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
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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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
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
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
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 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
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
Paths of Peace In summer 2019, we implemented a multi-day hiking trail and a cycling route called Paths of Peace. It is located in the area of Florina, Western Macedonia, Greece. The trail is divided into 4 hiking days, and it starts and ends at Lehovo village. It crosses the most important natural and
Tinos Trails Tinos Trails, the official hiking network of Tinos island is a fact! 152 km of trails, planned according to the hiker needs, invite you to discover the nature and culture of this beautiful island of the Cyclades. Tinos Trails is a project of the Municipality of Tinos, in co-operation with Paths of
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
The hotel certification standard has been launched! “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
Building Sustainability in European Tourism 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,
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
World Trails Conference and Friendship Trails “Paths of Greece” joined forces with ecotourism-greece.com and took part in the 1st International Expo on alternative tourism “Nostos Expo 2016” that took place in Nafpaktos, Greece, from 14 to 17 October 2016. Conveying the values and potential of hiking tourism in Greece, drawing information by the projects that
Participation in the 1st Greek Alternative Tourism Expo Paths of Greece proudly announces participation in the NOSTOS Greek Alternative Tourism Expo 2016! It will take place in the town of Nafpaktos from October 14th to 17th. It will be our pleasure to see you at our stand (#31), in order to inform you on our
The first “Friendship Trail” in Greece! 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
New video about the trails of Sifnos 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