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IMBROS (Village) SFAKIA
The Imbros Gorge starts just south of the village. During World War
II, twelve thousand soldiers evacuated the island walking through the gorge to
the south coast of Crete under aeroplane fire. There they were taken by the Royal
Navy to Egypt. The Imbros Gorge is very narrow in certain parts, with impressive
walls. There is unique flora all year round. It is 11km long, takes 4 to 4 1/2
hours to walk and ends in the village of Komitades.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
VRASKAS (Settlement) SFAKIA
In the east of Sfakia,
apart from the Gorge of Imbros
there is also a parallel series of very small but interesting craggy gorges directed
eastwards. One of them is the gorge of Kapni.
It is a very wild gorge, difficult of access, with a very precipitous
ground slope. Its entrance is situated on the southern side of the mountains of
Akones and at the fourth km of the asphalt road from Imbros to Asfendou
in Sfakia, at an altitude of 900 m. It ends up in the border of the village
of Vraskas at an altitude of 190 m, and you need 3,30 hours in order to cross
it.
This text is cited April 2003 from the Prefectural
Committee for Tourism Promotion of Chania pamphlet.
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