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Special mention should be made of the wall of cliffs by Le Mont d’Or (Section 11), where the clifftop path provides magnificent vantage points over the expanse of the Swiss Jura.

This book is a practical guide to the principal north–south walking route through this varied landscape, along the GR5/GR53. The 687.5km (427-mile) waymarked path traverses the entire length of the Vosges, and then climbs up onto the plateau of the Haut-Jura before dropping down to Nyon on the shores of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman). The GR5 is one of the great walking routes across Europe, crossing the continent from the Dutch coast to the Mediterranean, and the route described here is the central section (518km), from the Vosges down to Lake Geneva. In addition, the GR53 in the Northern Vosges (169.5km) is described as an offshoot of the GR5 that allows walkers to complete the entire chain of the Vosges. These quiet hills of the Northern Vosges are often overlooked by visitors, yet have become a personal favourite of ours.