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27.11.2023 - 09:47 / traveldailynews.com / Stavros Andriopoulos
Rethymno is located in the middle of the island of Crete. It is one of the best preserved Renaissance cities in Greece. In the framework of promoting sustainable development and alternative tourism, Rethymno awarded as a bike friendly destination and is now one of the cities bearing the label “Bike Friendly”, that is, a city friendly to cyclists.
The Old Town with its winding and labyrinthine streets, the Venetian port, the Fortezza and the mosques, combine the East and the West architecture artfully. You can appreciate this, both in the Οld town and the villages nearby.
It has been noticed an active involvement of locals and visitors in cycling. The first step has been achieved by developing the basic infrastructure and an alternative tourist development of cycling (20 km. cycling network in the city of Rethymno). The cycling network in Rethymno prefecture includes 22 inter-regional cycling routes, 12 of them connect Rethymno with key attractions nearby. That constitutes the main reason why Rethymno was chosen to organize the World Press Cycling Championship in 2012.
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Rethymno awarded as a bike friendly destination! In the framework of promoting sustainable development and alternative tourism, Rethymno is now one of the cities bearing the label "Bike Friendly", that is, a city friendly to cyclists. This label is awarded to municipalities – tourist destinations that meet a number of internationally recognized criteria.
The city of Rethymno is promoting Sustainable Development throughout the whole prefecture, in order to sensitize its population and the visitors. This period, we invite you to discover the city and the wider region through alternative ways of tourism all year round.
For those who like nature, walking, trekking, hiking and cycling routes, you can find information here.
There are numerous options offered inside the city and the Old town, as well as in the countryside. According to the city’s plan and the study conducted by the Polytechnic Institution of Athens, the cycling network will be expanded. It has been noticed that a large number of people, not only locals, but also visitors are interested in cycling and more specifically in visiting Rethymno’s historic center along with search for cycling excursions in and out of the city (plenty of attractions with great cultural value, eg the Old Town in Rethymno, Eleftherna and Arkadi).
Cycling visitors can explore numerous museums, galleries, archeological sites, monasteries, churches and participate in community’s
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