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The GR footpaths are a network of long-distance walking trails in Europe, mostly in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain. They go by the following names: French: sentier de grande randonnée , West Flemish: Groteroutepad , Dutch : Langeafstandwandelpad , Spanish: sendero de gran recorrido , Portuguese : percurso pedestre de grande rota ...
The formation of the European Union made transnational hiking trails possible. Today, the network consists of 12 paths and covers more than 65,000 kilometres (40,000 mi), crisscrossing Europe. In general, the routes connect and make use of existing national and local trails such as the GR footpaths.
Some of the best known footpaths in Europe are joined by 12 designated European long-distance paths over some 70,000 km (43,000 mi). Some other popular international routes include: GR (Grande Randonnée) footpaths in Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands; Tour du Mont Blanc, circling the Mont Blanc massif in Italy, Switzerland, and France ...
Examples are Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast path in northern England, and the GR 10 in France. The English Coast to Coast route, despite being amongst the best-known long-distance walking routes in England, is not an official National Trail , but simply a series of connected pre-existing rights of way, roads and open country with some informal ...
In English it is the French Way, sometimes called The Le Puy Route or by its Latin name Via Podiensis, including its subtrails GR651 and GR652. The GR 65 is part of the system of European long-distance paths known as E3 European long distance path.
The GR21 is a long-distance hiking trail in Normandy, France.It is part of the GR network of trails. It begins at the port city of Le Havre, a Unesco World Heritage Site (for its post-World War II modernist architecture), climbs through parkland to Montivilliers, then follows the chalk cliffs of the Pays de Caux for most of the route.
The first official metropolitan trail was the GR2013, a 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) GR footpath around Marseille, launched for Marseille-Provence 2013 European event.
The Breton coastal path has its origins in the late 18th century, after the French Revolution.Among the measures adopted by the National Constituent Assembly (1789–1791) at the end of the Ferme générale was the creation on 23 April 1791 of the National Customs Authority (French: Régie nationale des douanes). [2]