{"id":943,"date":"2014-01-23T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T08:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/?p=943"},"modified":"2022-10-08T17:01:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T14:01:52","slug":"roka-village-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/roka-village-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Roka &#8211; The Village &#038; The Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many villages in western Crete located amongst impressive landscapes, but very few as dramatically situated as Roka.\u00a0 It&#8217;s 41km from Paleochora, an hour&#8217;s scenic drive through Sassalos (either via Kandanos and Floria, or more easily though Aligi and Milones), then on through Malarithos and Sfakopighadi.\u00a0\u00a0 Leaving Sassalos, stop and look down into the deep Porofarago or Halasses Gorge, the most impressive and difficult gorge in the area ; more of this later in the year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-945\" src=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P8200709-2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"P8200709 (2)\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p><div class=\"sloif6a5f288e9f6e4\" ><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 type=\"text\/css\">\r\n.sloif6a5f288e9f6e4 {\r\nmargin: 5px;padding: 0px;\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.sloif6a5f288e9f6e4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.sloif6a5f288e9f6e4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.sloif6a5f288e9f6e4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.sloif6a5f288e9f6e4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.sloif6a5f288e9f6e4 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>With snow and low temperatures on the mountains, and water flowing down many of the gorges, early in the year is a good time to visit Roka, and maybe climb the &#8216;mountain&#8217; \u2013 Trouli\u00a0 &#8211; which rises dramatically above it.\u00a0\u00a0 We first went there on a blisteringly hot day one August, with no more intentions than to look around.\u00a0 There is no taverna or cafenion in the village, but two Greek ladies who confirmed this invited us to sit in their shady garden, and made us coffee, so perhaps there is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-946\" src=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291054-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"P9291054\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291054-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291054.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On our next visit, finding nothing written about the ascent, we took climbing equipment just in case. \u201cIs the climb difficult?\u201d we asked a group of young men at a house by the &#8216;platea&#8217;.\u00a0 \u201cNot difficult, but not easy \u2026.,\u201d they advised us, \u201ckeep to the right, then go left.\u201d\u00a0 And so we set off.\u00a0 The way is obvious enough, through some occupied and many ruined houses, rising to &#8216;Ancient Roka&#8217;, and what must have been a huge settlement during\u00a0 the Byzantine era (330AD \u2013 1204AD), possibly even earlier.\u00a0 The area must have housed a considerable population, and the &#8216;fortress&#8217; above provided safety and security.\u00a0 The site is fascinating, but why no history available for such an important heritage?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_947\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-947\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-947\" src=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291053-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Ancient Roka\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291053-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291053.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancient Roka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We chose a route through the rocks above, which became alarmingly steep over sharp limestone blocks, with even more alarming views into the Rokas Gorge way below our feet.\u00a0 With much relief we emerged onto the rounded summit, scrambled over more rocks to the highest point, 267m, and relaxed to enjoy the views, possibly the finest in NW Crete.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_948\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-948\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-948\" src=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291050-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The view to the north\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291050-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291050.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view to the north<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The two peninsulas of Gramvousa and Rodopou stretched away to the north, Chania and Akrotiri distant, the White Mountains hazy, with areas to the south more familiar to us.\u00a0 Just 50m almost vertically below us, but seemingly far more, was Roka village and our car.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_949\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-949\" src=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291045-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"The view to the south\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291045-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291045.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view to the south<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Whilst I was taking photographs, and contemplating (and not relishing the thought of) how we would get down again, for our route up had been more than a little scary, Laura found the correct way.\u00a0 Marked intermittently with red paint dots, the direction slants left from Ancient Roka ; we had climbed far too high before beginning to ascend.\u00a0 As we&#8217;d been advised, it&#8217;s still not easy, care is needed with hand and footholds, and some might like the security of a rope, especially near the top.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_950\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-950\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-950\" src=\"http:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291051-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"The correct way down\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291051-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/thepaleochorasite.com\/bobsblog\/main\/domains\/thepaleochorasite.com\/public_html\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P9291051.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The correct way down<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back below Ancient Roka, we followed the signs and path, and spent the afternoon exploring the Rokas Gorge, which leads up to the larger village of Deliana.\u00a0 More about that too, in this year&#8217;s \u201cExplore\u201d series\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 what a lot you have to look forward to !<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the 2013 Christmas Puzzle was Eeva Koskela, from Finland, but now resident in Paleochora.\u00a0 Commiserations to those unlucky in the draw, and to those with the incorrect answer (the remaining gorge was &#8216;Kritsa&#8217;.)<\/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; 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