GR 70 (Stevenson Trail) | |
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| Information | |
| Departure | Le Puy-en-Velay |
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| Arrival | Saint-Jean-du-Gard |
| Country |  France |
| Location | |
 44 ° 56 ′ 23 ″ N 3 ° 59 ′ 46 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
the long-distance footpath 70 said Stevenson path in reference to the work produced by the writer of the same name in the company of a donkey.
Understand
The initial and initiatory path of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson began on September 22, 1878, at Monastier-sur-Gazeille, with a donkey named Modestine. After a journey of 12 days and 22 km, he arrives at Saint-Jean-du-Gard. He will publish his travelogue the following year at London. The path will be marked out and created as a GR70, in 1993, by the French hiking federation. An association wishing to support the GR locally was founded the following year. History of the path
Steps
It starts in the village Le Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire), Lozere, Ardeche, Saint-Jean-du-Gard (Gard). Starting point of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The route therefore crosses several regions: the Velay, the Gevaudan, the Monts de Lozère, and the Cevennes.
To go
By train
The departure and arrival points are accessible from 2 SNCF stations. It is therefore possible to make the path, arriving by train, then to circulate from one station to another, in return, with a change at the 1 Langogne station :
- 2 Puy-en-Velay station
- 3 Alès train station
By bus
Several bus lines join the various stopover towns along the route, which makes it possible to split the journey on the trail.
By plane
- 4 Nîmes-Garons Airport – Located south of Nîmes, you will need a bus or train transfer to Alès.
- 5 Puy - Loudes airport
Circulate
To see
Do
To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Security
The problem of bedbugs is present on many hiking trails, including the Stevenson trail. Accommodation providers preventively treat their rooms against this scourge and some walkers treat their effects in advance (backpack, duvet or travel sheet) with an insecticide (eg: “traveler's flask” from Clako).
