Imbros gorge
Imbros Gorge, or Φαράγγι Ίμπρου (Faragi Imbrou), is an 11-kilometre canyon in southern Crete, running parallel to Samariá Gorge near Hora Sfakion. At its tightest point, the gorge narrows to 1.60 metres, where a dry creek bed and “round scree” shape the descent. The route finishes at Kommitádes, after 8 kilometres of hiking plus a 650-metre drop. This landscape mattered long before tourism: the Imbros Gorge mule trail was the only connection between Chania and Hora Sfakion before a road was built, and you can still find remains of the path. During World War II, the gorge also carried out an evacuation of several thousand British soldiers, after which they headed for Egypt. Locally, tradition ties the Imbros village—also known as Nimbros—at 780 metres above sea level, to a legend of two banished brothers living in Crete. …
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