Pushing back the Horizon (18): The Route of St Paul: exploring Turkey on foot
Take the time to discover the trade and military routes in southern Turkey and open the door to a better understanding of the European history of this land. An historical and sporting walk Both lovers of Turkey and of walking, Kate Clow and Terry Richardson carried out the necessary research and opened the way for the rediscovery of two historical and landscaped routes. Each route covers more than 500 kilometres, with 'way-markers' and improvements made annually. The two routes are " The Lycian Wa y", linking Fethiye and Antalya, originally proposed in 1999, and the " Saint Paul Trail ", launched in 2004 and following one of the itineraries of St Paul in the Roman Empire on his travels as an evangelist. On the first route we find ourselves following in the footsteps of the Lycians, one of the first Anatolian peoples whose Mediterranean history of port and trade activity is on a par with that of the #Phoenicians. Later in their history, the Lycians entered i...