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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…