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About

Who are we?

ornament1We are a small Turkish not-for-profit society. Our members make and maintain long distance walking, biking and horse-riding routes. The society protects old roads, markets Turkish culture routes and helps villagers along the routes benefit from them.

Committee and members

ornament1Our committee includes the creators of the finest walking routes in Turkey. Our members include trekking guides, travel agencies, accommodation providers, archaeologists, historians, nature-lovers and people interested in Turkish village culture.

Products and services

ornament1To help you use our routes, we produce and sell guide-books, maps and iphone apps. We also list all our member agencies tours on the site (see tours) and will advise you about your adventure by mail, by phone or at our drop-in centre in Antalya .

Practical way to help

ornament1The society relies on help from enthusiastic volunteers either with individual projects or in our office. Read more about our how you can help. If you like our work and want to contribute, you can become a member or make a donation.

News

The Culture Routes Society, which is a member of the World Trails Network, has been invited to twin a section of the Lycian Way with a trail in Taiwan. We have chosen the stretch of the Lycian Way from Çıralı to Tahtalı – from the shore of the Mediterranean to the high point of the…

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

At their annual meeting in April, the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes have announced that they have adopted five new routes, bringing the total number up to 45 certified routes. The new routes are: the Aeneas Route, the Alvar Aalto Route of 20th Century Architecture and Design, Cyril and Methodius…

In March, a long-distance walker started from the Lycian Way to walk northwards on the Via Eurasia to Istanbul and then to Europe. Using the app, and taking photographs and videos as he walks, Nicolas is pitching his tent wherever comes to after a day’s walk. At first the weather was a little cold and…

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…

A message from Hasan Arslan, from Middle Earth Travel which is our member. Last week we organized a 1 night camp for our Russian customers on Çukur Yayla, the green pasture between Yayla Kuzdere and the summit of Mount Olympos. I came over for this trip from our Cappadocia office and it was my first acquaintance…

Right after completing VOYN!’s online talk series, which aimed to raise an awareness for Antalya’a cultural and natural assets to be better known and protected, we organised two field trips. By organising these trips, we had the chance to strengthen our knowledge that we gained in the talk series, as well as to visit natural…

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