8 days hiking in Crete

Program:

Day 1 travel day.
Arrival in Crete Transfer to the hotel, room allocation, dinner and overnight.

Day 2 CourtaliotikoFaragi – Moni Preveli – ParaliaPreveli.
12 km long – takes 4-5 hours. Difficulty level 1
Breakfast in hotel. Today we hike through the impressive Kourtaliotiko gorge. We will visit the waterfalls and the small church of St. Nicholas. Then it continues along the river to the Preveli Monastery and continues to the palm beach of Preveli. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 3 Faragi Imbrou
8 km long – duration 3 – 4 hours – difficulty level 1
Breakfast at the hotel and then the Imbrou gorge. The Imbros Gorge is one of the most beautiful and popular gorges in Crete. The narrowest part of the gorge is 1.5 meters wide. Return to hotel dinner and overnight in hotel.

Day 4 Arkadi – Eleftherna –Margarits
12 km of land – duration 4 – 5 hours – difficulty level 1
Breakfast in hotel and visit Arkadi Monastery. After that we will first hike to Eleftherna, where we will visit the archaeological site and the Eleftherna Museum. Our hike continues to the village of Margarites. The village is famous for its pottery. Return to hotel dinner and overnight in hotel.

Day 5 Elafonisi _ Palaiochora
18 km – duration – 5 – 6 hours – difficulty ½
Breakfast in hotel and then we start our hike today. The international hiking trail E4 is very popular with hikers. From the famous pink beach of Elafonisi we hike part of the E4 to Paleochora.

Day 6 Faragi Moundrou – Nisi – Argyroupoli
14 km of land – duration 4 – 5 hours – difficulty level 1
Breakfast at the hotel and then on to the Moundrou gorge. The Moudros gorge is a small but very beautiful gorge. On this walk we discover a piece of the Venetian part of Cretan history. We will visit Moudros and Argiroupoli and the ruins of the mountain village of Nisi. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight there.

Day 7 Gefyra Aradainas – Agios Ioannis – Spilaio Kormokopos.
12 km of land – 4 – 5 duration – difficulty ½
Breakfast at the hotel and then on towards Aradaina’s Gefyra
(Bridge). A pass over the Aradana metal bridge is a must for hikers in Crete. We continue hiking to the village of Agios Ioannis and then, through a beautiful forest of cypresses and pines, we come to the cave of Kormokopos. From the height of 1000 meters we have a wonderful view of the Libyan Sea.

Day 8 flight home
Breakfast in hotel, transfer to the airport in Crete. Check in and flight home