Today I hiked the Samaria Gorge, the longest gorge in Europe, a level 3 of 5 hike in difficulty. It was about 10 miles of mostly downhill (the gorge itself is only eight miles long, but there were a lot of switchbacks), a lot of rocks, some sketchy bridges, and even some walking across rocks in the water. I took a bus to the start of the gorge, walked for more than 6 hours--I went very slowly and carefully on account of my foot. At 5:30 I caught a boat back along the coast and went from there by bus back to Chania and my hotel.
The boats all leave at the same time: 5:30PM, so there is plenty of time to get to the bottom of the gorge. I think the best advice I received was to wait at the top until all the others hikers rush past, then you can have the gorge to yourself.
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| Google maps did not distinguish between the first bus ride and walking, nor between the ferry and the second bus ride. |
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