Travel Guide Amoudari

The village of Amoudari, the most important one on the Askifou plateau, was the scene of bloody fighting between Turks and Sfakiotes in 1821. During the last war, Allied and Greek troops had to fight hard at the same place to protect their rear when they tried to reach Hora Sfakion to be evacuated. A military museum with relics from the last war is open sporadically (follow the signs). There is a mini-market, a few taverna-kafeneia, a post office and some very cheap rooms for rent(domatia).A few kilometers south of Amoudari, the small village of Imbros is mainly frequented by those who come to explore the gorge of the same name. There are some taverns and kafeneia. The road continues along the mountain, in height, with some superb points of view on the gorges below, before undertaking the long descent in interminable laces towards Hora Sfakion that we see only at the last moment, towards the west, in one of the last curves. There are a few places on the side of the road where you can stop to admire the landscape: the plain that stretches eastward to Frangokastello with a few villages clinging to the bottom of the mountains, the island of Gavdos, due south, some 20 nautical miles (40 km) away, which can be seen more or less depending on the weather, and the rocky foothills of Lefka Ori to the west.