GR653 in 36 stages: distances, ascent and accommodation

Stage	Route	Distance	Ascent	Descent	Walking time	High point
1	Arles → Saint-Gilles	22.7 km	0 m	20 m	4h45 – 5h45	22 m
2	Saint-Gilles → Mas de Coulondre	28.4 km	120 m	110 m	6h15 – 7h30	77 m
3	Mas de Coulondre → Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues	22.6 km	190 m	150 m	5h15 – 6h	74 m
4	Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues → Grabels	28.2 km	130 m	120 m	6h15 – 7h30	75 m
5	Grabels → Aniane	27.4 km	340 m	340 m	6h30 – 7h45	257 m
6	Aniane → Arboras	22 km	610 m	440 m	6h – 7h	527 m
7	Arboras → Lodève	23.7 km	630 m	700 m	6h30 – 7h45	449 m
8	Lodève → Joncels	22.4 km	720 m	500 m	6h15 – 7h15	703 m
9	Joncels → Jasse d'Azin	17.5 km	580 m	270 m	4h45 – 5h30	703 m
10	Jasse d'Azin → Andabre	19.4 km	490 m	780 m	5h30 – 6h30	946 m
11	Andabre → Murat-sur-Vèbre	18.5 km	700 m	260 m	5h15 – 6h	1,015 m
12	Murat-sur-Vèbre → Grualgues	20.1 km	260 m	340 m	5h – 5h45	954 m
13	Grualgues → Lacombe	16.5 km	330 m	260 m	4h15 – 5h	854 m
14	Lacombe → Bayours	22 km	190 m	560 m	5h30 – 6h30	857 m
15	Bayours → Castres	18.8 km	270 m	570 m	4h45 – 5h45	475 m
16	Castres → Verdalle	18.1 km	200 m	140 m	4h15 – 5h	260 m
17	Verdalle → Dreuihe	26.9 km	120 m	130 m	6h – 7h	279 m
18	Dreuihe → Labastide-d'Anjou	26.6 km	0 m	20 m	5h45 – 6h45	221 m
19	Labastide-d'Anjou → Villefranche-de-Lauragais	18.1 km	240 m	250 m	4h30 – 5h15	284 m
20	Villefranche-de-Lauragais → Donneville	22.8 km	210 m	220 m	5h15 – 6h15	242 m
21	Donneville → Ramonville-Saint-Agne	18.9 km	410 m	350 m	5h – 5h45	276 m
22	Ramonville-Saint-Agne → Cornebarrieu	28.2 km	50 m	140 m	6h15 – 7h15	260 m
23	Cornebarrieu → L'Isle-Jourdain	27.7 km	270 m	210 m	6h30 – 7h30	291 m
24	L'Isle-Jourdain → Giscaro	19.4 km	190 m	180 m	4h30 – 5h15	235 m
25	Giscaro → L'Isle-Arné	16.9 km	200 m	260 m	4h – 4h45	234 m
26	L'Isle-Arné → Saintes	25 km	360 m	360 m	6h15 – 7h15	245 m
27	Saintes → Montesquiou	29.9 km	540 m	490 m	7h30 – 8h45	272 m
28	Montesquiou → Monlezun	17.6 km	320 m	300 m	4h30 – 5h15	279 m
29	Monlezun → Maubourguet	25.2 km	260 m	330 m	6h – 7h	262 m
30	Maubourguet → Anoye	23.4 km	400 m	320 m	5h45 – 6h45	342 m
31	Anoye → Lescar	29.6 km	240 m	280 m	6h45 – 8h	342 m
32	Lescar → Seubemale	19.8 km	150 m	200 m	4h30 – 5h30	288 m
33	Seubemale → Oloron-Sainte-Marie	17.5 km	500 m	450 m	4h45 – 5h45	362 m
34	Oloron-Sainte-Marie → Sarrance	21.9 km	360 m	220 m	5h15 – 6h15	354 m
35	Sarrance → Borce	22.6 km	510 m	230 m	5h45 – 6h45	639 m
36	Borce → Col du Somport	17.2 km	1,070 m	150 m	5h15 – 6h15	1,553 m

Our stage plan aims for days of around 6h of actual walking and always stops where you can sleep. Nothing stops you from combining or splitting stages: all the accommodation is listed.

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The stages of the GR653