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This is significant goal in order to protect the delicate ecosystem of Samaria so that thousands of visitors can continue to enjoy it each year. Samaria is home to the\u00a0kri-kri, a rarely seen endangered wild goat. The gorge was made a national park in 1962 to save the\u00a0kri-kri\u00a0from extinction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/35.3945,25.0380556\/Omalos+%CE%9F%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8C%CF%82\/@35.304268,23.9204113,12.9z\/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x149c91d2e0ad9eb9:0xbede94e154ccd37!2m2!1d23.9045535!2d35.3439423!3e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#b69854\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villagrandecrete.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/map.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/> 161 km from Villa Grande.<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hiking the 16km-long Samaria Gorge, one of Europe&#8217;s longest canyons, is high on the list of must-dos for many Crete visitors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-places-to-visit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Samaria Gorge - Villa Grande Crete<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villagrandecrete.com\/web\/samaria-gorge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Samaria Gorge - Villa Grande Crete\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"161 km from Villa Grande.   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