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View of Platania's Gorge – Stone Arch loop from Platania

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View of Platania's Gorge – Stone Arch loop from Platania

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4.8

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View of Platania's Gorge – Stone Arch loop from Platania

02:04

4.41km

360m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

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Parking

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47 m

Stone Arch

Highlight • Natural Monument

There is a great motif at the gate around midday when the sun is just above it.

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1.26 km

Vultures in Kourtaliotiko Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

In the gorge you can see vultures circling overhead, waiting for you to fall. 😉

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1.34 km

View of Kourtaliotiko Gorge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Few people even during the season. Beautiful view. You can look over the entire island and see the north and south coasts. There are also mountain goats and vultures to see.

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1.79 km

Oleander Plateau

Highlight • Viewpoint

Oleander bushes can be seen in the riverbed

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2.38 km

View of Mount Psiloritis and the Amari Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

3.06 km

Goat Skulls Fence on Path to Village

Highlight • Structure

The gate is difficult to open.

We walked past the broken fence to the right of the gate and then tied it back up.

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4.41 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.78 km

1.10 km

853 m

331 m

327 m

Surfaces

1.78 km

1.10 km

1.04 km

331 m

135 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 28 August

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Comments

May 29, 2022,Rundtour - Platania Gorge Runde von Πλατανιά 💞

Super great round tour, we thought 4km .... well. But it was worth it, in any case!

The Platanias Gorge is amazing.
First you climb through an olive tree gorge. You think ok wasn't bad because everything is accessible in the shade. But then it comes, steep steps uphill with shaky railings, higher and higher, great views of the gorge. …

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April 27, 2024,Platania Schlucht Rundweg

Today I was left breathless with happiness. I walked the Platania Gorge, a real insider tip. It's hard for me to write this here. It goes steeply uphill, but the entire path is well secured with railings. You have magnificent, breathtaking views of the landscape. Both into the Amari Valley and into the gorge. A head for heights is an …

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October 25, 2023,Runde um die Platania-Schlucht

A challenging and varied round with beautiful views

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May 5, 2024,Stone ark – Platania Runde von Πλατανιά

Beautiful but also challenging tour with some easy climbing sections. In my opinion not feasible with small children

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June 18, 2023,Stone ark – Geier auf der Felsspitze Runde von Πλατανιά

First of all, one of the most breathtaking tours we have ever done. Great landscape, griffon vultures at their flight show and alpine scrambling.
But: who the griffon vulture set the category "intermediate"? And who completed this tour in 1:45 hours?
We needed a total of 4 hours, including 2x 15-minute breaks. When we were on the other side, we …

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November 12, 2023,Kreta - Platania Schlucht

On our penultimate day of vacation today we were in the Platania Gorge. This is located 38 kilometers southeast of Rethymno in the Amari Valley.
The approximately 5 kilometer long circular route is rather unsuitable for inexperienced hikers and people with a fear of heights, as some passages go directly along the steep rock faces.
For us it was an …

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April 21, 2025,Runde um Platania

If you start the loop westward along the cliff, it will be very strenuous. However, you'll need sturdy footwear and a good head for heights if you take this route down.

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July 20, 2025,Rundweg zu den Schluchten von Platania👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 20.07. 2025

Today you left Bali very early at 6:00 a.m. to arrive in Plantania by 7:30 a.m. There was a beautiful circular hiking trail through two gorges. We started at an elevation of about 400 meters, and the trail climbed over narrow, rocky, and steep paths to about 800 meters. It seemed to me to be a moderately difficult trail.

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