![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000095-1038x576.jpg "Hiking down to Samaria Gorge")
So far, I focused on the coast during my stay in Greece. Now, it was time for some inland action, namely the most famous hike in Crete (if not Greece): the Samaria Gorge.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000092-150x150.jpg "Drive to Omalos")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000095-150x150.jpg "Hiking down to Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000096-150x150.jpg "Hiking down to Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000097-150x150.jpg "View towards Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000103-150x150.jpg "Hiking on the valley floor")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000105-150x150.jpg "View from my lunch stop")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000108-150x150.jpg "Entrance to Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000111-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000114-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000115-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000121-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000125-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000127-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000129-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000132-150x150.jpg "Samaria Gorge")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GR000138-150x150.jpg "Iron Gate")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171005_174539-150x150.jpg "White Mountains (Lefka Ori)")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.