by John Flawith | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog, Walks
The Mili gorge is about an hour away from the villa, south of Rethymnon and makes a great day out. This Mili gorge adventure takes place in January and there was plenty of evidence of Mother Nature! It was in January 2020, during a dry day, and there was a...
by John Flawith | Sep 1, 2019 | Blog, Things to do, Walks
Those of you who know Crete will be aware that Pachnes is the highest mountain in the Lefka Ori range, at 2453m. Its only 3m short of Mount Psiloritis, the highest in Crete. Aficianados threaten to build a stone obelisk on the top to rectify this...
by John Flawith | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog, Things to do, Walks
Up in the Foothills of the White Mountains, looking east towards Souda Bay From the Apokoronas plain the Lefka Ori, the White Mountains, stretch out from Chania facing north east, to beyond Georgioupoli towards Rethymno. The foothills, up to 1600m high are split...
by John Flawith | Jun 15, 2019 | Blog, Things to do, Walks
Stand in the base of a gorge, and look up over 100m of vertical cliff, sometimes only a couple of metres apart. Its an awesome experience. As a result it brings home the sort of unthinkable forces which must have shaped them. River in the Samaria gorge The...
by John Flawith | Jun 2, 2019 | Blog, Things to do, Walks
Thru the hills to the chapel There are so many lovely walks in the Apokoronas, in the foothills of the White Mountains in western Crete. They follow dry stream beds winding thru gorges, or amongst the orange groves. Everywhere in Crete is dotted with a...
