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This small kingdom has some surprisingly lovely landscapes. The Wallonian Ardennes region in the southeast is most famous among hikers, with its densely wooded river valleys and farm lands higher up on the undulating plateaus. In the northeast are the mysterious Hautes Fagnes, an upland plain of peat moors, partly in the Ardennes and partly in the Eifel region, and now a nature reserve that offers stunning beauty in all seasons. The north and west of Belgium, known as Flanders, is mostly low flat countryside, but nonetheless traversed by a myriad of long distance hiking trails, some of which lead through historic towns like Bruges and Ghent.

The majority of Belgian long distance hiking trails are known as GR's, a conveniently bi-lingual abbreviation of Grande Randonnees (French) or Grote Routepaden (Dutch). European long distance trails E2, E3 and E9 all lead through Belgium, and coincide with GR's.

Along the GR's, small hotels, B&B's and camping sites can be found in almost every village or town. Walking Belgium is a fun experience, frequently taking you back in time to what appears to be some older version of Europe. The often somewhat ramshackle towns, quaint shops and cafe's, old-fashioned politeness, excellent food and beer, there is simply no hurry to modernize, just live for the moment.

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Calificación 8.0 | 3 votos | No 6. en Europa

pc22 Agosto 2011
Calificación 8
Positivo lovely friendly people....nice walking

Robin Janssens
Calificación 7

frank
Calificación 9
Positivo the people,food, chocolate, beer
Negativo the pollution

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GR footpath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The concept of the "Grand Randonnée", or GR, was invented in France, and then spread to Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the term was redubbed LAW. This wikipage lists the main trails.
Hiking.be

(Neerlandés)
This page is devoted to hiking in Belgium. The Belgium trails have been ranked according to their popularity. This is useful if you like to know other hiker's opinions.
Hiking in Belgium

(Neerlandés)
Practical information about hiking in Belgium and a presentation of interesting regions and routes.
Lijst van GR-paden in België - Wikipedia

(Neerlandés)
Lumaj

(Neerlandés)
Reports of Lumaj's hikes along the complete GR 5A trail.
Lumaj wandelwebsite

(Neerlandés)
Reports on Lumaj's hikes along Belgian GR trails. With lots of interesting and useful side information.

Informes

:: Jans Wondere Wandelwereld ::

(Neerlandés)
Home page of a Belgium hiking enthusiast, Jan van Meirvenne. He hiked at least half of the trails in Belgium. He keeps a log of all the hikes, published here, and supplemented with trail facts.
Trekkings by Luc Selleslagh

(Neerlandés)
Superb private website by a Belgian long distance hiker, on his hikes inside and outside Belgium.
Backpacking trips of Debbie Sanders

(Neerlandés)
Trip reports of hikes in Europe with experiences and practical information. Both hikes along trails and self-made routes.

Guías y mapas

Catalogue SGR

(Francés)
List of trail guides for Belgium.

Hospedaje

ASBL GIWAL

Non-profit association aiming to develop a stop-over gites network for GR hikers in Wallonia. General info in English, details in French.
GR-Infos

(Francés)
A 'multilingual' but basically in French website on the Grandes Randonnees (GR) long distance footpaths in Belgium and France, providing info mostly on accommodations en route, with handy interactive maps per section.

Organizaciones

GR Sentiers - Les Sentiers de Grande Randonnée

(Francés)
Long Distance Paths Association of French speaking Belgium, Wallonia, giving short info on all trails in Belgium, a clickable map, a webshop to order guidebooks and maps online. Some info on lodging too. The organisation is member of the European Ramblers' Organisation and takes care of the E-Paths in Wallonia.
Grote Routepaden

(Neerlandés)
Long Distance Paths Association of Flanders / Belgium. giving short info on all trails in Belgium, a clickable map, a webshop to order guidebooks and maps online. Online info on lodging is for members only. The Stichting Grote Routepaden is member of the European Ramblers' Association, and they are responsible for the Belgium trajects of E2, E3 and E9.