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…
The Anatolian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage project, funded by the EU and with the partnership of WEGlobal, Gaziantep Greater City Council and he Culture and Tourism Ministry, held a conference to mark the formation of the institute of the same name. The institute is designed to bring together the works of the Turkish archaological schools…
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,…
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…
Part of the fun of being part of Turkey’s trekking and route-making community is the chance to get out and explore new areas and design new trails for tourists and other trekkers to explore. On the 16-17 November, Culture Routes Society team members joined forces with the formidable Beycik duo, Andrew and Faye (and some…