GR footpath

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. 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 [http://www.ffrandonnee.fr/ Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre] . In Spain by the [http://www.fedme.es/FEDME/Senderos/principal.asp Federación española de deportes de montaña y escalada] .

Many GR routes make up part of the longer European walking routes which cross several countries.

France: Grande Randonnée routes

*GR 1: Around Paris
*GR 2: Le Havre - Paris - Dijon
*GR 3: La Baule - Saumur - Orléans - Nevers - mont Mézenc
*GR 4: Royen - Limoges - Clermont-Ferrand - Saint-Flour - Pont-Saint-Esprit - Grasse
*GR 5: Hoek van Holland - Luxembourg - Chamonix - Nice
*GR 6: Saint-Véran, Parc du Queyras (Hautes-Alpes) - Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône) - Conques (Aveyron) - Langon (Gironde)
*GR 7: Ballon d'Alsace - Dijon - Saint-Étienne - Andorra La Vella
*GR 9
*GR 10: Pyrenees between Hendaye and Banyuls-sur-Mer
*GR 11: Circular route in Île-de-France
*GR 12
*GR 14
*GR 15
*GR 20: Calenzana - Conca
*GR 21 Le Havre - Le Tréport
*GR 26
*GR 34
*GR 34A
*GR 35
*GR 36: Ouistreham - Caen - Saumur - Angoulême - Albi - Carcassonne - Bourg-Madame
*GR 37
*GR 38
*GR 39
*GR 41
*GR 43
*GR 44
*GR 46
*GR 52 Near Nice - Breil-sur-Roya to Gorges de Saorge and Vallon de Zouayne.
*GR 56
*GR 57: Liège (Belgium) - Diekirch (Luxembourg)
*GR 58: Tour of the Queyras
*GR 59: From the Vosges to the Jura, continuing to Bugey and Revermont
*GR 60
*GR 65
*GR 68
*GR 70
*GR 71
*GR 72
*GR 121
*GR 122
*GR 123
*GR 125
*GR 126
*GR 128
*GR 129
*GR 130
*GR 211
*GR 212
*GR 223
*GR 341
*GR 412
*GR 380
*GR 512
*GR 561
*GR 563
*GR 564
*GR 565
*GR 571
*GR 573
*GR 575
*GR 576
*GR 577: Tour de la Famenne
*GR 579: Liège - Brussels
*GR 652
*GR 700
*GR-Balcon du Leman (Tour du Leman)

pain: Gran Recorrido routes

*GR 7: Algeciras - Andorra
*GR 11: Pyrenees between Hondarribia (near Irún) and Cap de Creus (near Cadaqués)
*GR-71: Path of the Saja Nature Reserve. From the balneary of Corconte (Cantabria) to Sotres (Asturias).
*GR-72: Route of Campurrians. From Santillana del Mar to Reinosa (Cantabria).
*GR-73: Paved Road of the Blendii (Cantabria y Palencia). From Herrera de Pisuerga to Suances.
*GR-74: Eastern Corridor of Cantabria. From Ramales de la Victoria to Reinosa (Cantabria).
*GR 142: Alpujarras route
*GR-221: Ruta de la Pedra en Sec (Balearic Islands)

ee also

*European long-distance paths

External links

*en icon [http://www.gr-infos.com/gr-an.htm List of Grande Randonnée hiking trails in France and Belgium]
*fr icon [http://www.ffrandonnee.fr/ Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre]
*fr icon [http://www.grsentiers.org/ Website with Belgian GR-routes]
*es icon [http://www.fedme.es/?action=detalle_subsecc&id=283&id_secc=280 Federacion espanola de deportes de montaña y escalada] FEDME page on GRs in Spain
*nl icon [http://www.groteroutepaden.be/ Grote Routepaden in Belgium]
*Map of GR-paths in Belgium: [http://www.grsentiers.org/img/besiteag.gif]