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 Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre In Spain by the 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)
Spain: 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)
See also
External links
- List of Grande Randonnée hiking trails in France and Belgium
- Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre
- Website with Belgian GR-routes
- Federacion espanola de deportes de montaña y escalada FEDME page on GRs in Spain
- Grote Routepaden in Belgium
- Map of GR-paths in Belgium:
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