An essential guidebook for walking the GR5 trail, 660km from Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) to Nice or Menton, through the French Alps. Includes all the main variant routes as it passes Mont Blanc, then through the Vanoise, the Queyras and the Mercantour National Parks. Includes accommodation, profiles and maps. Suitable for fairly experienced hikers.
A guidebook to trekking the southern section of the GR5 trail between Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) and either Nice or Menton. Covering 674km (420 miles), this long-distance trek through the French Alps can be walked in 1 month and is suitable for moderately experienced hikers.
The route is described from north to south in 32 stages, each between 11 and 31km (7-19 miles) in length. Variant routes such as the GR55 through the Vanoise National Park and the GR52 through the Mercantour National Park finishing at Menton are also detailed.
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1:100,000 maps
included for each stage
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Detailed information about
accommodation, facilities and public transport
along the route
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A
south-north route summary table
is also provided for those wanting to walk in the opposite direction
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Part of a
3-volume set
, accompanying Cicerone guidebooks
The GR5 Trail - Vosges and Jura
and
The GR5 Trail - Benelux and Lorraine
are also available
