The north-western tip of Crete is a peninsula inhabited only by sheep and goats. But there is one beach not many can resist visiting: Balos beach with its turquoise lagoon! To get there you could take a boat from Kissamos, which run regularly in summer, but in winter there is only an 8 km gravel …
To celebrate my birthday, we decided to drive to the north of Crete to the town of Chania, but first a birthday hike was on my wish list. The Samaria gorge would have been the perfect hike, but sadly it is closed every winter already from mid-October and doesn’t open before mid of May. But …
From our next stop at the village of Plakiás with a beautiful sandy beach we took a hike around a headland which had some nice surprises for us. View back to Plakiás We had parked near the restaurants of the village the night before. Sadly most of them were closed but we found a lovely …
If you are into the Greek myths, you might have heard that Zeus seduced princess Europa in the form of a white bull, crossed the sea and brought her to the beach of Matala. There he changed into an eagle and flew her to Gortys where they had a son, which was king Minos. Or …
Crete is full of beautiful gorges and they are all different. This one in the south east of Crete was another great hike, again we were the only people there and of course no bar or restaurant was open. The hike starts at the coast near Goúdouras next to the Kápsa monastery. We found a …
Luckily this valley isn’t called Valley of the Death because of so many dead hikers but because of the caves the Minoans had used to bury their dead. This valley with its imposing walls of about 200 metres height is also a part of the E4, the longest of all European long-distance hiking trails. From …
A hike starting in Kavoúsi led us high into the mountains and back down along a water channel through a fantastic valley back to one of the oldest olive trees and finally the village again. We had managed to drop our camper on a small parking along the road, just where the hike starts: 35.123296, …
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A truly fantastic gorge lies just inland from Ágios Nikólaos near the lovely village of Kritsá. It is called Chauga Gorge and leads through a very narrow valley with washed out walls. Kritsá is a village with typical whitewashed houses climbing up the hillside. It is well visited in summer but now in winter most …
Our first hike at Crete led us through the gorge of Aposelémis near Heraklion, for sure one of many gorges we will hike on this island. We started from the south where the road crosses the gorge, and we could park opposite of a closed tavern. A sign showed us where to start, and from …
Today our hike lead us to a lagoon, a castle and the most beautiful bay I have seen – the Voidoikilia beach shaped like the letter Omega. From our parking at the beach (36.954887, 21.669404) it was a short walk to the other side of the headland where the brackish water lagoon of Giavola serves …
