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Max Smits (from the Sultans Trail Foundation and Cultural Association of Via Eurasia) writes about trekking the Sultans’ Trail for the World Trails Network magazine. Part of the Sultans Trail (Edirne – Istanbul) forms one section of the Via Eurasia Cultural Route You can contact Max at max@sultanstrail.com Kate Clow 1st June 2021

My interest in trekking started in 2006 on the Lycian Way and has increased over time to the point where it is a virus in my mind. For over a year, a virus has now literally spread to every area of our lives. My desire to be in nature, like the virus, is not easily…

30 years ago, Cennet beach, near Kabak, was the most natural spot in the world. The first time I climbed down the cliffs below Alınca to visit the beach I found only the prints of seagulls and wild cats. No people, no boats, no fireplaces, no litter. The olive groves behind the beach had been…

Je suis partie en randonnée dans la montagne dans la région d‘Antalya, au sud de la Turquie. Avant de m’informer sur le climat et l’organisation de mon voyage je m’interroge sur mes capacités, c’est primordial pour pouvoir commencer son sac…et donc son voyage. Qui suis-je ? Je suis une fille de Belgique de 28 ans. Je…

In army cadets; I was the biggest whiner when it came to weekend excursions that required strenuous expeditions in southwestern Ontario; often with freezing temperatures and long marches. I could not fathom the concept on why I had voluntarily signed up as we had to go into the ‘bush’ to learn survival techniques; with mediocre…

  Creating a Cultural Route between Europe and Turkey Turkey’s Culture Routes Society (CRS), an NGO that was founded at the request of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism to develop, maintain and promote cultural routes in Turkey, is preparing to connect a great European walking network to Turkey! The Civil Society Dialogue program,…

Somebody who comes to a Turkish holiday resort does not have to stay there. Turn around and walk on Roman cobble stones to the mountains. Up there, village people will prepare your food from their own garden and you can sleep in a former school-room.

Turkey has been in the global news frequently recently…and not always in the most positive contexts. Those who pay attention to current events may feel hesitant to visit the country given what they hear, read and see on television, radio and the web.  Latent fears of danger will steer them towards ‘safer’ destinations instead. The…

Day trip to Perge – St. Paul Trail During the month of January, the weather can become very unstable around Antalya – long cold periods and a lot of rain are not rare and you might get only one or two good days in a week. Fortunately, this area has a lot of very interesting…

After a very rainy week, we set off on Saturday for a daytrip to Geyikbayiri and the ruins of Trebenna. Geyikbayiri is the first or last stage of the Lycian Way (depending on where you start) and a very famous climbing spot – but we’ll come back to it later. We set off early in…

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