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Iron Gates (Portes) — Narrowest point of the Samaria Gorge
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Iron Gates (Portes) — Narrowest point of the Samaria Gorge
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Iron Gates (Portes) — Narrowest point of the Samaria Gorge
Hiking
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Mountaineering
5.0
(16)
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Εθνικός Δρυμός Σαμαριάς
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Doria
February 25, 2025
Hiking
The gorge is lined by vertical rock walls up to 600 m high, which allow a passage of only three to four meters at the narrowest point of the gorge, at the so-called "iron gate".
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SzlakMnieTrafiPL
October 13, 2024
Mountaineering
August 2024. I don't know why the trail is described as difficult. It took us 5 hours to complete it from the entrance to the beach lounger at a normal …
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Elevation 170 m
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