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Zakros Ziros, E4 path. Hiking in East Crete
Hiking in Eastern Crete
Zakros - Ziros Walking the E4 pathZakros-Ziros. Walking the E4 path. Total length of run : 9 kms : 3,5 - 4 hours (Zakros- Ziros)

 

One of the most spectacular hikes of eastern Crete is the route of extremely beauty between two traditional and historical villages of the area: Zakros and Ziros.

HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS

It's so impressive because you walk along a path during the largest part of the route. Only just before you arrive Ziros, the route ends to a dirt road. This route is a part of the European path E4, which starts from the West Crete and goes by Ziros and Zakros and ends to the beautiful bay of Kato Zakros . The last meters of E4 pass the prodigious gorge of Zakros.
The walk starts from the highest spot of the village of Zakros , where the well-known spring of the village flows. At that very place there is a small church and right beside it you can see the path, while you go uphill.

HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS

The path goes by two water tanks and after you have walked uphill about 45 minutes, you arrive at the plateau of Mavros Kambos. In older times viniculture was practiced by the inhabitants there, but now the plateau is used only for grain growing.

You walk through that flat land. As soon as you shut the last door, just 50m further, on your left, you will meet a stream and the path goes on in it. You will find no problem, because the whole path is well signed (with E4 signs).

HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS

Zakros-Ziros. Walking the E4 path

After you walk for about 30 minutes, you will find the church of Agios Georgios , the church of the isolated village c. There you will see a natural spring which gushes out of the rocks . You can fill your bottles with fresh, clear, cold water. In summers the spring stops flowing. It starts again with the first rain in autumn.

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By that point the last part of the route starts and continues to a wild, deserted landscape with sharp cliff and bushes. The view to the west is wondrous. From now on the walk to Ziros is easy .
There is no uphill or downhill . 2kms before you arrive to Ziros, you enter a dirt road, which leads to the plateau of Ziros.

HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS HIKING ON THE E4 PATH FROM ZAKROS TO ZIROS

Mavros Kambos. Zakros-Ziros. Walking the E4 path 

Zakros – Mavros Kambos : 45 min.
Mavros Kambos – Skalia : 40 min
Skalia – Plateau of Ziros : 30 min
Plateau of Ziros – Ziros : 1,5 hours

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Last Updated on Saturday, 01 January 2011 00:26
 

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0 #1 RE: Zakros Ziros, E4 path. Hiking in East Crete — Maximu699 2011-11-30 01:12
It is a nice trip along the E4 European hiking route, going up from the town of Zakros to the chapel of Ag. Gheorgios at Skalia. On the way, you can make a small detour and visit the source of Zakros river with its clear water.

You can take the same track for both ways (the provided GPX-file only covers one way), or go on from Skalia following the E4 to the town of Ziros (approx. an additional 2 hours). However, you will need to organise transport from Ziros back to Zakros.

The walk is very well waymarked with E4 signs and it is fairly easy to walk.

Take a good amount of water with you, because there is virtually no shadow on the way.
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