The birth of the “Greek islands trail: Cyclades”

The Greek Islands Trail is a long-distance trail made up of the best trails of each of the Cyclades islands.

It’s a years-long dream coming to fruition. A path that will pass through all the Cyclades and that will be the most important long route in the country.

As Greece is known abroad with white and blue colors, the trail in question comes to highlight this image, as well as the culture and rich geology of the Cyclades to the international hiking public. Our vision is for Greek islands trail to become one of the top trails in the world.

The aim of the «Greek Islands Trails – Cyclades» is to connect the best trails of each island of the Cyclades in a single hiking route from island to island. It is hoped that this route will be the main entrance and introduction to global hiking tourism in our country.

The «Greek Islands Trails – Cyclades» program is implemented with the funding of the initiative of the Museum of Cycladic Art, Cycladic Identity, with the support of the South Aegean Region and local bodies.

For more information about Cycladic Identity visit www.cycladicidentity.gr

Paths of Greece on National Geographic!

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 that we have most probably succeeded in creating projects that are sustainable in the long term!

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Implementation and inauguration of Poros trails

Implementation and inauguration of Poros trails

 

The new website of Poros trails!

From the end of last year, the implementation of the Poros hiking trail began. A project conceived back in 2016 has successfully reached completion.

Cleaning, walkability improvements, signposting, maps and website creation were implemented by Paths of Greece, its partners and the Municipality of Poros.

The inauguration of the hiking network took place on Monday, May 15, and was followed by a hike that included part of route 2.

Of course, nothing ends, as our collaboration with the municipality of Poros will remain close, for reasons of maintenance, expansion and continuous promotion.

Find more information on www.porostrails.gr

Partnership with Outdooractive

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 regions, hiking routes and any other type of outdoor activity.

We hope for a fruitful cooperation, which will upgrade the position of Greece as one of the top hiking destinations around the world.

Now, every Greek destination will be able to be seen on the outdooractive platform, which has over 60 million users!

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International tourism exhibitions

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 subject is generally outdoor activities and alternative tourism, with a greater emphasis on hiking and cycling.

Paths of Greece presented and promoted Kythera Trails, and the newly established Skiathos Trails and Hydra Trails networks!

From the 7th to the 9th of March, the tourist exhibition ITB Berlin took part in Berlin, where we were invited as guests of the region of Crete in order to present the hiking networks that have been developed in recent years.

More specifically, in the municipalities of the regional unit of Chania, studies have been carried out for networks of hiking routes, of which the one of the municipality of Apokoronas has been completed. The ultimate goal is that all of them will be subject to the single hiking network of the regional unit of Chania, named “Chania Trails”.

At the same time, we were pleased to come across the presentations of three other hiking destinations in Greece, with which we have collaborated to create hiking networks, Skiathos Trails, Sifnos Trails and Lehovo (Paths of Peace)!

Finally, the exhibition which we consider the most important in our field, since it consists almost exclusively of hiking tourism, is the Salon du Randonneur. This year the three-day event was held March 24-26, in Lyon, France.

The approximately 14,000 visitors that the exhibition usually gathers had the opportunity to learn about more Greek destinations than ever before!

Paths of Greece represented Kasos (Kasos Trails), Kythera (Kythera Trails), Skiathos (Skiathos Trails), Naxos and Chania with the paths of Apokoronas municipality (Chania Trails).

Of great importance was the presence of the tourist offices Active Holidays in Greece – Gnosis Active Travel and Sharing Greece, representing Naxos and Kasos, respectively.

For the paths of Chania and the municipality of Apokoronas, their representative Dimitris Michelogiannis presented the network, in collaboration with journalist Sylvain Bazin, editor-in-chief of Wider magazine.

Granitis Trail Certification

Granitis Trail Certification

 

The second Green Flag Trails certification in Greece is a fact! The Granitis Trail has been officialy certified with the only global certification for trails, the Green Flag Trails!
 
Thanks to the tremendous efforts of Nikos Bourlivas, who has created the Granitis Trail, and the kind sponsorship and support Raycap, the trail has been audited and got certified by the World Trails Network, owner of Green Flag Trails!
 
Together with Kythera Trails, Grece has now two certified trail networks by the Green Flag Trails.
 
The auditing of the Granitis Trail has been conducted by Paths of Greece, in October 2021.
 
Granitis Trail consists of two separate trails of 9 and 21 kilometers respectively.

New Kythera Trails Videos

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New Kythera Trails Videos

Check out the new set of videos produced for the Kythera Trails. Some of these have been created and some co-funded by Paths of Greece.

 

 

Metropolitan Trails Academy Launch

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 to discover our charter, lessons, mooc and documents, before designing the trail of your city. Register now:

https://metropolitantrails.org/el/academy

Exploring Karpathos island

Exploring Karpathos island

 

Karpathos is one of the most authentic places in Greece, with an incredible trails network. The article speaks about an exploration from south to north of this island. The article only appears in the Greek version (click the Greek flag at the top right corner of your screen). Here you can only see the pictures of the article.

 

 

 

 

 

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