Crete’s most beautiful crags for three days of rock climbing! No matter what level you’re at. There’s a climbing route for everyone. You can climb at the same place or go to a different crag every day. Climbing destinations: When…
Rock Climbing Crete – Theriso Gorge
In Chania you can try rock climbing in Theriso Gorge. Theriso Gorge is located just a 15 minute drive from the center of Chania city. The place is easily accessible by a well-paved road leading from Chania to Theriso village.…
Rock Climbing – Plakias
Paligremos, the iconic, and impressive limestone wall on the east side of Plakias beach, is one of the best climbing crags on Crete! A wall that is entirely flat, vertical, and slightly overhanging, embellished with a few splitter cracks and…
Rock Climbing – Kapetaniana
Kapetaniana is probably the most historic, in terms of climbing history, area of Crete. Rock climbing is based around the isolated village of Kapetaniana, and it was developed by Zbynek Cepela in the ’80. The picturesque, isolated and wild nature…
Rock Climbing Crete – Voulismeno Aloni
“Voulismeno Aloni” in Greek means a threshing floor in a depression but this is not what it really is. The structure used to be a cave. Nowadays, it represents a karstic depression (doline) that was created when the cave ceiling…
Rock Climbing – Agiofarago
Agiofarago is located about 70 km south of Heraklion, and it is one of the places one has to visit when on Crete! Agiofarago, which means gorge of the Saints, is a short, but picturesque gorge located on the south…