By Martin Collins. This guide covers the popular GR5 trail from Lake Geneva to Nice. The potential for shorter expeditions, or even circular 'tours' based around CR5, is almost infinite, however. One could walk GR5 in shorter sections of a week or twos duration, or use several centers as a basis for exploring regions by day-walking. The scope of excursions can be varied and extended by taking public transport or cable-car to reach the best scenery quickly or to visit towns, villages and sites of special interest off the main trail.
Individual maps are also available.
Walking the French Gorges - A Trail Through Provence and the Ardeche. By Alan Castle. Cicerone Press. 1993, 1st edition. Provence and Ardeche offer some of the most delectable walking in all France. This guidebook describes a 320 mile route, in 26 daily stages, from the Cote d'Azur to the Massif Central, including a trek along the dramatic Grand Canyon of the Verdon, and an ascent of Mont Ventoux, the highest summit in mainland France outside the Alps and Pyrenees.