For the first time, a Greek trail signed the “Friendship Trail” agreement between trail #2 of Sifnos Trails and trail 18-1 of Jeju Olle trail (South Korea). In the context of the Friendship Trails programme of the World Trails Network, the Mayor of Sifnos, Mr Andreas Babounis and the President of Jeju Olle Foundation Mrs.
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Following the pilot sign-posting project of two trails in Prespa lakes, we have started the investigation of the area to find new trails! In co-operation with the Society for the Protection of Prespa lakes, we are scanning this beautiful place to find the best hiking and cycling routes through which the visitors will enjoy the
Following other promotion actions, the Municipality of Sifnos, in collaboration with Giannis Kontos (Photo Kontos), has created a short video to show the walking trails of the island! Through the imagery, one can admire the characteristic landscape of Sifnos, the incredible trails and the monuments that are along the 100 kilometers long trails network. The
The Municipality of Sifnos, in colaboration with Paths of Greece, has participated at the Grekland Panorama tourism fair, in Stockholm. Swedish citizens are quite avid hikers, but there is too little available information for them to be able to access trails in Greece. During the fair, we have presented the Sifnos Trails project. Special attention
Put on the ecotourism radar by recent media coverage and its classification as a blue zone, Ikaria has seen a sudden surge in visitors. Every year, more and more campers and hikers from all over the world are attracted to the island by its rugged and uncharted terrain. However, with so many visitors leaving behind
Sifnos becomes the first Greek island to have an application dedicated to its hiking trails. The application Sifnos Trails is a digital field guide for the trails network SifnosTrails. The total length of the network exceeds 100 km and is divided into 19 beautiful trails. The project started in 2015 and is being managed by
We are happy to announce that we can create projects for hiking trails that can be submitted for EU funding within the period 2014-2020. Please refer to the Greek version for further details.
Back in the old times, before the use of cars, the trails would link different destinations. The shorter and the easier a trail was, it was considered as a good trail. Nowadays, trails are mainly used from hikers. A trail now is considered as good, depending on its richness in cultural monuments and natural sites. Like
In the first days of September 2015, we represented Sifnos island on one of the most famous hiking exhibitions worldwide, the Tour Natur Expo, in Dusseldorf, Germany. After the way-marking of 104 km of hiking trails on this beautiful island, the participation to the Exposition is part of the attempt of the Municipality of Sifnos