Convert
- GR 29 Rota dos Veados, circular, Template:Convert
- GR 30 Grande Rota das Linhas de Torres, circular, Template:Convert, Lisboan and Vale do Tejo
- GR 33 Grande Rota do Zêzere, linear, Template:Convert
- GR 45 Grande Rota do Côa, linear
- GR 117 Geira Romana, international, linear
- Travessia do Alvão, circular, Template:Convert
- Travessia da Ribeira Minho, linear, Template:Convert
- Soajo Peneda, circular, Template:Convert
Belgium: Grote Routepaden or Grande RandonnéeEdit
Netherlands: LangeafstandswandelpadenEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Template:In lang List of grande randonnée hiking trails in France and Belgium
- Template:In lang List of multi-day GR itineraries in France (mostly in French)
- Template:In lang Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre
- Template:In lang Website with Belgian GR routes
- Template:In lang Federacion espanola de deportes de montaña y escalada FEDME page on GRs in Spain
- Template:In lang Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya FEEC, page on GRs in Catalonia
- Template:In lang Grote Routepaden in Belgium
- Map of GR paths in Belgium
