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Hiking in France
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items France is one of the top countries in Europe (and the world!) for hiking. France has about 180,000 km of marked trails, winding through stunning mountain scenery in the well known Alps and Pyrenees, as well as the Jura Mountains, the Massif Central a...
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Hiking Websites
Hiking Guidebooks
Guided Hiking Tours
Hiking & Trip Planning Resources
Hiking Websites
These websites will help you plan your trip to France, including the France page from my website Where to Hike When.
This site gives you all kinds of useful info to help you plan your hiking trip to France, including guidebooks, when to hike, maps, apps, where to stay, guided tours, and so much more!
Hiking in France
A very useful website to give you an idea of what the monthly weather is in all the different parts of France. May to October are the best months to hike in France.
World Weather Information Service - France
France has many fantastic long distance trails (known as Grand Randonees) and this is the official site where you can easily look up any of these trails in France.
GR® : Sentiers de Grande Randonnée - Mon GR®
The official website of the French Federation of Hiking, with lots of info about hiking.
Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre
A fantastic site featuring all the hikes in the various national parks.
Chemins des Parcs
Hiking Guidebooks
There are MANY fantastic guidebooks available for hiking in France; these are a handful of them.
One of the most iconic multi-day treks, the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) goes through France, Switzerland, and Italy and this is useful guidebook by one of the most reputable hiking publishers, Cicerone.
Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc: 170km Hut-to-Hut
A great guidebook for all of France, this guide by Lonely Planet features 60 different walks, something for every type of hiker!
Lonely Planet Best Day Hikes France (Hiking Guide)
If you're interested in day hikes in the beautiful Mont Blanc area, this is a handy guide to 50 hikes in the region.
Walking Mont Blanc Walks: 50 Day & Multi Treks
A Cicerone guide to a beautiful part of the French Alps, the Haute Savoie South, featuring 30 hikes in the region.
Walking in Haute Savoie South: 30 Walks
The northern section of the Haute Savoie is featured in this counterpart to the Cicerone Haute Savoie South book.
Walking in Haute Savoie North: 30 Walks
The beautiful Pyrenees are a part of southern France, northern Spain and Andorra, and this guidebook features 170 hikes (!) in this mountain range.
Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees (Cicerone)
This Cicerone guide covers a beautiful part of France and the French Alps.
Walking in Provence - East: Alpes & Mercantour
A guidebook to a lesser known hiking region of France, the Massif Central.
Trekking the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail
Guided Hiking Tours
Leave the planning to someone else and go on a guided hiking/trekking tour.
Let G Adventures guide you on one of the most popular long distance trek in Europe, the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB). It's particularly handy to have someone else plan this trek for you as the TMB is very popular and huts have to be booked months in adva...
Trekking Mont Blanc
Explore the fantastic hikes around Mont Blanc on this guided trip by G Adventures.
Mont Blanc Explorer - G Adventures
Enjoy a full day hike in the beautiful Pyrenees on this (very affordable) guided hike by Manawa.
Hiking in the Regional Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrénées from Formiguères | Manawa
Hiking & Trip Planning Resources
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One of the two official apps by the French governmental cartographic service, IGN, so it's reputable! Very handy while hiking the trails in France.
IGN Rando - Hiking App for France
Stay connected (affordably!) while traveling in France with Airalo. You'll want to access hiking apps and maps while driving and walking here, with its many roads and trails laced throughout.
France eSIM, from 3.50 € | World’s first eSIM store · Airalo
When not staying in mountain huts, use booking.com to look for the best deals on hotels, apartment shares and all accommodation in France.
Booking.com | Official site | The best hotels, flights, car rentals ...