Agiofarango – The Gorge of Hermits




I would say that generally Crete, has a wild beauty. Especially its gorges, which are too many, fascinate everyone who gets there as the steep rocks, the waterfalls, the caves, the wild animals and birds, as well as the rich vegetation, consist an extra ordinary scenery.

One well known gorge located only 80 km away from the city of Heraklion, is Agiofarango. It’s a hiking gorge, with a length of 1,5 km quite easy to cross.

In the first meters of the route, there are two chapels in a cave. One dedicated to Agia Kyriaki and another one dedicated to Agios Antonios while several archaeological findings, testify the activity that existed there during the Minoan and Venetian times.

Agiofarango is created by the beds of two streams which meet there and almost all the way through it huge rocks rise on both of its sides.. The smooth path in the gorge ends up on a small unspoiled beach of the Libyan sea.


According to a legend, Agiofarango took its name from the hermits who lived there in conditions of absolute isolation.




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