# GR footpath

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: French: sentier de grande randonnée, West Flemish: Groteroutepad, Dutch: Langeafstandwandelpad, Spanish: sendero de gran recorrido, Portuguese: percurso pedestre de grande rota – generally meaning "long trail" or more literally "great route". The trails in France alone cover approximately 60,000 kilometres (37,000 mi). 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 Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre (French Hiking Federation), and in Spain by the Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada (Spanish Mountain Sports Federation). Many GR routes make up part of the longer European walking routes which cross several countries.

## Markings

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; 3 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.
* Follow the track
* Change direction
* Wrong direction

## GR routes
### France: Grande Randonnée
#### Routes 1 to 25

List of Grande Randonnée (GR) paths – 1 to 25 :
| # | Route |
| GR 1 | Chantilly • Coulommiers • Provins • Fontainebleau • Chevreuse • Mantes-la-Jolie |
| GR 2 | Le Havre • Paris • Dijon |
| GR 3 | La Baule • Guérande • Brière • Nantes • Saumur • Orléans • Nevers • Mount Mézenc |
| GR 4 | Royan • Limoges • puy de Dôme • Saint-Flour • Pont-Saint-Esprit • Grasse |
| GR 5 | Hook of Holland • Hasselt • Metz • Belfort • Chamonix • Nice |
| GR 6 | Saint-Véran • Tarascon • Forcalquier • Conques • Langon |
| GR 7 | Ballon d'Alsace • Dijon • Saint-Étienne • Lodève • Andorre-la-Vieille |
| GR 8 | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins • Sare |
| GR 9 | Saint-Amour • Léoncel • Saint-Tropez |
| GR 10 | Hendaye • Arette-la-Pierre-Saint-Martin • Bagnères-de-Luchon • Mérens-les-Vals • Banyuls-sur-Mer • Port-Vendres |
| GR 11 | Cape Higuer • Cap de Creus |
| GR 12 | Amsterdam • Bergen op Zoom • Brussels • Paris |
| GR 13 | Fontainebleau • Bourbon-Lancy |
| GR 14 | Paris • Malmédy • Ardenne |
| GR 16 | Arlon • Bouillon • Monthermé |
| GR 20 | Calenzana • Conca |
| GR 21 | Dieppe • Le Havre • Étretat • Fécamp • Saint-Valery-en-Caux • Veules-les-Roses • Tréport |
| GR 22 | La Perrière • Carrouges • Bagnoles-de-l'Orne • Mortain • Avranches • Mont Saint-Michel |
| GR 23 | |

#### Routes 26 to 40

List of Grande Randonnée (GR) paths – 26 to 40 :
| # | Route |
| 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 50

List of Grande Randonnée (GR) paths – 41 to 50 :
| # | Route |
| 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 75

List of Grande Randonnée (GR) paths – 51 to 75 :
| # | Route |
| 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 101 and above

List of Grande Randonnée (GR) paths – 101 and above :
| # | Route |
| 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 |

#### GR Préféré des Français

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.
The winners are:
* 2018 - GR 34 - Destination Baie de Morlaix
* 2019 - GR R1 - Tour du Piton des Neiges (Réunion)
* 2020 - GR 21 - Littoral de Normandie
* 2021 - GR de Pays Grand Pic Saint-Loup
* 2022 - GR de Pays Tour de Belle-Île-en-Mer
* 2023 - GR de Pays Tour de la Suisse Normande
* 2024 - GR 37 - Cœur de Bretagne

