Western Crete - A Walker's Guide

Guidebook to walking in the Kissamos and Selinos areas of Crete. Kissamos, situated in western Crete, offers a rich variety of landscape for the walker to explore. A wide selection of mountain treks, ridge and hill walks, gorge explorations, cliff and coastal walks, and rambles from village to village and through the many archaeological wonders Crete has to offer.

Western Crete

45 walks in Kissamos and Selinos

Author

Alan Hall

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852844196

Availability

Published

Price

£12.00

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Seasons

Best months are April, May, early June, September and October. July and August are too hot unless you only want a stroll.

Centres

Access normally through Chania. Bases include Kolimbari, Afrata, Ravdouha, Nopigia, Kastelli. Kaliviani, Falasarna, Platanos, Katsomatados, Elos, Kefali, Elafinisos, Paleochora and Kandanis.

Difficulty

Routes not too long but waymarking is limited, water needs careful management and rescue is unlikely.

Must See

Greek hospitaity, views down on the sandy beaches and stark rocky cliffs, an ancient civilisation.

Updates February 2007

Walk 33, p180
At the church swing around and take the right-hand track, N and then S on its east side, concreted, to a four-road junction below... 'inverted Y' junction.

This should read as follows:
At the church swing around and take the right-hand track, N and then S on its east side, concreted, to take a left at the second road junction, which leads initially down a concreted track towards the 'inverted Y' junction.

Walk 42, p228
After 'to the Kandanos– Saint Kyriaki road' replace 'close to rose-clad House Number 125' with the following:

'turn right and walk the road loop to a descending donkey track opposite. Leave the road to descend the stone-stepped donkey track for a short distance to a second loop in the Kandanos–Saint Kyriaki road ahead, passing, on the right, rose-clad House Number 125'.