St Paul Trail
Description
- Name St Paul Trail
- Length of trail 500 km, 311 miles
- Length in days 28 days
- Start of trail Perge
- End of trail Yalvac
- Traildino grading MW, Moderate walk, backpacking trail
- Hut tour grading T1, Walk
Perge (near Antalya) or Aspendos, via Adada to Yalvac, Isparta (north of Lake Egirdir), 500 km
This trail is the initiative of one person, Kate Claw. She lives in Turkey. The St Pauls Way is not the first trail she conceived and realised. The Lycian Way was her first creation. Both trails are a unique chance to experience rural Turkey. They run through a hospitable and colourful countryside, lost in Europe (if you situate Turkey outside Europe, as some people do).
St Paul is believed to have visited this region. This must have been almost 2000 years ago, long before hiking became a cherished pastime. Imagine traveling in his footsteps! Along the 500 km trail you will not find signs of early Christianity, but there are many archeological sites from Greek and Roman times. The trail starts in the surroundings of the popular beach resort Antalya and runs north through the Taurus mountains along the lake of Egirdir and beyond to Yalvaç (Antioch in ancient times: here St. Paul founded a church).
The hospitable people in the villages will offer lodging and food and thanks to the trail and Kate Claw tourists and money flow into the rural economy. Stay attentive to the trail, as waymarking is not too frequent. The locals will help you out. Spring is the best season for this hike.
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Books
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Netherlands
- Bol.com, Belgium
- De Zwerver, Netherlands
Netherlands
2013
- The St Paul Trail
- This is a brand new edition of the St Paul Trail guidebook, following the saint's journey from Perge, near Antalya, Turkey to Antioch in Pisidia. This book is the essential guide and map to Turkey's second long-distance walking route. St Paul Trail consists of about 500km of waymarked walking trail following Roman roads, village paths and... Read more
Belgium
2013
- The St Paul Trail
- This is a brand new edition of the St Paul Trail guidebook, following the saint's journey from Perge, near Antalya, Turkey to Antioch in Pisidia. This book is the essential guide and map to Turkey's second long-distance walking route. St Paul Trail consists of about 500km of waymarked walking trail following Roman roads, village paths and... Read more
Netherlands
2013
- Wandelgids St. Paul Trail | Kate Clow
- De St Paul Trail is een nieuw bewegwijzerd pad in Turkije. Zoals het eerste GR-pad in Turkije, de Lycian Way, is ook dit pad vooral de creatie van de onvermoeibare Kate Clow, een engelse vrouw die al meer dan 15 jaar in Turkije woont. De afstand bedraagt ruwweg 600 km en het pad is volledig gemarkeerd vanaf 2003 en beschreven. Bovendien wordt... Read more