Information on walking in France can be obtained from the Federation Francaise de Randonnee Pedestre, Information Centre, Sentiers Randonnee, 64 rue de Gergovie, 75014 Paris Walks There are three catagories of walking routes in France: the famous Grande Randonnée GR long-distance walking routes criss cross the whole of France. There are almost 60,000 km of GR walking routes with easy to follow white & red waymarks. Some of the GR long-distance routes are also part of European walking route network. France has five european long distance walking routes passing through the country, the E2, E3, E4, E5 & E9. Two famous GR routes are the GR5 through the Alps from St Gingolph on the banks of Lac Leman to Nice on the Mediterranean coast and the GR10 that traverses the full length of the Pyrenees. the GR de Pays are circular walking routes designed to allow the walker to discover a region of France over a few days. The waymarkers are yellow & red. and the latest addition to the network are the PR footpaths with walking routes taking from a few hours to a maximum of one day to complete. The vast majority of the walks take a circular route & the waymarks are yellow.

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