An overview of walking European Walking Route E3 including links to walking information, walking equipment, walking holidays, walking maps and travel related to walking

Euro Route E3 Istanbul, Turkey to Leon, Spain 7200km Linear Walk

part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in Europe

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some of the information on this page is provided by the European Ramblers Association instigators and developers of the E-path network

Spain France Luxembourg Belgium Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Hungary Romania Bulgaria

walking in spain

Santiago de Compostela in North Spain is the current start of this monster walk across Europe although further extensions through to the south western tip of Portugal are planned

Leon

Burgos

Ogrono

Pamplona capital of the Navarre Region of Spain.

St Jean Pied de Port

walking in France

GR65 Sentier de Jacques de Compostelle

Navarrenx

Arthez

Arzaco

Aire

Eauze

Condom

Moissac

Lauzerte

Montenq

Limogne

Figeac

Decazeville

Conques

Estaing

Espalion

Aubrac

Aumont

Sauges

Le Puy

GR3 Sentier de la Loire

edge of the Parc Du Livardois Forez

Just north of Bourbon lancy the route says goodbye to the Loire and the GR3 and hello to the GR13

Through the centre of the Parc Du Morvan

Vézelay

Vermenton

Auxerre

Charny

Châtillon

Montargis

Ferrières

Château Landon

Nemours

Fountainbleau crossroads of the E3 and E5

From entering Luxembourg at Martelange the E3 follows the Eifel-Ardennes footpath that links Germany with Belgium and France via Luxembourg.

walking in Belgium

walking in Germany

Der Rheinhöhenweg The Rhine High Level Way

walking in the Czech Republic

walking in Slovakia

The walk enters Slovakia via the northwestern border crossing of Makov near the Bumbálka chalet.

Javorníky mountains near Bytca

Váh river valley

Cross the Súlovské Skaly in the Strážovské Vrchy Mountains and through the Malá Fatra and the Oravská Magura mountains to finish at the Orava Reservoir and to the border crossing at Trstená

Maps for this section through Slovakia at 1:50000 scale

Slovakian Map Makers
109 Javorníky-Cadca
108 Javorníky-Púchov
157 Súlovské vrchy
120 Malá Fatra-Martinské hole
110 Malá Fatra-Vrátna
111 Chocské vrchy-vodná nádrž
Liptovská Mara (water reservoir)
102 Oravské Beskydy-vodná nádrž Orava
(Orava Reservoir)
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hiking in Poland

Enters Poland at Chyzne 170 km through Poland to the Duklinsky Priesmyk Pass

trekking in Slovakia

Crossing back into Slovakia by way of the Duklinsky Priesmyk Pass the route continues through the Nízke Beskydy, Cergov and Slanské Vrchy mountain ranges before leaving Slovakia again at Slovenské Nové Mesto

Maps for this section through Slovakia at 1:50000 scale

Slovakian Map Makers
106 Laborecká vrchovina-Dukla
105 Ondavská vrchovina-Bardejov
104 Cergov
115 Šarišská vrchovina-Branisko
116 Slanské vrchy-Velká Domaša
117 Slanské vrchy-Dargov
148 Zemplínske vrchy-Latorická rovina
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Hungary

Entering Hungary at Sátoraljaújhely

Romania

Bulgaria

The end of the walk is in Kap Emine near Nesebar Bay on the Black Sea

 

 

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