Sights Gorges and nature ..in West Crete Sirikari - Polirinia Gorge in Chania, West Crete
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If you want an extra walk in the area it is also possible to walk up the gorge of Sirikari (or Tsihliana gorge) from Polyrinia. You have two options:
2. Drive back out of the village for 100 m until you see a sign for Cemetery of ancient Polyrinia. Drive down this road, descending into the valley. After around 1.5km the road will cross the valley to the left (it’s a small riverbed). Do not follow the main road but bear on your right (so stay on the right side of the valley) and follow and older unpaved track. It will take you to a fence which you will need to cross in order to get to the path to the gorge. There is a sharp right turn at this point. If you follow this for 50 metres (going steeply up) you will be able to park your car by a chapel.
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The Tsikhliana Gorge is wider than your regular Cretan gorge, measuring up to 800m across. Still it remains very impressive, as the wall which enclose it are almost vertical and several hundred metres high. The upper part of the gorge follows a creek, which (at least in May) still carries water but which vanishes in the central part of the canyon.
Thanks to its usage as connecting route between the villages in the past, the gorge has well kept trails at its bottom. Some parts - especially near Polirrinia - are paved. The main section, however is regular rocky hiking terrain, which in the upper part is sometimes a bit tricky to orientate in. Near its northern end you find an old bridge, spanning the creek bed, and which dates back to Roman times.
Everywhere - like in all the Cretan canyons and gorges you find towers, overhangs and caves in the enclosing walls, which reach a height of some 200m at their maximum.
Tsikhliana Gorge can be hiked from either the north or the south. The respective trailheads, Polirrinia in the north and Sirikari village in the south are connected by a narrow mountain road which passes the village of Kalathenes.
From Chania follow the coastal highway E65 westward to Kissamos.
In Kissamos follow the signs to Polyrrinia and Kalathenes
For the Sirikario Trailhead pass Kalathenesand follow the signs. There is a parking lot near the little church outside (south of) the village
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