+30 699 360 4071 / +30 699 360 4210 info@artandwalk.com
+30 699 360 4071 / +30 699 360 4210 info@artandwalk.com

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Art and Walk is a company that organizes activities based on Karpathos island in Greece. We provide the highest quality guided walks, guided hikes, creative workshops and agricultural tours on Karpathos, and day trip to Kasos island. With years of experience in international tourism we offer you a fun and relaxed time.

With the many languages we speak we would love to show you the beauty of Karpathos in a way you understand. We love the nature and enjoy walking through the local villages and hiking through the nature paths that Karpathos island offers. In addition we are also big ocean warriors as we are scuba dive instructors and diving is a big passion of ours. We are also Emergency First Response instructors, so safety and health is very important to us too. A big part of our love for nature reflects in the activities we organize such as cleaning up the plastic from the beaches and creating art out of recyclable material during our creative workshops.

We have been living on the island for many years and even-though our roots lie in Sweden and the Netherlands, Karpathos has become our home. We have traveled the world and have seen the most beautiful places and experienced the most amazing memories. Karpathos is the place we always returned to. This is our safe haven and the place where we feel most comfortable and happy. Karpathos is home.

Thom & Renate
Kar"PATHOS" means passion

Art and Walk Karpathos was born out of the feeling of enthusiasm and realising a dream.

Albest Einstein once said ‘Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better’.

Our day to day live close to nature provides inspiration for our work. We love to guide people on hikes where it took us years to fully explore and we enjoy seeing what kind of artwork comes forth from spending time on the island.

We are passionate nature lovers, experienced hikers, art therapy coaches, art instructors and loving parents. We speak English, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish, German and of course some Greek. This helps us to share our knowledge and experience in the best way.

Meet the Team

Renate

Renate

Dutch

A professional hammock user, scuba dive instructor, hispanist, nature lover and explorer, pintora, red wine lover, crazy about her Viking and about being a mother to Freyja & Cornelis. Languages: Dutch, English, Spanish, German, some Portuguese and a little bit of Swedish and Greek.

Thom

Thom

Swedish

A rock climber, scuba dive instructor, snowboarder, fanatic Leeds United supporter, passion for the restaurant business, father to Freyja & Cornelis and enjoys drinking red wine with Renate. Languages: Swedish, English, Norwegian and a little bit of Dutch and Greek.

Jax the Labrador

Jax

Marketing Director

Our furry friend originates from Sweden and is Art and Walk’s mascot. He is excellent in taking cute pictures with everyone, likes squeaky and hairy toys, loves to eat banana and meatballs. Enjoys getting belly-rubs!

Oscar

Rescue Cat

Brought home by Thom on a summer’s day in 2019 when he was still a kitten from the street. By now Oscar is very used to people around him and he tries to join the hikes in secret. Loves to annoy the marketing manager.

Articles and news mentions

Griekenland.net

January 2025 – Griekenland.net article / Karpathos: Wandelen en je eigen souvenir maken

Winter 2022 – Wandel Magazine article / Karpathos
*Fun detail: Renate is pregnant of Freyja while the hiking picture was taken that is on the cover of the magazine.

We are currently collecting all the articles published about Art and Walk like:

July 2023 – Aegean Inflight magazine article / Karpathos

June 2022 – Danish newspaper article / Karpathos

July 2021 – Dutch magazine article / Karpathos

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