There are only 1:100000 scale maps mentioned but really good hiking maps are disposal recently, even for many years!! Publisher is ANAVASI, for maps is used even partly water-resistant paper and these maps are available - among others - in almost each kiosk or "supermarket" on southern shore under Levka Ori. Three maps cover Levka Ori (area of Sougia-Samaria, area of Pachnes, area of Sfakia), next is covering Psiloritis-Idi Ori and meanwhile last one is Zakros-Vai.
There is one mistake in description of the E4 route, especially of the part from Kalerghi Refuge toward its branching from a dirty shepherd's road up. At a certain distance before this brachning, as described, there should be a "Shepherd's Saddle" and on the same place is a reference to "a summer village of Bouia". Maybe in the name of "Bouia" the letter "r" was omited, however, despite it the more precise is that the saddle itself is called Poria and there is also necessary to say, that at some distance from the saddle down there really are some buildings, but these three buildings can be hardly considered as a summer village, in particular, because they are more work-stations than houses for inhabitation.
afariz - Mar 22, 2012 3:03 am - Voted 9/10
mapsThere are only 1:100000 scale maps mentioned but really good hiking maps are disposal recently, even for many years!! Publisher is ANAVASI, for maps is used even partly water-resistant paper and these maps are available - among others - in almost each kiosk or "supermarket" on southern shore under Levka Ori. Three maps cover Levka Ori (area of Sougia-Samaria, area of Pachnes, area of Sfakia), next is covering Psiloritis-Idi Ori and meanwhile last one is Zakros-Vai.
afariz - Mar 22, 2012 3:22 am - Voted 9/10
description of E4 routeThere is one mistake in description of the E4 route, especially of the part from Kalerghi Refuge toward its branching from a dirty shepherd's road up. At a certain distance before this brachning, as described, there should be a "Shepherd's Saddle" and on the same place is a reference to "a summer village of Bouia". Maybe in the name of "Bouia" the letter "r" was omited, however, despite it the more precise is that the saddle itself is called Poria and there is also necessary to say, that at some distance from the saddle down there really are some buildings, but these three buildings can be hardly considered as a summer village, in particular, because they are more work-stations than houses for inhabitation.