LET’S GO
The Sultans Trail is a 2500 km long-distance hiking and cycling trail from Vienna to Istanbul. It takes an average person 15 weeks to complete the entire Sultans Trail. Cyclists need around 4 weeks to do so.
East meets West
Contrary to its past, then a path of conquest, the Sultans Trail nowadays is a path of peace, a meeting place for people of different faiths, cultures and backgrounds. That’s why we choose consciously to let this Sultans Trail, a European Cultural Route, run back from Vienna to Istanbul, from conquest to “collaboration in diversity”.
IMPRESSIONS
Total distance in km
Sections
Countries
Monuments
Natural reserves
SPECIAL EVENTS

2022
HIKING TRIP
In 2022 we organise a promotional tour along the Sultans Trail. We’ll walk the entire trail in two periods.

2023
CYCLING TRIP
Our Sultans Cycling Trail developers invite you to join them on an exciting summer tour, from Vienna to Istanbul, in 38 days.
STORY ROOM
Stories and blogs from our Sultans Trail hikers and cyclists. Like to share your adventure as well? Please contact us.
Check here out all of our stories and blogs.
Grand Tour – Max Smits
Vienna Austria 9° Finally on our way, after a delay due to a sudden Covid infection, which...
Traversing the Bulgarian Rhodopes and a slice Rila mountain range
This year it wasn’t easy to recruit a group of hikers that...
Serbia, Niš to Bulgaria, Pazardzhik
Travelogue from Serbia, Niš to Bulgaria, Pazardzhik Niš, Serbia concentration camp We arrive in...