The Walking Pilgrim

Modern Routes - Route Details

Rocroi-Vézelay
Rocroi, Reims, Vitry-le-François, Les Riceys, Tonnerre, Vézelay

Route map

The GR654 officially starts in Namur, running to the French border at Rocroi, and thence via Reims, Vitry-le-François and Auxerre to Vézelay; there is an FFRP topoguide for this, and see radiocamino.net for a detailed description of the Belgian section.
It is however a meandering route that has little to do with historical pilgrimage routes. The Belgian section is now covered by the Via Monastica, and Randonneurs et Pèlerins 51 produce guides to a shorter route (by 145km) than the GR between Rocroi and Reims, and Reims and Vézelay via Troyes.
Hervé Grosdoit-Artur gives more details on the GR654 route in Aube on his site, together with suggestions for links from Troyes and elsewhere in the département.

Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):

  • Rocroi-Vézelay
kmcumul kmview on map
GR654 Rocroi-Murtin et Bogny28.7228.72
GR654 Murtin et Bogny-Signy l'Abbaye21.7550.47
GR654 Signy l'Abbaye-Wasigny18.1768.64
GR654 Wasigny-Chateau Porcien20.8589.49
GR654 Chateau Porcien-Asfeld14.48103.97
GR654 Asfeld-Reims26.12130.09
GR654/145 Reims-Verzy24.76154.85
GR654/145 Verzy-Conde sur Marne22.71177.56
GR654/145 Conde sur Marne-Chalons en Champagne20.50198.06
GR654/145 Chalons en Champagne-La Chaussee sur Marne24.06222.12
GR654/145 La Chaussee sur Marne-Vitry le Francois22.42244.54
GR654/145 Vitry le Francois-St Remy en Bouzemont20.90265.44
GR654/145 St Remy en Bouzemont-Lentilles25.05290.49
GR654/145 Lentilles-Brienne le Chateau32.45322.94
GR654/145 Brienne le Chateau-Amance15.15338.09
GR654 Amance-La Loge aux Chevres10.36348.45
GR654 La Loge aux Chevres-Bar sur Seine29.71378.16
GR654 Bar sur Seine-Avirey Lingey17.24395.40
GR654 Avirey Lingey-Etourvy25.15420.55
GR654 Etourvy-Tonnerre24.21444.76
GR654 Tonnerre-Chablis16.97461.73
GR654 Chablis-Auxerre21.94483.67
GR654 Auxerre-Cravant24.13507.80
GR654 Cravant-Vézelay33.55541.35
aRocroi-Signy l'Abbaye30.9230.92
aSigny l'Abbaye-Chateau Porcien29.3460.26
aChateau Porcien-Bazancourt22.0182.27
aBazancourt-Reims17.1799.44
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