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The GR 4 trail is over 1000 km long, between Royan on the Atlantic coast (northwest of Bordeaux) and Grasse, in the Alpes-Maritimes. For comparison, the well-documented GR 5 trail across the French Alpes is about 650-725 km (depending on variants) and takes a minimum of 21 day (31 days probably more reasonable).

The complete GR 4 passes by these main towns:

Royan (Atlantic coast, northwest of Bordeaux) [map Angouleme area]
Saintes (northeast of Royan)
Cognac (southeast of Saintes, west of Angouleme)
South of Angoulême
South of Limoges (northeast of Angouleme) [map Limoges, Clermont-Ferrand area]
Aubusson (northeast of Limoges, west of Clermont-Ferrand)
East of Mont-Dore (southwest of Clermont-Ferrand)
Saint-Flour, Cantal (35 km south of Clermont-Ferrand)
Pont-Saint-Esprit (25 km northwest of Orange) [map Valence, Nimes area]
Manosque [map Alpes area]
Castellane
Grasse


GR 4 Provence

The Provence part of the GR 4 is described in "GR 4, La Haute Provence par les Gorges du Verdon" published by FFRP (see FFRP Topo Guides). This southern part, between Pont-Saint-Esprit (25 km northwest of Orange) and Grasse, is 410 km long.

Excerpts from FFRP Topo Guide
Entrevaux (480 m) (Hotel, Gite, Dining)
3h00 - Col de Saint-Jeannet (1278 m)
0h45 - Oratoire Saint-Jean (1321 m)
1h15 - Ubraye (1000 m)
1h30 - Touyet (1250 m)
1h45 - Col de Vauplane (1650 m)
1h15 - Jct GR4, Route D102 (1330 m)
1h30 - Clot d'Agnon (1280 m)
0h45 - La Garde (927 m) (Hotel, Camping, Dining)
1h00 - Sade J-Saurin (730 m)
0h15 - Castellane (724 m) (Hotel, Gite, Dining)
Variante Soleilhas
Ubraye (1000 m)
3h45 - Soleilhas (1140 m) (Hotel, Gite, Dining)
0h40 - Jct GR4, Route D102 (1330 m)
1h30 - Clot d'Agnon (1280 m)


GR 4 Provence Maps

For hiking maps of the Provence part of the GR 4, use the Didier Richard (1:50,000):
#26 "Pay d'Azur": Grasse, Aiglun, Entrevaux.
#19 "Haute Provence Verdon": Col de St Jeannet/Ubraye, Castellane, Moustiers-Ste-Marie, Riez.
#14 "Luberon, Sainte-Victoire": Gréoux-les-Bains, Manosque, Céreste.
#27"Ventoux": Opedette, Siminae-la-Rotonde, Sault, Mt Ventoux, Malaucène, Séguret, Rasteau, Carianne.


GR 4 Provence Overnights

There are hotels and gites at Entrevaux, Soleilhas, La Garde.

For up-to-date information on refuges and hiking gites, check out gites-refuges.com

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