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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.Upcoming Events
What's new?
After a very wet weekend cycling along the stormy coast to Antalya, I joined the Culture Routes Society team to volunteer and help out with some exciting fieldwork in the Muğla region. As the weather cleared, Onat and I drove from the office in Antalya to the first site near the village of Dodurga. After…
After a very wet weekend cycling along the stormy coast to Antalya, I joined the Culture Routes Society team to volunteer and help out with some exciting fieldwork in the Muğla region. As the weather cleared, Onat and I drove from the office in Antalya to the first site near the village of Dodurga. After…
Maintenance and update works of the Via Eurasia continue on the St. Paul Trail section. An alternative route was added to the Barla – Dikmen Farm section durinh the field surveys we conducted within the borders of Eğirdir in the first week of November 2020. Balkırı – Akpınar route, which was in a bad condition…
The weather is hot; oh so hot! And so humid. Everything is as so new to me, especially this weather that welcomed me as soon as I got off the plane. And, like every new thing, it is very exciting, too. After surviving the heat of the first night in the crowded centre of Antalya,…
CRS has been one of the three Antalya based organisations, which have applied to the ‘VAHA-Oasis: Building Common Ground for Spaces of Public Discussion & Dialogue’ programme with a project named ‘VOYN!’, which means ‘Hey!’ in local dialect of Antalya. A series of seminars and talks will be held and a cultural mapping of Antalya…
During the fieldwork we carried out on the new section of the Lycian Way between Sarısu and Gedelme stage, we spotted quite interesting monument and building remains. On this route, there are two Lycian sarcophagi, one of which is relatively in a better condition, an old wall and a building, which we think is a…
The viewpoint (summit on the right) from the west On a hot and humid summer day in July, we left the Culture Routes Society office in the centre of Antalya and headed towards the mountains around the city. We first arrived at Hisarçandır, a village located high up on the Lycian Way; where there is…
I am Angelique and working on sustainable tourism for Travelife and Green Destinations worldwide. But also on a local level I am active with raising awareness regarding pesticide use in public spaces and organising cleaning activities in natural areas. I have always been thrilled by the work of the Culture Routes Society and my colleague…