Map of the European Long Distance Path E3

The E3 European long distance path, or just E3 path, is a long-distance footpath that is planned to run from the Portuguese coast to the

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. It is one of the network of

European long-distance paths The European long-distance paths (E-paths) are a network of long-distance footpaths that traverse Europe. While most List of long-distance footpaths, long-distance footpaths on the continent are located in just one country or region, each of th ...

Route

The completed sections of the route pass through

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, the

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, a short stretch in

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, and

. It is planned to extend the route into Portugal to end at Cape St. Vincent.

Gallery

Image:e2e3sign.jpg, Sign on the path of the E3 near Vianden, Luxembourg. File:Karlovy Vary, na Doubské vyhlídce.jpg, E3 as a part of the standard blue-marked path near

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

, Czech Republic. Image:Don't_ask_which_way_in_Slovakia.jpg, E3 at the west end of the Malá Fatra mountain range in northern Slovakia. The E3, E8, and other long-distance footpaths are marked in red on the Slovakia 1:50,000 "Turistika Mapa" / "Hiking maps". Image:E3_in_snow_on_the_Mala_Fatra_in_Slovakia.jpg, The E3 in spring 2005 on the lightly-snowing Malá Fatra ("Lesser Fatra" mountains, the west end of the Carpathian mountains) in northern Slovakia. The E3 is well marked also on the maps of Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Image:Kom-Emine-markirovki.JPG, Markers used on the Bulgarian part of the route. File:Emine.jpg, The E3 ends at Cape Emine.

External links

''E3'' - map and information at European Ramblers' Association

Digitalized Slovak part of E3, GPX download included

Info about the Bulgarian part of E3
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