The GR 5 is a GR footpath that starts in the Netherlands, crosses Belgium and Luxembourg before crossing France from north to south. It is part of the European walking route E2. This trail is famous for its route through the French Alps from Lake Geneva to Nice called Grande Traversée des Alpes.

Itinerary

• Hook of Holland, at the North Sea (NL)

• Bergen op Zoom (NL)

• Hasselt (B)

• Maastricht (NL)

• Liège (B)

• Spa (B)

• Ouren (B)

• Diekirch (L)

• Dudelange, near Luxembourg (L)

• Liverdun, near Nancy (F)

• Donon (F)

• Ballon d'Alsace (F)

• La Cluse, near Pontarlier (F)

• Les Rousses (F)

• Lake Geneva (F) / (CH)

• Samoëns (F)

• Les Houches, near Chamonix (F)

• Modane (F)

• Briançon (F)

• Saint-Étienne de Tinée (F)

• Roure (F)

• Nice (F)

External links

• longdistancepaths.eu Planning tool and maps of the entire route

• www.grfive.com - Detailed description of hiking the GR5.

• www.gr5.fr - Traversée du GR5 (in French)

• www.gr5.info - useful information.

• www.gr5.info/routekaart.php - map showing the entire route

• www.gr5.mnei.nl - useful information.

• One Foot at a Time - the entire GR5 in 3 months

• gr5blog.blogspot.co.uk - St Gingolph to Menton in 15 days

• GR5 From Luxembourg to the Mediterranean (Full itinerary)

References