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
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
In August 2015, we were invited by the China Volkssport Association, as trail consultants, in the region of Kanas, Xinjiang, China. Our visit lasted 8 days. During this time, we hiked trails, we rode on horses, we discovered remote areas and we came in contact with the local Mongolian, Kazak and Chinese people. Our study
The new website www.sifnostrails.com that we created, is now online! The website is only in English for now. A Greek, a French and a German versions will follow. On the website, we present the 19 officially way-marked trails of the island. On each trail page, you will find pictures, a description of the trail, an interactive
In 2015, the Municipality of Sifnos has asked us to update the trails network of the island. During our first visits, we did realise that the previous way-marking attempts were not uniform, and there were a lot of missing marks. In addition, many routes would start from rather unknown places, thus making it difficult to