Hatzidakis. From baker to obtain the famous Sfakian nuts and traditional products. In Askifou there is a game breeding and shooting area available. There is also Lefkoritis Resort hotel and several houses in the best district (Goni). A few kilometers away, we turn left and after a wonderful road trip, we find ourselves to Asfendou and finally to Kallikrates. The road continues to Rethymnon and to the right, to Frangokastello. In winter, Kallikrates is deserted. In summer, we will find the cafe open and the hospitable owner Stelio Gannakaki, willing to treat you raki and wonderful pies from Sfakia. We drive back to the main road and we continue the path to Imvro or Imbro as the locals say. From this point, next to the tavern Kalinorisma, we enter the gorge of Imbros. A small but beautiful canyon, which is visited each year from more than 50,000 people. And this, because it can be done easily by passing each season, each time. The gorge has a length of eight kilometers and passing it, depending on the rate hike, is about two hours. It has imposing gates, vertical rocks in the middle of the way, that almost close the view to
the sky like a tunnel. The narrowest point is only two meters. The canyon ends at the paved road that connects Sfakia, at west and with its famous castle and beach Frangokastello, at east. Imvros taverns with local delicacies. In the gorge of Imbros grows the famous Cretan Dittany. From the village of Imbros to Sfakia, mediates a mildly incredible journey. The narrow road like a snake, is dug into the hillside rocks. Manoeuvrable and follows the topography of the gorge that husky left in a terrible precipice. Right and left, the trees are rooted in the rock and resist the fury of the wind. On the outer side of the road are flats where the view of the canyon is spectacular. Manifested in front of the Libyan Sea and only the shadows of Gavdos and Gavdopoula give a view of the endless blue stretches in front. To arrive in Sfakia, we must come down dozens of hairpin turns. After we drive downhill, we turn left to Frangokastello. To the right we drive to Sfakia. After the historical and well known villages of Commitades, Vouvas, Nomikiana, Aghios Nektarios, we arrive to the famous Frangokastello. Along the route, there are tavernas, cafes and some rooms to let.