Xyloskalo café-restaurant — Restaurant in Municipality of Platanias

Xyloskalo Restaurant 🇬🇷 - das ideale Lokal zur Stärkung, um die Wanderung zu beginnen. Griechische Speisen auf vielseitiger Zubereitungsart, wohlschmeckend und lecker, ob der traditionelle Käse, Lamm, Salat, Bifteki, Souflaki, Desserts oder Eis, dazu Getränke nach Wahl und das ganze zu einem unschlagbaren Preis. An der frischen Luft sitzend ist der Appetit doppelt so gross. Das Gebäude ist in/an den Berg gebaut, so dass jeder Besucher eine wunderbare Aussicht auf die Samaria Schlucht hat. Es geht ca. 900 m in die Tiefe. Auf Terassen mit Bestuhlung und Tischen nimmt man Platz und kann beim jungen Kellner bestellen. Die Sonne scheint und die sich drehenden Winde geben Kühlung. Am Ende einer Terasse kann man einen alten Bergbaum streicheln und dabei den Energiefluss spüren. Die Betreiber sind sehr freundlich. Das Lokal ist sauber, die Toiletten rein. Dort befindet sich auch der Startpunkt zur Wanderung durch die Samaria Schlucht, die im Westen der Insel Kreta liegt und ca. eine Autostunde von Chania in südliche Richtung zu erreichen ist. Nach def Reise auf den Serpentinen über die Bergkämme gelangt man zur Omalos Hochebene, die zum Ziel führt - zum Eingang der Schlucht. Man überwindet ca. 700-900 Höhenmeter, um dann auf den 13km langen Pfad zum Ort Agio Roumeli zu gelangen, der Das Ende der Wanderung darstellt. Es wird geraten, diese Wanderung nicht in den heissen Sommermonaten durchzuführen. Ein Erlebnis sondergleichen erwartet den Gast beim Besuch des Restaurants und der Samaria Schlucht und immer eine Reise wert. Planen Sie Ihren nächsten Ausflug dorthin. Ελάτε σε μας όπου ο Δίας είναι ενθρονισμένος στις Πάκνες.

Xyloskalo Restaurant 🇬🇷 - the ideal place to strengthen yourself to start the hike. Greek dishes prepared in a variety of ways, tasty and delicious, whether the traditional cheese, lamb, salad, Bifteki, Souflaki, desserts or ice cream, with drinks of your choice and all at an unbeatable price. Sitting in the fresh air, the appetite is twice as big. The building is built into/on the mountain so that every visitor has a wonderful view of the Samaria Gorge. It goes down about 900 m. You can take a seat on the terrace with chairs and tables and order from the young waiter. The sun is shining and the twisting winds are cooling. At the end of a terrace you can stroke an old mountain tree and feel the flow of energy. The operators are very friendly. The place is clean, the toilets clean. There is also the starting point for the hike through the Samaria Gorge, which is located in the west of the island of Crete and can be reached about an hour's drive from Chania in a southerly direction. After the journey on the serpentines over the ridges, one arrives at the Omalos plateau, which leads to the goal - the entrance of the gorge. You overcome about 700-900 meters in altitude to then get on the 13km long path to the village of Agio Roumeli, which is the end of the hike. It is advised not to do this hike in the hot summer months. An unparalleled experience awaits the guest when visiting the restaurant and the Samaria Gorge and is always worth a trip. Plan your next trip...

the gray-haired short gentleman with glasses selling BOAT and BUS tickets at the cafe is a "great" asset of the tour company. I wanted to clarify with him if a transit through Souga or Hora Sfakion is faster. He articulated that through Hora Sfakion it is "much-much longer" (yes, notice that double "much"). So I opted for Souga. The ferry was supposed to depart from Agia Roumeli at 5p, connecting to a bus in Souga, at 18:15. In Souga, There were about 4 buses towards Chania waiting; our left at 18:45 and all of those buses went through Omalos - which made the trip longer (why there could not be one direct bus to CHania is probably the 8th Wonder for this bus company). The bus ride from Hora Sfakion takes supposedly 1hr.45 min. Route from Souga is pretty much one winding-road roller-coster, so best of luck to all with motion sickness - and we arrived around 21h in Chania. You don't have to be Alan Turing to do the math here. So make a smarter choice and say "much-much Hello" to the ticket expert at the...

Located at the parking lot where the Samaria gorge hike starts. Fine to pick up a pastry and coffee for breakfast before starting the walk, though not great. Watch out, they are selling “ferry” tickets which are actually for a private boat that does not leave from the main dock at the end of the hike in Agia Roumeli. We purchased what we thought were ferry tickets from them, but it turned out to be tickets for a separate boat which takes off from another beach, and we missed it. We then had to run around to buy tickets for the actual “anendyk” public ferry before it left. They refused to give our money back for the their private boat. The bus tickets they sold were legitimate though, from Sougia back to the parking lot where we...