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For professional mountain-guiding services contact (multi-lingual) Jean Bienvenu, who lives near Chania (see Appendix D).

Route suggestions

On a one-week trip the walk up, or down, the Samaria Gorge can be combined with various other walking routes. Your plan should ideally allow for a contingency day in case of bad weather, when the gorge might be closed. Since there are tourist facilities ‘everywhere’ along the Sfakiot coast, you could spend several days on a continuous route walking up and down the south coast escarpment, or the gorges, all of which are different. For example:

 Starting at Imbros (access: Hora Sfakion bus from Chania), walk down the Imbros Gorge to Hora Sfakion and up to Anopolis (bus or walk) for overnight (Walks 24, 45).

 Next day: Down the Aradena Gorge for overnight on the coast, followed by the coastal walk to Ay. Roumeli (Walks 39, 39A, 48).

 Next day: Up the Samaria Gorge (and be amazed at its size after the others) to Omalos for overnight, followed by down the Ay. Irini Gorge to Souyia, for early bus out in the morning, or on to Paleochora (Walks 49, 8, 9, 9A).