Kritsa Gorge

Kritsa has it's own gorge. It is not as long or as famous as the Samaria Gorge in south western Crete, but it is spectacular in it's own way. To get to it you just walk out of the village at it's north eastern end.

The path leading toward the gorge.

Once in the Gorge the path was marked with cairns.

A beautiful old tree

A goat and kid climbing on the rocks far above our heads. 

We had our picnic where the gorge opened out and you have a view of the high country beyond.  The path back to Kritsa took us first along the upper lip of the gorge and then through farmland down to the village, all together a 2 hour hike. 

When we got home I discovered that I had left my sweater on the rock where we ate our sandwiches. Husband ran back to get it, arriving just in time to rescue it from a flock of goats who had discovered it and started to chew on it. Just for the record it took husband less than 50 minutes to run the whole path of our hike today.