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 CRS has become one of the founder members of a new trails organisation covering the (mainly eastern) Mediterranean. For two years, two French organisations AFRAT and Tetraktys, funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) with supplementary funding from OXFAM and the World Bank, have worked with three trail communities in the parts of…
HIKE4ALL – “Hiking for ALL along the Cultural Routes” is officially launching in January 2026 as a new Erasmus+ project aimed at creating inclusive and accessible hiking experiences along Europe’s leading cultural routes. This new initiative is a natural continuation of the 2024–2025 HIKE project – “Hiking for a Healthier Lifestyle along European Cultural Routes”…
🌍 Join our upcoming DETOUR Webinar on 27 November at 09.00 CET Are you working in tourism or supporting local businesses along walking routes and sustainable destinations? Don’t miss this opportunity! The DETOUR project is hosting a webinar featuring insights from European and international tourism experts. Entitled “Tourism Diversification and Economic Impact of Walking Routes on SMEs” it brings together speakers…
The 14th forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, organised and hosted by Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) and the Culture and Tourism Ministry, was held in Cappadocia between 22nd and 24 October, 2025. The theme was Cultural Routes and Landscapes; with the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia all around, it…
Kate Clow, of the CRS attended the 4th conference, held jointly by the European Hikers Association (ERA), the European Mountaineers Association and the Italian Mountaineers Association (CAI). The conference built on the sustainability focus of the 2024 Paris conference; but this year explored the theme “Digitalisation for Hiking and Mountain Trails”. Over 20 presentations from 15 countries looked…
Pavia has just hosted the international 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 event was facilitated by the Chamber of Commerce and the Municipality of Pavia, with the support of the Tourism Councillor…
Every year on September 27, the world celebrates World Tourism Day, established by the United Nations in 1980. This day offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on tourism not only as a social and cultural force but also as a powerful economic engine. Long-distance walking routes such as the Lycian Way are not only experiences…
Throughout last season, we traveled long distances — sometimes with our microphones, sometimes with our backpacks, and sometimes only in our dreams. In each episode, we discovered a new route and listened to a different traveler. In our very first season, we explored the meaning of cultural routes, their history, their natural landscapes, and what…