Amari (Greek: Αμάρι) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece.

The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Foteini.

[2] The municipal unit has an area of 277.285 km2 (107.060 sq mi).

[4] It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.

[5] The municipality Amari was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2] The province of Amari (Greek: Επαρχία Αμαρίου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture.