St. Sultan's Trail International

süleyman kanuni, sultan of the ottoman empire, made the trip from istanbul to vienna for the first time in 1529, and then again in 1532. both times he did not succeed in penetrating the city of vienna. contrary to its past the sultans trail nowadays forms a path of peace, a meeting place for people of all faiths and cultures. the trail starts at the stephans dom in the centre of vienna. the clocks of this church are made of the remelted ottoman canons. the path passes austria, slovakia, hungary, croatia, serbia and bulgaria and ends at the tomb of the sultan, behind the süleymaniye mosque in istanbul. sultan’s trail is a route of walking and cultural tourism which follows the footsteps of sultan süleyman, the magnificent through the eastern europe and balkan to turkey. the story of sultan süleyman’s journey, which has been kept alive for some five hundred years in the landscape and memory of this region, records the origin of a tradition shared by millions of people in the world today.