Agia Roumeli

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Agia Roumeli is a small village in southwest Crete, Greece and is popular with tourists. Located a few kilometers above the town is the entrance to the Samaria Gorge, a popular tourist destination in Crete, the longest in Greece and one of the longest gorges in Europe measuring 18km. It has a few rooms for rent and some Tavernas. Agia Roumeli has a large beach and a ferry slipway where the ferry to and from Hora Sfakion via Loutro, arrives, mainly used by walkers who have completed the Samaria walk. The village is not accessible by road.

According to one local (unconfirmed) source the origin of the name Agia Roumeli comes from the Arabic words 'Maya' meaning water and 'Roumi' meaning Greek, meaning 'Greek Water'.