E3 European long distance path

The E3 European long distance path, or just E3 path, is a 6,950-kilometre (4,320 mi) long-distance footpath that is planned to run from the Portuguese coast to the Black Sea in Bulgaria. It is part of the network of European long-distance paths.

The completed sections of the route pass through Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, a short stretch in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria. It is planned to extend the route into Portugal, ending at Cape St. Vincent.

The currently marked route runs through the following places:

Main path start

• Zubiri — / border crossing (Mt. Txangoa)

• / border crossing (Mt. Leitzarateka) — Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port — Navarrenx — Aire-sur-l'Adour — Nogaro — Condom — Moissac — Cahors — Figeac — Decazeville — Conques — Aumont-Aubrac — Le-Puy-en-Velay — Retournac — Diou — Vezelay — Auxerre — Montargis — Nemours — Melun — Meaux — Senlis — Soissons — Monthermé — / border crossing

• / border crossing — Bouillon — Florenville — Habay-la-Vieille — / Martelange border crossing

• / Martelange border crossing — Wiltz — Clervaux — Vianden — Diekirch — Grevenmacher — / Schengen border crossing

• / Schengen border crossing — Saarburg — Wiesbaden — Fulda — Milseburg summit (Hünfeld branch split) — Mellrichstadt — Coburg — Münchberg — Arzberg (Northern and Southern paths split)
  

Hünfeld dead-end branch

• Milseburg summit — Hünfeld — Hübelsberg summit
  

Northern path (Arzberg - Bad schandau)

• Arzberg — Selb — Oelsnitz — Annaberg-Buchholz — Olbernhau — Bad Schandau — / Schmilka border crossing — Hřensko (rejoins with the Southern path)

Southern path (Cheb - Děčín)

• / Pomezí border crossing — Cheb — Loket — Karlovy Vary — Jáchymov — Hora Svaté Kateřiny — Děčín — Hřensko (rejoins with the Northern path)
  

Main path continuation

• Hřensko — Varnsdorf — Liberec — / Harrachov border crossing
• / Międzylesie border crossing — Králíky — Rýmařov — Nový Jičín — / Makov border crossing

• / Harrachov border crossing — Kamienna Góra — Wałbrzych — Bardo — / Międzylesie border crossing
• / Makov border crossing — Zakopane — Szczawnica — Krynica-Zdrój — / Barwinek border crossing

• / Makov border crossing — Bytča — Rajec — Trstená — / Suchá Hora border crossing
• / Barwinek border crossing — Mt. Minčol — Veľký Šariš — Prešov — Mt. Šimonka — / Sátoraljaújhely border crossing

• / Sátoraljaújhely border crossing — Kisvárda — Nyírbátor — Debrecen — Létavértes — Nagykereki( — / Biharkeresztes border crossing)

• / Biharkeresztes border crossing — Oradea — Șuncuiuș — Brad — Llia — Băuțar — Caransebeș — Anina — Orșova — / Novi Sip Danube border crossing

• / Novi Sip Danube border crossing — Kladovo — Brza Palanka — Negotin — Bogovina — Boljevac — Sokobanja — Knjaževac — Mt. Babin Zub — / Dimitrovgrad border crossing

• Mt. Kom — Gara Lakatnik — Mt. Miale — Mt. Tetevenska baba — Mt. Vezhen — Botev Peak — Krastets — Kotel — Daskotna — Sveti Vlas — Cape Emine

Main path end

• Sign on the path of the E3 near Vianden, Luxembourg.
• E3 as a part of the standard blue-marked path near Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.
• 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".
• 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.
• Markers used on the Bulgarian part of the route.
• The E3 ends at Cape Emine.

• E3 - map and information at European Ramblers' Association
• Digitalized Slovak part of E3, GPX download included
• Info about the Bulgarian part of E3