The Winners Menalon Social Enterprises Mythical Trails

Menalon Social Enterprise, like every year, in order to remain on the forefront of hiking tourism and also to promote the Menalon Trail, will participate in leading conferences about the newest developments in planning, maintenance and management of high-quality trails in Europe and in Greece as well. These events are the following: > From the […]

Twelve Professionals from Dimitsana fully restored, with voluntary work, the path from the Open Air Water Power Museum to Monastery Philosophou. With a “commando” operation on Monday, April 16, 2018, they settled waters, pulled stones from the millraces, cleaned grass, resulting in little or no water being present in this part of the path. The […]

The Menalon Social Cooperative Enterprise, behind the creation and promotion of the Menalon Trail hiking path in the Peloponnese, clinched the gold award for “Specialty Travel – Outdoor Tourism” at this year’s Tourism Awards held at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center in Athens. The Menalon Cooperative was awarded for organizing two outstanding tourism initiatives: the 1st Greek Trails Conference in the Peloponnese village of Vytina last […]

The “Menalon Social Enterprise” was recently awarded with the Gold Medal at the 2018 Tourism Awards in the category «Specialty Travel – Outdoor Tourism» for its two main initiatives: the 3rd European Conference of LQT (Leading Quality Trails) of the European Ramblers Association and the 1st Greek Hiking Trail Meeting, in order to setup and place […]

A two-year study program aimed at educating hiking guides was presented during the 1st Greek Trails Conference held in the Peloponnese village of Vytina over the weekend. A total of 33 students are currently studying to become professional mountain hiking guides as part of a newly introduced IEK (Institute for Vocational Training) program with classes being held at the […]

“International flights to Kalamata have made the Peloponnese much more accessible,” says Rachel Howard. “But there are still pockets where few foreign tourists venture, especially if you head to the hills. Completed in 2015, the 75km Menalon Trail  runs through the heart of Arcadia, a region as bucolic as its name suggests. Mountain paths take you […]

At a time when all talk is focused on overtourism and its unwanted “side effects”, some people in Greece are actively doing something about it. Way before the term was coined and “sustainability” was just a buzz word, passionate individuals across the country decided to revive the long forgotten footpaths of yesteryear and breathe new […]