Samaria Gorge in Chania, Crete

The gorge of Samaria is the biggest, most imposing and beautiful gorge in Chania and in Europe, and that is why it is  internationally renown and mostly visited, since more than 300000 people have the opportunity to cross it each year. It has a wonderful landscape with rare geo-morphological formations. It is a unique biotope with particular richness in fauna and flora. It has a rich mythology as well, that goes back to pre-historical years and a tumultuous history during the difficult years of Crete.


It was proclaimed National Park of the White Mountains of Crete in 1962, date at which two or three