Walks and trekking is a pastime that is very important to French people. You can always expect numerous walks in all types of areas. Languedoc Roussillon is no different with thousands of trails marked out. They range from short hourly rambles to treks that last days, even weeks. There are quite a few 'official' long-distance walks across the region, two of which are most renowned. The Sentier Cathar (the Cathar Trail) starts at the coast and moves west in 12 stages, passing the Pyrenees, past Cathar castles, to Foix in Midi-Pyrénées.
The official European long-distance footpath 'E4' is the other well known path crossing over the Pyrénées, and twisting past the Black Mountains through the Cevennes the Rhone into Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur.
