E3 European long distance path

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File:Map of the European Long Distance Path E3.png

The E3 European long distance path, or just E3 path, is a {{convert|6950|km|adj=on}} long-distance footpath that is planned to run from the Portuguese coast to the Black Sea in Bulgaria. It is one of the network of European long-distance paths.

Route

The completed sections of the route pass through Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, a short stretch in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.

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, 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.