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Our podcast series “Culture Routes”, where we chat with route creators and different guests from the sustainable/alternative tourism sector to explore long-distance hiking trails in Turkey, is now live with its first five episodes! You can find the episodes on our Spotify and Youtube channels.
The European project “HIKE: HIKing for a healthier lifestylE along European Cultural Routes” kicked off on 1 April 2024. This Erasmus+ Sport project aims to increase healthy and active lifestyles via engagement of local communities into hiking and related sports activities along historic routes, such as Via Francigena, Via Egnatia, Tolerance way. With a budget…
It was the night of 8th of September 2023, around 23.30. I have long since aiming to walk the urban culture route carried out by İzmit Municipality. A friend of mine who loves walking came to my mind. I went on calling her at once: Me: Hi, how are you? My friend: Fine, how about…
The academic council of the Sultans Trail organised a symposium titled ‘Close Encounters of East and West’ in the Hodshon Huis, Haarlem, on August 26th 2022. Before the conference, guests gathered for a short boat trip on the canals of Haarlem, followed by a pleasant meal in a charming old pub. The conference venue is…
The School of Tourism of Antalya’s Bilim University will have a new course on Cultural Routes as part of its Spring 2022 semester curriculum. Here is the message from Dinç Saraç, a member of the school: ‘Tourism education should be dynamic and receptive to change; on the back of basic theoretical, technical and operational topics,…
Second phase of our VOYN! project, which is a local culture hub under the “VAHA: Building Common Ground for Spaces of Public Discussion & Dialogue” programme, has just started in the last months. We aim to chase the rural cultural heritage of the Antalya region via several activities; and this year we have an international…