Sultans Trail
In the MediaHiking the Sultans Trail
by Mariette van Beek
Walking the Sultans Trail from Vienna to Istanbul you will experience Europe as it always was: a melting pot of groups, cultures and religions. You also discover, one step at a time: the other looks like me. Christians and Muslims share not only lands and old wounds, but also saints and prophets. In the footsteps of the Ottomans, you actually become a contemplative pilgrim, I experienced. Read more
This blog is the updated version of an article that appeared in February 2014 in the Jacobsstaf, the body magazine of camino-goers of the Nederlandse Genootschap van Sint Jacob. It was written in Dutch by travel-journalist Mariette van Beek and appeared on her Mirakelzreizen-blog in 2021.