Quercy, Gascony, Béarn, the Basque Country and Cathar Country: the South-West is crossed by the major routes to Santiago and by several GR trails that lead to the Pyrenees.
Further north, the GR64 links Rocamadour to Les Eyzies via the Dordogne valley, the GR46 reaches Toulouse from Tours, and the GR736 runs down the Tarn valley to the outskirts of Albi.
Way of St James
Elevation profile: from 65 m to 1,308 m over 751.8 km.
Challenging
Way of St James
Elevation profile: from 1 m to 1,513 m over 803.3 km.
Challenging
Way of St James
Elevation profile: from 34 m to 449 m over 1,041.3 km.
Moderate
Long traverse
Elevation profile: from 1 m to 1,350 m over 230.4 km.
Challenging
Long traverse
Elevation profile: from 5 m to 2,030 m over 1,926.4 km.
Challenging
Long traverse
Elevation profile: from 3 m to 2,369 m over 1,368.5 km.
Challenging
Way of St James
Elevation profile: from -2 m to 178 m over 1,100.8 km.
Moderate
Way of St James
Elevation profile: from 109 m to 1,148 m over 499.8 km.
Challenging
Long traverse
Elevation profile: from 188 m to 1,430 m over 285 km.
Challenging
Long traverse
Elevation profile: from 48 m to 756 m over 963.2 km.
Moderate
Long traverse
Elevation profile: from 60 m to 368 m over 89.3 km.
Moderate
Via Podiensis, Le Puy route
Le Puy-en-Velay → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m0 km200 km400 km600 km
Arles route, via Tolosana
Arles → Col du Somport
0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m0 km200 km400 km600 km800 km
Vézelay route, via Lemovicensis
Vézelay → Uhart-Mixe
0 m100 m200 m300 m400 m500 m0 km250 km500 km750 km1,000 km
Cathar Trail
Port-la-Nouvelle → Foix
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m0 km50 km100 km150 km200 km
From the Channel to the Pyrenees
Ouistreham → Bourg-Madame
0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m0 km500 km1,000 km1,500 km
From the Alps to Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye → Arcachon
0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m0 km500 km1,000 km
Via Turonensis, Tours route
Paris (tour Saint-Jacques) → Uhart-Mixe (Saint-Palais)
-100 m0 m100 m200 m300 m0 km250 km500 km750 km1,000 km
Pyrenean Piedmont route
Carcassonne → Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m0 km100 km200 km300 km400 km
Tarn Valley Trail
Villefort → Saint-Juéry
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m0 km100 km200 km
From Tours to Toulouse
Tours → Toulouse
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m0 km200 km400 km600 km800 km
From Rocamadour to Les Eyzies
Rocamadour → Les Eyzies
0 m100 m200 m300 m400 m500 m0 km20 km40 km60 km80 km