Agia Roumeli

Agia Roumeli (Greek: Αγιά Ρούμελη) is a small village in southwest Crete, Greece.

[2] There is an old fortress, called Castle Agia Roumeli, that sits on top of a hill to the west of the village.

Agia Roumeli sits at the exit of the Samaria Gorge and a 16 kilometer hiking path from the mountainous inland region.

[2]Agia Roumeli was originally known as Tarra, an ancient city-state referenced by Homer in the Iliad as one of the Hundred Cities of Greece.

[3] Near the village on Fournoti beach is a plant micro-reserve for the rare shrub Hypericum aciferum.