2015 Modern memory Events Major moment

Menalon Trail receives European certification

The Menalon Trail joins the European Leading Quality Trails network on 31 May 2015.

Timeline image: Menalon Trail receives European certification

Why it matters

It connects Dimitsana’s heritage with contemporary walking tourism, landscape interpretation and sustainable discovery.

On 31 May 2015, the Menalon Trail joined the European Leading Quality Trails network. The route links villages, monasteries, forests, river landscapes and local heritage, and it became a modern framework for slow cultural tourism around Dimitsana and Gortynia.