At the entrance of the Samaria Gorge, at Xyloskalo there is a tourist pavilion with a view of majestic Mt. Gingilos. The descent starts at the Xyloskalo ("wooden ladder"), a stony way with wood railings, approx. 800 m with innumerable turns down to the ground of the gorge. The name Xyloskalo goes back to the Cretan freedom fighters who used big wooden ladders to get from the ravine up to the Omalos plateau.

One dominant feature of the area of Ierapetra, in front of the beautiful village of Vassiliki is the so-called "King of Cretan Gorges", the Ha Gorge. It is considered the fifth most beautiful gorge in Europe and one of the wildest gorges in Crete, a rare morphological phenomenon of nature, probably caused by tectonic earthquake.

One dominant feature of the area of Ierapetra, in front of the beautiful village of Vassiliki is the so-called "King of Cretan Gorges", the Ha Gorge. It is considered the fifth most beautiful gorge in Europe and one of the wildest gorges in Crete, a rare morphological phenomenon of nature, probably caused by tectonic earthquake.

One dominant feature of the area of Ierapetra, in front of the beautiful village of Vassiliki is the so-called "King of Cretan Gorges", the Ha Gorge. It is considered the fifth most beautiful gorge in Europe and one of the wildest gorges in Crete, a rare morphological phenomenon of nature, probably caused by tectonic earthquake.

One dominant feature of the area of Ierapetra, in front of the beautiful village of Vassiliki is the so-called "King of Cretan Gorges", the Ha Gorge. It is considered the fifth most beautiful gorge in Europe and one of the wildest gorges in Crete, a rare morphological phenomenon of nature, probably caused by tectonic earthquake.

One dominant feature of the area of Ierapetra, in front of the beautiful village of Vassiliki is the so-called "King of Cretan Gorges", the Ha Gorge. It is considered the fifth most beautiful gorge in Europe and one of the wildest gorges in Crete, a rare morphological phenomenon of nature, probably caused by tectonic earthquake.

One dominant feature of the area of Ierapetra, in front of the beautiful village of Vassiliki is the so-called "King of Cretan Gorges", the Ha Gorge. It is considered the fifth most beautiful gorge in Europe and one of the wildest gorges in Crete, a rare morphological phenomenon of nature, probably caused by tectonic earthquake.