### Spain: Gran Recorrido
#### All routes

List of Gran Recorrido (GR) paths in Spain :
| # | Route |
| GR 1 | Empúries • Banyoles • Besalú • Ripoll • Gironella • Sant Llorenç de Morunys • Puente de Montañana • Graus • La Fueva • Montanejos • Ligüerre de Cinca • Abizanda • Alquézar • Loarre • Las Peñas de Riglos • Ayerbe • Fuencalderas • Biel • Uncastillo • Sos del Rey Católico • Ujué • Olite • Larraga • Alto • Los Arcos • Torralba Del Río • Santa Cruz de Campezo • Bernedo • Salinas de Añana • Espejo • Valdegovía • San Pantaleón de Losa • Villamor • Bárcena de Pienza • Torme • Salcedillo • Prioro • Maraña • Finisterre |
| GR 3 | Sendero Central de Catalunya |
| GR 5 | Sitges • Montserrat |
| GR 7 | Algeciras • Andorra |
| GR 10 | Puzol • Aldea del Obispo |
| 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 92 | Eastern and Southern Coasts of Spain. From Portbou, on the French–Spanish border to Tarifa, the most southerly point of Spain. (Passing through the provinces of Catalunya, Valencia, Murcia and Andalucia). GR 92 forms the southern portion of the E10, one of the European long-distance paths. The E10 runs between Finland and Spain. |
| GR 108 | Gijon-Covadonga |
| GR 132 | In La Gomera |
| GR 142 | Alpujarras route |
| GR 145 | Sendero Europeo Arco Atlántico |
| GR-160 | Camino del Cid |
| GR 221 | Ruta de la Pedra en Sec (Balearic Islands): Port d'Andratx – Sant Elm – La Trapa – Estellencs – Banyalbufar – Esporles – Valldemossa – Deià – Port de Sóller – Sóller – Santuari de Lluc – Pollença |
| GR 222 | Ruta de Artà a Lluc (Balearic Islands) |
| GR 223 | Camí de Cavalls (Menorca, Balearic Islands) |
| GR 236 | Route of the Monasteries of Valencia. From Gandia to Alzira (Valencian Community) |
| GR 249 | Gran Senda de Málaga |
| GR 330 | Gran Ruta Costa Blanca Interior. From Dénia to Orihuela in the Province of Alicante |

### Andorra

* GRP (Grande Randonee Pays), a circuit of Andorra
* 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 Rota

* GR 5 Fojos circular, 35 km (22 mi), Vieira do Minho / Minho
* GR 11-E9 Caminho de Santiago, international, linear
* GR 12-E7 international, linear
* GR 13-E4 Via Algarviana, international, linear, 240 km (150 mi)
* GR 14 Rota dos Vinhos da Europa, international, linear,
* GR 17 Travessia do Alto Coura, circular, 52.3 km (32.5 mi)
* GR 22 Rota das Aldeias Históricas, circular, 540 km (340 mi)
* GR 23 Serra do Caldeirão, circular, 45 km (28 mi)
* GR 26 Terras de Sicó, circular, 9 stages, 200 km (120 mi)
* GR 28 Por Montes e Vales de Arouca, circular, 83 km (52 mi)
* GR 29 Rota dos Veados, circular, 53 km (33 mi)
* GR 30 Grande Rota das Linhas de Torres, circular, 112 km (70 mi), Lisboan and Vale do Tejo
* GR 33 Grande Rota do Zêzere, linear, 370 km (230 mi)
* GR 45 Grande Rota do Côa, linear
* GR 117 Geira Romana, international, linear
* Travessia do Alvão, circular, 54 km (34 mi)
* Travessia da Ribeira Minho, linear, 95.7 km (59.5 mi)
* Soajo Peneda, circular, 77 km (48 mi)

