Samariá Gorge
The Samariá Gorge is a National Park of Greece since 1962 on the island of Crete – a major tourist attraction of the island – and a World's Biosphere Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Gorge with an elevation of 341 metres
- Description: national park in Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Farangi Samarias”, “Samaria Gorge”, and “Samariá Gorge National Park”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agia Roumeli and Omalos.
Agia Roumeli
Photo: Lapplaender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agia Roumeli is a coastal village in southwestern Crete near the southern end of the Samaria Gorge. Typically hikers travel from Chania to Omalos via coach and then hike the gorge.
Omalos
Hamlet
Omalos is a small village in western Crete, in the Mousouroi unit of the Chania region. The Greek word Ομαλός means even, plain, regular, or smooth, referring to the plateau. Omalos is situated 8 km northwest of Samariá Gorge.
Samariá Gorge
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Samariá Gorge” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սամարիա”
- Azerbaijani: “Samaria Milli Parkı”
- Bashkir: “Самария”
- Belarusian: “Самарская шчыліна”
- Belarusian: “Самарыя”
- Bulgarian: “Самария”
- Catalan: “Gorja de Samarià”
- Cebuano: “Farángi Samariás”
- Chinese: “萨马利亚峡谷”
- Chinese: “薩馬利亞峽谷”
- Czech: “Samaria”
- Danish: “Samaria-kløften”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Samaria”
- Dutch: “Samariakloof”
- Esperanto: “Gorĝo de Samario”
- Finnish: “Samarian laakso”
- Finnish: “Samarian rotko”
- Finnish: “Samarián rotko”
- French: “gorges de Samaria”
- French: “Gorges de Samaria”
- Galician: “Parque Nacional de Samaria”
- German: “Samaria Gorge”
- German: “Samariá Gorge”
- German: “Samaria-Nationalpark”
- German: “Samaria-Schlucht”
- German: “Samariá-Schlucht”
- German: “Samaria”
- German: “Samariaschlucht”
- Greek: “Φαράγγι της Σαμαριάς”
- Hebrew: “קניון סאמריה”
- Indonesian: “Ngarai Samaria”
- Indonesian: “Ngarai Samariá”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Ngarai Samariá”
- Italian: “Gole di Samaria”
- Italian: “Gole di Samariá”
- Italian: “Gole di Samarià”
- Japanese: “サマリア峡谷”
- Lithuanian: “Samarijos tarpeklis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samaria-kløften”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samariá-kløften”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samariakløften”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samariákløften”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samariaravinen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samariáravinen”
- Norwegian: “Samariaravinen”
- Persian: “ژرفدره ساماریا”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Samaria”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Samarii”
- Polish: “Samaria”
- Polish: “Wąwóz Samaria”
- Polish: “Wąwóz Samariá”
- Portuguese: “Garganta de Samariá”
- Romanian: “Cheile Samaria”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Лефка-Ори”
- Russian: “Самарийское ущелье”
- Russian: “Самария”
- Russian: “Ущелье Самарья”
- Serbian: “Nacionalni park Samaria”
- Slovenian: “Soteska Samariá”
- Spanish: “Gargantas de Samaria”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional de Samaria”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional Samaria”
- Swedish: “Samariaravinen”
- Tatar: “Самария тарлавыгы милли паркы”
- Thai: “อุทยานแห่งชาติซามาเรียกอร์จ”
- Thai: “อุทยานแห่งชาติสามาเรีย กอร์จ”
- Turkish: “Samarya Kanyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк Білі Гори”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк Лефка-Орі”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк Самарії”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк Самарія”
- Ukrainian: “Самарійська ущелина”
- Ukrainian: “Ущелина Самарія”
- Urdu: “سامریا گھاٹی”
- Uzbek: “Samariya (dara)”
- Uzbek: “Samariya”
- Western Armenian: “Սամարիա կիրճ (Կրետէ)”
- Western Armenian: “Սամարիա կիրճ”
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Localities in the Area
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