Samariá Gorge

Rescue teams evacuated the remaining 10 tourists from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium who spent the night inside a mountain gorge in Crete, after a rockfall killed a German tourist on Wednesday.

The unfortunate tourist, a 35-year-old woman from Germany, was killed when a rock fell due to a heavy downpour that occurred after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

A 35-year-old female tourist has been killed in a rockfall in Crete's Samaria Gorge and other tourists are understood to be stranded in the area, where they were hiking.

According to information from the medical examiner's office, the woman was injured in the shin and died of uncontrollable bleeding.

A helicopter has been mobilized to transport her body from the gorge.

A massive rescue operation is underway by the fire department to save the trapped individuals – The rock fell due to a heavy downpour – Intense lightning activity in the area.

A tragedy occurred today in Samaria Gorge, with a woman losing her life after a rockfall caused by a strong rainstorm in the area.

I just returned to the US from a great three-week vacation in Greece. My wife and I like to visit Greece mid-May to early June and avoid the intense heat. We returned to the US June 4, just when Greece started experiencing a heatwave. This was the time that the first of a number of tourists was lost and some are still missing. As it happens, I also like to hike and I have some experience.

Special operation in the Gorge of Samaria and Kotsifou

The Samaria Gorge in Crete, which was closed on August 14 following rockslides caused by an earthquake, will remain closed to visitors until Monday, inclusive, authorities said Saturday.

Aftershocks continue in the area, in southwest Crete.

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have ordered the temporary closure of mountain gorges popular with hikers after an earthquake triggered a rockslide and seriously injured a Spanish tourist.

The Samaria Gorge on the island of Crete will be ready to welcome visitors in May as the maintenance and restoration works of its main path have started, local authorities said on Tuesday. 

The work is being implemented by the Management Unit of Samaria National Park and Protected Areas of Western Crete of the Natural Environment & Climate Change Agency (NECCA). 

Inspectors visiting the Samaria Gorge, a national park and popular tourism destination in southwest Crete, found no major damage to the site in the wake of the storms that battered the Aegean island late last month.