Soúda
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.81 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,637 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,637 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,553 ft
- TrailRank
-
60
3.7
- Min elevation
- -24 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 58 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2575
- Uploaded
- November 14, 2017
- Recorded
- November 2017
near Soúda, Crete (Greece)
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Itinerary description
An excellent walk in the uppger parts, above 150-200 m altitude. Below there are paved streets, lots of garbage, ruined houses, especially in the eastern part, close to Souda.
We took the local bus from Chania to Souda, runs frequently.
The upper part is a beautiful agricultural landscape with sheeps and goats maintaining open pastureland. In the small village of Malaxa (80 inhabitants) there is a small and very simple coffee shop (private home), wonderful after ascending 450 m.
The descent (to the west) is very beautiful, a grassy small road winding through the hillside.
We went back to Souda but another option would be to go to Tsikalaria and take taxi (or bus, there should be one) back to Chania.
An easy walk since it runs on gravel and grassy roads, easy to find. But some people might consider 1000 m change in altitude a bit too much.
We took the local bus from Chania to Souda, runs frequently.
The upper part is a beautiful agricultural landscape with sheeps and goats maintaining open pastureland. In the small village of Malaxa (80 inhabitants) there is a small and very simple coffee shop (private home), wonderful after ascending 450 m.
The descent (to the west) is very beautiful, a grassy small road winding through the hillside.
We went back to Souda but another option would be to go to Tsikalaria and take taxi (or bus, there should be one) back to Chania.
An easy walk since it runs on gravel and grassy roads, easy to find. But some people might consider 1000 m change in altitude a bit too much.
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3* Weg von mir. Der Weg ist leicht zu finden, das Café in Malaxa ist geschlossen. Wenn man sich am Ortseingang von Malaxa nach rechts wendet und dem Weg ca. 400m folgt, kann man dort rechts durch ein Zauntor den Weidebereich betreten. Nach ca.
50m in nordwestlicher Richtung kann man ein schönes Foto vom halb zerfallenen Wachturm und der kleinen Kapelle machen. Zurück am Dorfeingang kann man sich den Weg abwärts ins Dorf sparen, das Café war am 30.05.2022 geschlossen.
Der Abstieg führt zurück teilweise über sehr staubige Straßen. Der Rückweg in Souda ist nicht schön