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Gorges in Crete: Five destinations with their secrets

Gorges in Crete. A special experience as it is enough to live only that. From the embrace of the gorge to the embrace of the sea. Here is a combination of very strong emotions! In the gorges of Crete the -brave- walker falls from high to low having had enough of his retina with a great alternation of landscapes. With almost 95% of its soil being limestone, Crete is... a country of canyons. With more than 400 gorges, it gathers the largest number from the rest of Greece. We recommend ...

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Crete: Agia Roumeli, the Greek village at the end of the largest gorge

Wildlife, green landscapes, and running water. A setting of unique beauty that you can walk for 16 km. And then you'll reach a Greek village different from the others. With all-white houses that to face them, you have to choose between two ways. Either walk the 16,000 meters or go by sea. And we are talking of course about the gorge of Samaria and the isolated Greek village of Agia Roumeli. Where the sea and the mountain seem to become one and give magical images. Where else? In Crete! The ...

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