Discover France through its most beautiful hiking trails

Hiking in France

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France and the diversity of its landscapes. Hard to do without and miss. To better understand this natural beauty, it is best to use the marked trails in France. The best known are the GRGs, the Grandes Randonnées paths, which cross with Saint Jacques de Compostela or the Grand Sentier de France, which goes around the French borders. Let's discover in pictures the most beautiful hikes to do in France.

The Grand Sentier de France

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France has a path that goes all the way across the French frontiers, without ever having to take any other means of transport than her feet.

GR34: Brittany

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The Gr34 is the path that crosses the beautiful Brittany. The view gives here on Cape Frehel in the coasts of Armor.

Great crossing of the Alps

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On the GR5, you will come across another path: the Grande Traversée des Alpes, which offers a splendid mountain landscape over 650 km.

Conques: Santiago de Compostela

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France has several roads to Compostela including the one following the GR65. By borrowing it, you will come across beautiful landscapes such as the medieval village of Conques, Auvergne.

GR20: Corsica

GR653: The bridge of Gave de Pau

GR5: From the North Sea to the Mediterranean

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This path is one of the longest with more than 2500 km of hiking. It starts north of Europe and ends in the Alps, through the Benelux as in this photo.

GR5: The Swiss Alps

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This route also passes through border countries like Luxembourg or Switzerland and its beautiful mountains.

The white lake hike

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In the Alps, many excursions are offered to you including the GR TMB (Tour of Mont Blanc) which passes by the white lake. The white lake hike goes up to 2352 meters from Altitude.

GR70: Stevenson Road

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This sublime road starts from the town of "Le Monastier" in Haute-Loire and is 220 km. She takes you through the Cevennes.

GR36: Périgueux

GR65: The Cahors Bridge

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This path, also known as the Way of Saint Jacques de Compostela, is 730 km and goes through Cahors and its beautiful medieval bridge.

Puy en Velay

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If you choose to go for a hike through the GR65 or the Way of Saint Jacques de Compostela, you must stop at Puy-en-Velay, this beautiful Catholic city of Auvergne.

The crossing of the Pyrenees

GR10: The crossing of the Pyrenees

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On the hiking trails, the more athletic can take other trails such as the crossing of the Pyrenees which is between 700 and 900 km depending on the difficulty of the route taken.

GR64: Rocamadour

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This hike through the Lot and the Dordogne will give you the opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Rocamadour.

GR42: Saint-Étienne

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If you want to walk on the side of Saint-Etienne, you can take the GR42 which crosses the Loire and the Ardèche.

Great crossing of the Vercors

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The Vercors plateau is just beautiful. To discover it, several trails have been marked out including "The Grand Tour of Vercors" which is 350 km.

The crossing of the Jura

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At the crossroads of a hike, take the time to make a crossing like that of the Jura which offers a change of scenery and ressourcement.

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The Jura mountains are dotted with lakes that, in good weather, reflect a turquoise blue worthy of exotic landscapes.

GR 21: Le Havre

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In Normandy, there are no short walks and among those possible, there is the GR21 Grande Randonne which leaves from Le Havre and runs along the coast.

All Great Hikes

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If you want to know all the possible hikes in France, this site http://www.gr-infos.com/ lists them all with the help of maps.