‘the guardians of the gorge’ I like that. We did see lots of vultures there, and a few in a couple of other places, but never close enough to get a decent photograph. Wonderful to see though.

That probably was the nudist beach.
I wondered if you had walked Deliana. Did you see the griffon vultures? They circle around near the start and are called ‘the guardians of the gorge’, because they see you in and see you out.

We walked Deliana, Irini, Anidri, Samaria, one near Palea Roumata, and Sirikari which was probably our second favourite. There were a couple of folk sunbathing au natural at a cove near ancient Falassarna so I don’t know if that was it, or just people enjoying the lack of other sunbathers as the beach was so empty. The closest we got to any beach time was walking across a few beauties, or pausing for a picnic on one. We’ll have to go back so we can experience those glorious western beaches properly 🙂