### Belgium: Grote Routepaden or Grande Randonnée

List of Grote Routepaden or Grande Randonnée paths (GR) in Belgium :
| # | Route |
| GR 5 | North Sea to Mediterranean: Bergen op Zoom • Liège • Diekirch • Nice |
| GR 5A | Antwerp • Bruges • De Panne • Ronse (loop) |
| GR 12 | Amsterdam • Bergen op Zoom • Brussels • Paris |
| GR 14 | Malmedy • Sedan |
| GR 15 | Monschau • Martelange |
| GR 16 | Semois Path: Arlon • Monthermé |
| GR 56 | East Cantons: Malmedy • Botrange • Monschau • Sankt-Vith (loop) |
| GR 57 | Ourthe valley: Liège • Diekirch |
| GR 121 | Braine-le-Comte • Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| GR 122 | Zeeland – Champagne – Ardenne: Hulst • Son |
| GR 123 | Tour of West Hainaut: loop from Tournai |
| GR 125 | Tour between the Sambre and the Meuse: loop from Walcourt |
| GR 126 | Brussels • Membre-sur-Semois |
| GR 128 | Wissant • Kemmel • Maastricht • Aachen |
| GR 129 | Bruges • Dinant • Arlon |
| GR 130 | Maldegem • Stavele |
| GR 412 | Terrils path: Bernissart • Blegny |
| GR 512 | Flemish Brabant: Diest • Geraardsbergen |
| GR 561 | Diest • Valkenswaard • Lanaken • Maastricht |
| GR 563 | Land of Herve: loop Dalhem • Berneau • Eupen |
| GR 564 | Loonse Route: Lommel • Huy |
| GR 565 | Renier Snieders path (or Reinier Schniederspad): Antwerp • Bladel |
| GR 571 | Valleys of the Legends: Comblain-au-Pont • Nonceveux |
| GR 573 | Angleur • Pepinster • Eupen • Botrange • Pepinster |
| GR 575 | Tour of Namurois Condroz: loop from Andenne |
| GR 576 | Tour of Liègeois Condroz: loop from Huy |
| GR 577 | Tour of the Famenne: loop from Marche-en-Famenne |
| GR 579 | Brussels • Liège |
| GR Ijzer | Buysscheure • Nieuwpoort from the source to the mouth of the river Yser |
| GR Hageland | loop from Leuven |
| GR Kempen | loop from Turnhout |
| GR Mol-Om | loop from Mol |
| GR Reynaertland | Hulst • Rupelmonde |

### Netherlands: Langeafstandswandelpaden

List of Langeafstandswandelpaden paths (LAW) in the Netherlands :
| # | Route |
| LAW 1-1 | Friese Woudenpad: Lauwersoog • Steenwijk |
| LAW 1-2 | Pionierspad: Steenwijk • Muiden |
| LAW 1-3 | Floris V-pad: Amsterdam • Muiden • Bergen op Zoom |
| LAW 2 | Trekvogelpad: Bergen aan Zee • Amsterdam • Ede • Enschede |
| LAW 3 | Marskramerpad: Bad Bentheim • Deventer • Amersfoort • Leiden • The Hague |
| LAW 4 | Maarten van Rossumpad: 's-Hertogenbosch • Arnhem • Apeldoorn • Zwolle • Ommen • Steenwijk |
| LAW 5-1 | Nederlands Kustpad deel 1: Sluis or Bergen op Zoom • Goedereede • Hook of Holland |
| LAW 5-2 | Nederlands Kustpad deel 2: Hook of Holland • The Hague • Haarlem • Den Helder or Den Oever |
| LAW 5-3 | Nederlands Kustpad deel 3: Den Oever or Stavoren • Lauwersoog • Bad Nieuweschans |
| LAW 6 | Grote Rivierenpad: Hook of Holland • Leerdam • Nijmegen • Kleve |
| LAW 7-1 | Pelgrimspad part 1: Amsterdam • 's-Hertogenbosch |
| LAW 7-2 | Pelgrimspad part 2: 's-Hertogenbosch • Maastricht or Visé |
| LAW 8 | Zuiderzeepad: Enkhuizen • Amsterdam • Kampen • Stavoren • Enkhuizen |
| LAW 9-1 | Pieterpad part 1: Pieterburen • Vorden |
| LAW 9-2 | Pieterpad part 2: Vorden • Mount Saint Peter |
| LAW 10 | Noaberpad: Bad Nieuweschans • Winterswijk • Kleve • Milsbeek |
| LAW 11 | Grenslandpad: Sluis • Bergen op Zoom • Thorn |
| LAW 12 | Overijssels Havezatenpad: Steenwijk • Zwolle • Oldenzaal |
| LAW 13 | Hertogenpad: Breda • 's-Hertogenbosch • Uden • Roermond |
| LAW 14 | Groot Frieslandpad: Bergen aan Zee • Enkhuizen • Stavoren • Leer |
| LAW 15 | Westerborkpad: Amsterdam • Amersfoort • Westerbork |
| LAW 16 | Romeinse Limespad: Katwijk • Utrecht • Berg en Dal • Xanten |
| LAW 17 | Waterliniepad: Volendam • Haarlem • Utrecht • Gorinchem • Dordrecht |