Invitation to participate in the three-day hiking trip in Edessa! After the events in Italy, HIKE moves to Greece in October 2024. The town of Edessa will be the focal point for a series of outdoor events, combining hiking, cultural activities, and workshops organised by us and the municipality of Edessa from October 11th to
Via Egnatia is the ancient road that connected Via Appia with Byzantium, an earlier settlement in the area of the later Constantinople – today’s Istanbul. It is – as the saying goes – one of all the roads that led to Rome – the most important in the Eastern Roman Empire based on historical
The Launch of the HIKE Project Embark on a Journey to Well-being: The Launch of the HIKE Project The European project “HIKE: HIKing for a healthier lifestylE along European Cultural Routes” kicked off on 1 April 2024. This Erasmus+ Sport project aims to increase healthy and active lifestyles via engagement of local communities into
Getting to know the Central European Trail Waymarking Reading the entire article takes about 8 minutes. Alternatively, you can continue directly to the conclusions by clicking here. “They know better abroad!” “I’ve walked the Alps and I know!” “What are the European standards?” “Let’s get the Austrians to show us how it’s done!” These and
Paths of Greece on National Geographic! Our work with the trails of Sifnos has attracted National Geographic reporter Chloe Berge, who visited the island and wrote a beautiful article about the trails of the island. We are all excited to see that one of our oldest projects is being recognised and admired after about a decade! This means
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Partnership with Outdooractive In February 2023, our collaboration with the global platform outdooractive.DACH, which specializes in all types of adventure tourism, officially began. We came into contact during the World Trails Network Conference, which took place in Skiathos in the summer of 2022, with the aim of contributing to the accurate and detailed depiction of Greek
International tourism exhibitions At the beginning of the year, some of the most important international tourism exhibitions take part. We participated in three of them, representing Greek destinations with which we have collaborated in the past to create hiking networks. The first exhibition was Fiets en Wandelbeurs Nederland in Utrecht, Netherlands, February 25-26. Its
2022 Recap In 2022 the Social Cooperative Enterprise Paths of Greece remained very active. Coming out of the Covid-19 era, our top priority was to expand and add to our team. Thus, now Paths of Greece fully employs 7 employees, while at the same time the collaboration with a large number of external partners
Performative Journey EU Project With our partners MitOst (Germany), Culture Routes Society (Turkey) and Tirana Ekspres (Albania), who are committed in the development of Via Eurasia – a long-distance cultural route and walking trail running from Rome, across Italy and the Balkans, through western Turkey to Demre on the Lycian coast of Turkey’s southwest and beyond we are working on an EU
Metropolitan Trails Academy Launch In the last two years, the European network of metropolitan trails designers, located in Athens, Köln, London, Milano, and Marseilles, has prepared online teaching tools to enable the creation of metropolitan trails in new cities. In this prospect, we recently opened the online version of the Metropolitan Trails Academy and invite you
Trail Certifications This article is available only in Greek for the moment. It treats of the different certifications systems that are available for trails in Greece.
Kythera Trails becomes the 1st Green Flag certified trails in Europe In early October 2019, trail professionals from 13 countries gathered on the island of Kythera, Greece, for the training of trail auditors using the Green Flag Trails certification led by the World Trails Network. During the 7-days long course, a selection of Kythera’s trails were audited and three
Consultancy in Japan In October 2019, Fivos Tsaravopoulos, co-founder of Paths of Greece, visited Japan on a trail development consultancy trip. His long lasting involvement with the World Trails Network, Fivos has been called on board an international team of experts that traveled to Miyagi, Japan, in order to consult on the development of the Miyagi
Trail design, mapping & sign-posting workshop in Tirana Paths of Greece and Mr. Spyros Staridas (Staridas Geography) had been invited by the inspired team of Tirana Ekspres, in Albania for a workshop. The scope of the visit was a seminar about the use of GIS software, trail mapping and sign-posting preparations. The Tirana Ekspres team
8 years Paths of Greece At its 8th birthday, Paths of Greece has been presented to the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Frank Walter Steinmeier during his visit in Greece Last October, Paths of Greece became 8 years old. When it all started, it seemed an impossible attempt. During the crisis years,
New Trails Around the World Magazine We are proud to present our new article about the trails of Kythera in the 4th edition of the World Trails Magazine “Trails Around the World”. Our article, written by Fivos Tsaravopoulos and Rigas Zafeiriou presents a 4000 years old pilgrimage route on the island of Kythera, linking
Miyagi Olle opening ceremony (Japan) Miyagi Olle trail: walking towards the path of financial recovery. The beginning of October saw the grand opening of the trail network Miyagi Olle in Miyagi prefecture of North-Eastern Honshu in Japan. Paths of Greece were invited to the opening ceremony and our representative, Sotiris Dimos, went there. As part
7th World Trails Conference Paths of Greece has participated at the 7th World Trails Conference, that took place from September 26th – 29th, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. During the Conference, we have presented the Hikers Friendly Certification, made a lot of contacts, and worked on the creation of a World Trails Network – Mediterranean
World Trails Conference and Friendship Trails 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