Run in France, our .gpx routes

Download the .GPX file of our urbirun sightrunning routes in France, et to use it directly on your sport watch or smartphone. See our tutorial : how to transfer gpx files to your sportwatch.

Simply let you be guided along the urbirun sightrunning route, to explore its most amazing cities and surroundings, with eyes wide open. Run along routes imagined, thought and created BY passionate runners FOR runners.
Do not run randomly anymore, visit, discover, explore, urbirun ! and do it for as low as 0.1euro/km !!
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Here are some example of our France sightrunning tours, to run and visit Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Annecy, and so on..The suggested direction is in order to propose you the best views.
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urbirun Paris Centre

Distance : 7.8km
Elevation : flat
Direction : unclockwise
The very heart of Paris, from City Hall to Tuileries Gardens, passing even inside the Palais Royal backyard, you’ll be guided to see many of the main iconic places of the center of the City of Lights.

urbirun Paris, From Etoile to Bastille, the very best-of

Distance : 13.3km
Elevation : flat
Direction : west to east. start at Arc de Triomphe)
A complete tour throughout Paris, from Arc de Triomphe to Bastille, you won’t miss any of Paris main landmarks. Follow the route and run with the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, cross iconic bridges and parks, enjoy the Seine river banks… For sure you’ll see the very best of Paris along this itinerary made to join every monument, and coming there with the best views… Unforgettable!

urbirun Paris – Eastern Paris delights

Distance : 11.8km
Elevation : flat
Direction : clockwise
Start at the Bastille and explore the runner’s made elevated park, on former rail tracks. These tracks will guide you very quietly to a beautiful lake, and then you’ll cross Bercy village and park, see an amazing bridge and library, and even a charming harbour… A very cool run…

urbirun Paris – Northern Canals & Villette

Distance : 9.8km
Elevation : low
Direction : unclockwise
This route will guide you through the huge Buttes Chaumont Park, its hills and lake. You’ll run in modern parks, and see amazing structures in the Sciences City, and even a submarine. Along the canals, you’ll dream with the most romantic bridges you can imagine, and even locks…

urbirun Lyon and its hills

Distance : 9.5km
Elevation : 225m
Direction : clockwise
Around the rivers that embrace Lyon, explore hills and get beautiful viewpoints. You’ll run in quiet alley and street, in the Traboules, get some stairs under your running shoes, and appreciate the flat river banks. All what you can get from Lyon is in this tour.

urbirun Lyon – Confluence

Distance : 10.4km
Elevation : flat
Direction : unclockwise
Lyon, the in-between run, between Rhone and Saone Rivers. Quiet perfect banks for running, modern architecture and beautiful buildings, without skipping the famous old St-Jean district. Lyon, keeping it flat.

urbirun Bordeaux – long route

Distance : 12km
Elevation : flat
Direction : unclockwise
Bordeaux center, old town, Garonne River’s banks, including parks and famouse landmarks, you’ll even run to the City of Wine and Submarine base.

urbirun Bordeaux – short route

Distance : 7.6km
Elevation : flat
Direction : unclockwise
Bordeaux center, old town, Garonne River’s banks, including parks and famouse landmarks.

urbirun Marseille – short route

Distance : 10.5km
Elevation : 225m
Direction : unclockwise
All the very best of Marseille, including view point from Cathedral hill, running along the sea, secret stairs and village like neighborhoods, hidden harbours, you won’t miss anything of Marseille atmosphere.

urbirun Marseille – long route

Distance : 12km
Elevation : 258m
Direction : unclockwise
All the very best of Marseille, including view point from Cathedral hill, running along the sea, secret stairs and village like neighborhoods, hidden harbours, you won’t miss anything of Marseille atmosphere.