HIKE4ALL is a European project under the Erasmus+ Sport programme that promotes accessibility and inclusion along cultural routes and hiking trails.
Through walking, the project also highlights the benefits of outdoor activities for physical and mental well-being, encouraging a healthy lifestyle, contact with nature, and broader, more conscious participation in cultural and landscape heritage.
The project works to make routes accessible spaces for everyone, including people with disabilities.
…because an accessible route is a route for everyone.
Projejct management and events
HIKE4ALL is coordinated by AEVF – European Association of the Via Francigena Ways.
The project brings together a consortium of European organisations committed to enhancing cultural routes and sustainable tourism.
Between spring and autumn 2026, each of the 6 partner organisations will host a two-day participatory event along one of the European cultural routes:
- Via Francigena (Italy) – 17–18 April 2026, Ivrea and Bollengo
- Saint Olav Ways (Norway) – 29–31 May 2026, Borgleden
- European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Czech Republic) – 12–14 June 2026, Zlín
- Camino Lebaniego (Spain) – 25–26 September 2026, Cantabria region
- Saint Paul Trail (Türkiye) – 17–18 October 2026, Lake region
- Templar Heritage Route (France) – 5–6 November 2026, Troyes
Partners
- European Association of the Via Francigena Ways (AEVF) – Italy (project coordinator)
- Association for the Cultural Route of the Saint Olav Ways (ACSOW) – Norway
- European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius (IALE) – Czech Republic
- Camino Lebaniego Foundation (FCL) – Spain
- Culture Routes Society (CRS) – Türkiye
- European Federation of the Templar Heritage Route (TREF) – France
Aim
The aim of HIKE4ALL is to make the walking experience accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, marginalised and vulnerable groups, and those with little or no access to physical activity, enhancing routes as spaces for meeting, well-being, and discovering territories.
How?
HIKE4ALL develops activities and tools to improve access to the cultural routes through:
- inclusive events and walks
- workshops and opportunities for exchange between experts and local stakeholders
- exchange of best practices among European partners
- awareness-raising and communication activities for the public
- development of guidelines for route accessibility
The project aims to contribute to building a more inclusive model of slow and outdoor tourism, capable of engaging local communities, institutions, and travellers.
Contacts
HIKE4ALL is based on the belief that cultural routes can become spaces for meeting, sharing and inclusion, where everyone can experience walking freely and accessibly.
Promoting accessibility along routes means building more open territories, more inclusive communities, and new opportunities for sustainable tourism.
See you on the trail during 2026!
For more information:
www.hike-project.eu
HIKE4ALL is funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
