{"id":2619,"date":"2022-02-23T19:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2022-10-08T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T12:04:46","slug":"the-cyclamen-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/the-cyclamen-gorge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cyclamen Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hard to believe, but there&#8217;s an impressive and challenging gorge on the outskirts of Chania, only 7 km and a fifteen minute drive from the city centre.&nbsp; It&#8217;s called the Cyclamen, or Agios Georgios Gorge, and forms the first kilometre of a circular and waymarked&nbsp; route which takes around 2.5 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2630\" width=\"454\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gorge-2.jpg 1764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So where is this hidden gem, and how do you get there ?&nbsp; Travel from Chania to Mournies (or leave the National Road at the exit there), and continue further south, out of Mournies to Vantes.&nbsp; Through the village for 300m to the gorge entrance, marked with an Information Board.<\/p><div class=\"ksmfb6a3fabc1bc11f\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- convertri page leaderboard -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1583078900392636\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4520084506\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><style 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width=\"-393\" height=\"-524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Route-Map-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Route-Map-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Route-Map-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Route-Map-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Route-Map-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Route-Map.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the outset, be advised that this is not an easy route.&nbsp; Red triangles warn of steep slopes, dangerous falling rocks, and crossing seasonal torrents.&nbsp; And in six places, chains have been bolted to the rocks as &#8216;handrails&#8217; to assist progress in possible slippery conditions and dangerous locations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2621\" width=\"-406\" height=\"-541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beware-...-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After the roadside &#8216;gate&#8217;, the route begins rather inauspiciously to the left of a concrete water cistern, but then becomes more interesting.&nbsp; Follow the waymarking closely, and if you lose it, retrace steps to relocate.&nbsp; Soon, after passing below huge boulders, and crossing the streambed, comes the first rock step, and chains.&nbsp; If you find this intimidating, turn back \u2013 for&nbsp; worse is to come.&nbsp; Undeterred, head onwards and upwards, crossing and re-crossing the stream, with assistance from the chains where necessary, and one exposed traverse in particular would be difficult without them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2627\" width=\"532\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chain-1-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All too soon (for some \u2026) the gradient eases to a level path between plane trees, crosses the riverbed a final time, and begins the climb towards Agios Georgios.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2624\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ag-Georgios-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s only 150m height gain, but seems more ; now a track, below impressive caves, and still waymarked, zig-zags up the hillside, and through a &#8216;gate&#8217; to meet a forest road.&nbsp; From here there&#8217;s a view to the fringes of the White Mountains, and it&#8217;s hard to believe that Chania harbour is exactly 7 km away \u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2626\" width=\"-273\" height=\"-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-2048x1537.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7km-from-Chania-1-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Easier now, follow the track up into the village, where are the ruins of a fort\/kastello, probably Ottoman, and a large unimpressive church, always closed on our visits.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2632\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Castle-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The descent requires careful watching for the waymarking ; after just 100m on the surfaced road north from the church, branch left on a track which soon becomes a stony path alongside a fence, where in December we found several bunches of cyclamen flowers (although none in the gorge.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cyclamen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cyclamen-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2628\" width=\"374\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cyclamen-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cyclamen-225x300.jpg 225w, 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scenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On reaching the road, turn right for just 200m to complete the circuit, a fine expedition.&nbsp; And in no time at all, you could be relaxing beside Chania&#8217;s Venetian Harbour \u2026..<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.huge-it-share-buttons {\n\t\t\t\tborder:0px solid #0FB5D6;\n\t\t\t\tborder-radius:5px;\n\t\t\t\tbackground:#3BD8FF;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t text-align:center; \t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t#huge-it-share-buttons-top {margin-bottom:0px;}\n\t\t\t#huge-it-share-buttons-bottom {margin-top:0px;}\n\n\t\t\t.huge-it-share-buttons h3 {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:25px ;\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#666666;\n\n\t\t\tdisplay:block;\t\t\t\tline-height:25px ;\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t text-align:center; \t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.huge-it-share-buttons ul {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t margin:0px auto !important;text-align:center; \t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.huge-it-share-buttons ul li 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