About
Who are we?
We 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
Our 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
To 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
The 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 results of the DETOUR Mini-Grants Call, supporting collaborative projects for tourism SMEs along Mediterranean walking routes, are now available. The call, open from 9 March to 1 June 2026, received 99 applications across Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, and Türkiye, including 24 from Türkiye Submissions were evaluated for eligibility and scored by independent experts on relevance, quality, feasibility,…
Larissa, Greece, hosted the latest international consortium meeting of DETOUR – Developing resilient tourism ecosystems along Mediterranean routes, a European project funded under the Single Market Programme (SMP) and coordinated by the Municipality of Fidenza. The meeting took place on 5-6 May 2026 at the Chamber of Commerce of Larissa, bringing together project partners from…
The European project HIKE4ALL kickstarted its activities in Italy on 17–18 April 2026 with two days of workshops, inclusive walks and field activities held in Ivrea and Bollengo, in the region of Piedmont. Coordinated by the European Association of the Via Francigena Ways, the project aims to promote a more accessible and inclusive model of…
DETOUR: Developing Resilient Tourism Ecosystems Along Mediterranean Routes Terms of reference External Evaluators – DETOUR Call for Financial Support for Tourism SMEs Introduction This document establishes the terms and conditions for the appointment and participation of external experts invited to serve as evaluators in the Selection Committee for the DETOUR Call for Financial support (hereinafter…
The UK leg of the Sounding Art Trail project, coordinated by the Culture Routes Society and supported by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture programme, has been successfully completed along the North Downs Way route. Aiming to draw attention to points along walking routes at risk due to climate change through sound and art, this…
📌Open Call Application Form: Financial Support for Collaborative Projects under the DETOUR project Below is the selection framework of the call, which provides financial support to SMEs operating along the Mediterranean walking routes. Eligible Countries and geographic areas: Italy along the Via Francigena, stretch Pavia–Rome and 10 km buffer zone; Greece along the mountainous paths…
Sounding Art Trail, a collaborative project by CRS (Turkey) and North Downs Way (United Kingdom), launches on 15 February. This site-specific art project explores the intersection of land art, cultural heritage, and ecology through immersive soundscapes and participatory workshops, and will be supported for one year by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture programme. Taking…
On 27 November, the European DETOUR project—of which CRS is a partner—hosted the international webinar “Tourism Diversification and Economic Impact of Walking Routes on SMEs”, bringing together more than 100 professionals from the tourism and cultural sectors from across Europe and beyond. The meeting was moderated by Elena Dubinina, Project Coordinator at the European Association…