Every GR in France,
stage by stage.

A GR (Grande Randonnée, a long-distance footpath) is a multi-day route, waymarked in white and red, designed and maintained by the volunteers of the French Hiking Federation (FFRandonnée). It may cross a region, go round a massif or follow a river or a coastline.

GR waymarking is a white stripe above a red stripe. A bent double stripe announces a change of direction, and a white and red cross marks the wrong way. GR de Pays routes are waymarked in yellow and red, and local walks (PR) in yellow. See our guide to waymarking.

From a few days for a tour of a massif to several weeks for a long traverse. On each trail page, we give the number of stages calculated for days of around 6h of actual walking: it is up to you to add rest days or combine stages to suit your pace.

Yes, and it is the most common way to walk the long traverses: a week or a weekend at a time, setting off again from where you stopped. The railway stations shown on our stage pages help you choose start and finish points you can reach without a car.

It depends on the GR: staffed or unstaffed refuges in the mountains, gîtes, pilgrim accommodation on the Ways of St James, B&Bs, hotels and campgrounds in the villages. Book ahead during the season. Each stage page lists the accommodation found at the finish; see also where to sleep on a GR.

There is no single rule: bivouacking is banned or strictly regulated in the core areas of national parks and in many nature reserves, it may be banned by a municipal or prefectural order, and it requires the owner's consent on private land. Find out for each area; our trail pages flag the known rules.