A volunteer group worked for 6 weeks in September and October, and waymarked about 150km of trails – most of the St Nicholas network of routes, plus parts of the Lycian Way near Demre. The St Nicholas network was set up in 2014, but was not well-publicised and maintained, so has had very few users….
Our member Serkan Taycan has recently prepared a project on the water buffalos which can be found along his route – Between Two Seas. Highly prized for their rich cream, these buffalos love wallowing in wet meadows and pools. In the north of Turkey, they are harnessed and used to pull heavy logs out of…
Having spent a few days in Albania working on the Performative Journey project, Kate and Hüseyin set off to follow the Via Egnatia (VE). Walking from the village of Mirake, we soon found the section of the VE illustrated on Holger and Marietta’s excellent guidebook. We were surprised at how much of the original route…
The Fethiye Times recently published a report (link) on proposed quarries close to the village of Sidyma, on the Lycian Way. Villagers have started to sell land at Alınca and Gey and new house-building is underway. Seydikemer forestry department’s proposed road to Cennet Plaj (Paradise Beach), but was stopped because it threatened the historical road…
As the whole world knows, the G7 summit of leaders of the world’s 7 capitalist countries took place in Cornwall, in the UK in June. To complement this, and remind the world of the importance of trails, the World Trails Network partnered with the Southwest Coastal Trail to hold a short on-line conference about the…
In June 2021, Nick Hobbs and a small team (Oytun, Tasha, Fatemah) from Hiking Istanbul explored a route crossing the area between Şile and Yağcılar (north-south) in order to find a route which could complete this segment of the Via Eurasia. This supplements a route from Anadolu Kavağı to Şile, and together these routes will…
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…
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…