E4 walking path through Crete

300 miles from Kato Zakros in the east to Moni Hrissoskalitissas in the west, across 4 mountain ranges. An absolute bugger of a path, and an absolute adventure of a lifetime. See my new book about my walk along this fearsome and delightful trail, The Golden Step (Haus Publishing, ISBN 978-1-904950-97-4) on my website and at Background by editor: The rugged path of the E4 currently runs 10450 kms, with gaps that have yet to be laid, but when completed it will traverse from Cape St. Vincent to Cyprus. The section in Crete begins on the coast in Kato Zakros, then winds gradually up to near Anogia and splits into a southern and northern trail. For those who love a beautiful view climbing Psiloritis will be one of the highlights, but you will also see some spectacular canyon scenery later in the walk. The spa at Lissos and the monastery at Chrissoskalitissa are some of the historic high points of the journey. The trails rejoin around the alpine highlands of Sougia. Both trails bypass Samaria gorge which most walkers will detour to visit. Much of the going is on overgrown trails and many walkers become lost, but there are plenty of villages along the way, in some sections only two kilometres intervals separate them so there are only a few places you could become stranded. If you wanted to complete the entire Crete section it would take between three and three and a half weeks.

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