We arrived at Hania - the old Venetian port |
Dawn at Hania |
Mosque… or Church? |
Hamman (Turkish baths) - Hania |
One of many chapels along the coast |
Hrisokalitissa Monastery |
Beginning of the Crete coastal path, near Elafonissos |
E4 on the south coast of Crete |
Blue sea, blue sky, white chapel |
Roman rock (milestone) rotting on the beach |
Necropolis at Lissos - Roman |
Chapel constructed with recycled stuff, Lissos |
Weird flower - only grows in the gorges |
Roman baths, Lissos |
South coast of Crete |
Lissos Gorge |
All up on the Agia Irini Gorge |
Agia Irini Gorge, more up |
You could drive from Agia Irini to Ormalos at the start of the Samaria Gorge, but ... |
... why would you when there is a beautiful old stone path across the mountains |
Goats feeding beside a roadside chapel |
Inside the chapel |
Levka Ori - the White Mountains |
The path descends into the Samaria Gorge |
Stepping stones to cross the stream |
Cairn city |
Chapel in the Gorge |
The old Samaria village, abandoned after the Gorge was declared a National Park |
Park ranger chatting with rescuer on donkey - if the Samaria Gorge gets too much, a donkey can take you back |
Samaria Gorge, and this isn't the really narrow bit! |
Bridge across the stream in Samaria Gorge |
Samaria Gorge Portes - this is the really narrow bit - 3 metres wide 300 metres high |
Samaria Gorge Chapel |
Agia Roumeli Byzantine church |
Agia Roumeli beach front town |
Agios Pavlos (St Paul's) - a remote Byzantine chapel on the beach |
Looking back along the E4 |
Venetian castle above Loutro |
Loutro - only access by ferry boat or walking |
Frangokastello |
The old donkey path on the Killikratiano Gorge leading into the mountains from Frangokastello |
Killikratis church |
Agiroupolis village |
Agiroupolis church |
Rethimno water front |
Rethimno mosque |
Light house at Rethimno |
Rethimno castle |
Rethimno old quarter |
Mili Gorge, near Rethimno - a series of disused water mills ground the wheat |
Water channel in Mili Gorge |
Descending into the Imbros Gorge |
Imbors Gorge |
Path in the Imbros Gorge |
The Imbros Gorge gets narrower ... |
... and narrower |
More Imbros Gorge |
Komitades |
Byzantine Church outside Hora Sfakion |
Hora Sfakion |
View of Loutro from the hotel window |
Spot the path on the cliff face? |
Path to Askyfou |
Private war museum at Askyfou |
Askyfou church |
Lush valley - Askyfou |
Crossing the stream near Asomatos |
Down the gorge to Preveli Beach (palm beach) |
The new Preveli monastery |
The old Preveli monastery |
Windy beach - Plakais |
Valley of the dead - Zakros to Kato Zakros - Minoans buried their dead in the cliff caves |
Fishing boats - Kato Zakros |
This is the end of the E4 trail in eastern Crete - Kato Zakros |
Ruins of Minoan city at Kato Zakros |
Green grocers - Horta, wild greens |
Mosque at Ierapetra |
Venetian fort at Ierapetra |
Top of a Byzantine church at Episkopi |
Krista |
Krista Gorge - much pink oleander |
Krista Gorge - strange rock formations |
Lasithi Plateau - canals and windmills courtesy of the Venetians |
Windmills, still in use, dot the Lasithi Plateau |
Surrounded by mountains |
More old windmills on the edge of the plateau |
VERY steep descent, 600 meters, down the Rossi Gorge |
Jelly legs at the bottom |
Venetian harbour at Iraklion |
Something at Iraklion |
Iraklion skyline |
Knossos mural - ancient Minoan city |
Another mural at the Knossos site |
Knossos throne room |
Minoan pots at Knossos |