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From Saint-Jean-de-Fos to La Paillaide, on the outskirts of Montpellier, Stage 16, the GTMC is coincident with the GR653, which bears the standard red and white waymarking of a GR trail. Some sections of this trail are very difficult for a mountain bike, so if you decide to avoid them, don't follow the red and white flashes in these areas, but follow the road bike alternative route instead.

Waymark post for GTMC and GT34 (Stage 14)

From La Paillaide, near the end of Stage 16, through Montpellier and on to the Mediterranean coast at Sète, the end of the Stage 17, the GTMC carries no waymarking. However, this is not a problem, as a free city map, available from tourist offices, will allow easy navigation through Montpellier, and after that the route-finding along the Canal du Rhône is very straightforward.

It is important to be able to recognise the various other waymarking systems that are used to indicate routes in the French countryside. The standard waymarking used by the FFRP (Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre – see ssss1, Useful Contacts) for long-distance GR trails consists of red and white paint flashes, with various arrangements of red and white lines signifying different instructions. Two sets of red/white marks appearing together indicate that a change of direction is imminent – this is often in the form of curved red and white markings pointing towards the new direction to be taken.