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I’m a friend of Ueli Aellig from Switzerland and a fellow teacher at a Business School here in Winterthur. Ueli has passed away on October 6th after a short time in the Alzheimer section of an Old Folks Home. Remembering him in a ceremony on November 15th I will tell the people about the great time…

Three keen young climbers walk (and climb) 30 km on the St Paul trail. See their report here (Turkish). Led by local climbing guide Cumhur Baştuhan, a small group walked and climbed the Köprülü Canyon part of the St Paul Trail, admiring the views from the summits above the Tazı Canyon (southern end 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

Route Bedre (transfer from Eğirdir), Bagören, Barla, Dikmen, Asagi Tirtar, transfer to Yukari Tirtar, Eyüpler, transfer to Yalvaç , transfer to Sücüllü, Yalvaç, bus to Eğirdir, transfer to Akpinar, above Balkiri, Yukarigökdere, hitch to Eğirdir, transfer to Serpil, Sipahiler, transfer to homestay above river gorge towards Adada, Sagrak, near Tota Yaylasi, hitch to Kasimlar, Kesme,…

  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,…

Hüseyin Eryurt and Kate Clow attended the conference on European Pilgrimage Routes in Florence from 4-6th December and presented papers on the St Paul Trail and the Evliya Çelebi Way. The well-organised conference attracted participants from most European countries and was introduced by a high level board of politicians as well and experts. The emphasis…

by Orjan Hansson – You will find accounts on the net by people walking St Paul Trail doing it the hard way: carrying a heavy pack, camping and cooking along the way. However, you can do it the easy way with just a daypack, staying in small pensions and in people’s homes. This account is…

Biking in the Kaçkar was first developed by Egemen Çakır as part of the UNDP project to diversify tourism. They published a map of biking and walking routes in the Çoruh valley, which, in spite of the dam works, is still remarkably good. Jon Bawn has been developing bike routes in conjunction with Middle Earth…

Een voorjaarsmiddag in de bergen van Zuid-Turkije. Een prachtig kalksteenplateau, ver weg van drukke autowegen en massatoerisme. Je pauzeert, genietend van de uitgestrekte rotspartijen en de stilte. Alleen het balken van een ezel in de verte. En dan opeens: naburig gebulder en geraas. De rivier Köprülü kan het niet zijn − die stroomt in het kloofdal…