“Hikers’ Friendly” is a certification for services related to hiking activities. It is currently available only for hotels, but it will soon be open for other sectors. It has been developed by the Social Co-operative Paths of Greece, in collaboration with Green Evolution. Its aim is to enhance the hiking experience by upgrading the services
On Friday, April 21st, in the village of Goulediana, in Crete, took place the second meeting in order to promote the archaeological site of Onithe. The meeting was organised by the greek magazine “Archaeology and Arts“. For more information, please see the Greek version of the article.
An article by our member Christina Kontaxi published on the online magazine “Aplotaria” of Chios island. The article treats of how some fragile ecosystems could be protected through the correct development of hiking trails, and to what extent one should provide details about endangered species found on specific spots. The article is available only in
In November 2016 Paths of Greece has completed its fieldwork on the island of Kasos. We have been really surprised by the amount and quality of trails this island has. The hiking trails development plan that we have handed to the Municipality of Kasos aims at revealing in a pleasant way all these secret places
Santa Claus has brought to Sifnos new trailhead signs! That was the las step to complete the sign-posting of the Sifnos Trails network. The boards used figure maps from Zoe Gozadinou, information about each trail and a few pictures. They aim at aspiring random people to start walking the trails and of course, to indicate
In November 2016 the team of Paths of Greece has completed a 20-days long fieldwork on the island of Ithaca. The project was funded by the Municipality of Ithaca. The outcomes of the research have been delivered and now Ithaca is ready to proceed with the development of its trails network!
Christina Kontaxi, member of Paths of Greece, has been interviewed by “go-amorgos.com” about hiking tourism and the trails of Amorgos. The interview took place a few days after the YPERIA 2016 international conference organised by the hotel Aegialis Hotel & Spa. The interview is available only in Greek on the Greek version of our website.
Paths of Greece presented its recommendations on the development of hiking destinations at the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) “European Regional Meeting – Building Sustainability in European Tourism” that took place at Zappeion on 23-24 November 2016. During a second presentation, the hiking network developed on the island of Sifnos, called “Sifnos Trails”, was analyzed
“Paths of Greece” participated at the 8th Panhellenic Ecology Convention, presenting the environmental and forestry legislation for protected areas in conjunction with the trails as a natural – cultural asset, in the direction of hiking tourism development. The presentation was given by Christina Kontaxi, a member of “Paths of Greece” and of the Greek Ecological
The World Trails Network 6th World Trails Conference took place between the 14th and 17th of October 2016 in Tottori, Japan. During the conference, which attracted participants from over 30 countries, “Paths of Greece” gave a presentation titled “Utilizing 5000 year old trails for a better future”, analyzing Greece’s potential in becoming one of the 10