GR 65
Long-distance working route
title: "GR 65" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["camino-de-santiago-routes", "hiking-trails-in-europe", "hiking-trails-in-france"] description: "Long-distance working route" topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR_65" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Long-distance working route ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox hiking trail"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | GR 65 |
| Grande Randonnée 65 | |
| photo | GR 65 trail marker along the Camino de Santiago in Navarre, Spain.jpg |
| caption | GR 65 trail marker along the Camino de Santiago |
| location | Switzerland, France, Spain |
| designation | GR footpath, E3 |
| trailheads | Geneva, Roncevalles |
| use | Hiking |
| :: |
| name = GR 65 Grande Randonnée 65 | photo = GR 65 trail marker along the Camino de Santiago in Navarre, Spain.jpg | caption = GR 65 trail marker along the Camino de Santiago | location = Switzerland, France, Spain | designation = GR footpath, E3 | length = | trailheads = Geneva, Roncevalles | use = Hiking | elev_change = | highest = | lowest = | difficulty = | season = | months = | sights = | hazards = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Stjacquescompostelle.png" caption="The Way of St. James through Europe"] ::
The GR 65 is a long-distance walking route of the Grande Randonnée network that extends from the French Prealps, across south central France, through the Pyrenees.
The French name for this GR route is the Chemin de Saint-Jacques and the Spanish name is the Camino de Santiago francés, because the GR 65 is an important variant route of the old Christian pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, one of several variants of the Way of St. James. 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 route starts in Geneva, Switzerland, and continues through France to La Côte-Saint-André (Isère), Le Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire), Nasbinals (Lozère), Conques (Aveyron), Figeac (Lot), Cahors (Lot) Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne), and Aire-sur-l'Adour (Landes), to Roncesvalles, Spain.
References
References
- "GR®65 Via Gebennensis - Podiensis Camino de Santiago de Compostela".
- "Way of St James – Way of le Puy – Via Podiensis – GR65 – Walking in France".
- "GR®65: Way of Saint James (Camino de Santiago): Via Podiensis - Le Puy Route".
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