• Gaidouronisi (Hrisi)

    Gaidouronisi (Hrisi)

    Nature
  • Lake Bramiana

    Lake Bramiana

    Nature
  • Mylonas Canyon

    Mylonas Canyon

    Nature
  • Mesonas Canyon

    Mesonas Canyon

  • Ha Canyon

    Ha Canyon

  • Selakano Forest

    Selakano Forest

  • Sarakina Canyon

    Sarakina Canyon

  • Gaidouronisi (Hrisi)
  • Lake Bramiana
  • Mylonas Canyon
  • Mesonas Canyon
  • Ha Canyon
  • Selakano Forest
  • Sarakina Canyon

SARAKINA GORGE

Sarakina is located a few meters outside and on the northern side from Mythoi Ierapetra’s village and in a small distance from the beach village Myrtos where the river flows. Its name comes from Saracen conquerors, place name that you can see in many places of Crete.

It is considered as one of the most beautiful walking gorges of Crete. Its length is only one kilometer long but in this small route each visitor can see a sculpture created by the water in millions of years that corrodes the rock in its path.
According to Greek Mythology, giant Sarantapihos who was son of Zeus, was thirsty and crouched in order to drink water from river Krygios or Myrtos. His long beard ripped the mount rock in half and that’s how Saracen gorge was created.

  • Sarakina1
  • Sarakina2
  • Sarakina3
  • Sarakina4
  • Sarakina5
  • Sarakina6
  • Nesarakinab1
  • Sarakina1
  • Sarakina2
  • Sarakina3
  • Sarakina4
  • Sarakina5
  • Sarakina6
  • Nesarakinab1

Mobile App

The Digital Museum of Ierapetra is an attempt of the Municipal Authority to show the historical and archaeological monuments as well as to present the natural environment of the municipality area. As part of this effort, we created this app that aims to guide visitors in the points of interest of our municipality more...

Municipality

Visit the Municipality of Ierapetra web site. more...

The Digital Museum

The Museum consists of audiovisual content and interactive applications. In particular, LCD screens that display information about Ierapetra, the wider region, more...

Contact Us

Kanoupaki Square 1,
Ierapetra, Crete, Greece
Postcode: 722 00
e-mail: dimosierapetras@0448.syzefxis.gov.gr