Home / Crete Pictures / Chora Sfakion PicturesChora Sfakion Pictures Pictures from the area of Sfakia Driving on the mountain road from Chania to Askifou plateau on the way to Hora Sfakion. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoThe town of Hora Sfakion and the old port. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoTraditional white-painted houses with blue windows in Hora Sfakion. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoBeautiful icon of Virgin mary in a small church in Hora Sfakion. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoThe ferry approaching the dock at Hora Sfakion. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoThis ferry will take your from Hora Sfakion to Loutro, Agia Roumeli, Sougia, Paleochora and Gavdos. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoDriving on the mountain roads in the area of Sfakia may offer pleasant surprises, like this beautiful rainbow in the sky, which is still dark after the storm. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoIn a mountainous area like Sfakia, you will often meet goats in the middle or on the side of the road. Photo by Alexander StepanenkoA goat walking on the side of the road on the way from Hora Sfakion to AnopolisA beautiful white goat on the Sfakia mountains. The goats that live on the mountains of Crete are much smaller than goats in northern Europe, because they have adjusted to the local environment: rocky slopes with not much food and waterAnother goat in Sfakia area. These goats live in a semi-wild condition, but they should be distinguished from the wild goat of Crete (kri-kri, Capra aegagrus creticus), which is a different speciesThe beach of Ilingas gorge. Hora Sfakion town is also visible in the back of the pictureA different view of the pebbly beach of Ilingas. Ilingas gorge is about 1 km far from Hora SfakionThere is a big cave close to the water on Ilingas beach. In the summer months the cave is the perfect shelter from the rays of the hot sunThe fascinating colours of the sea in the Sfakia area Read more: Crete Pictures © explorecrete.com All Rights Reserved. Reproduction or copying without permission is prohibited.