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Samaria Gorge exit, no road

Agia Roumeli

No bus reaches Agia Roumeli. ANENDYK prints boats to Chora Sfakion by Loutro, and to Sougia, in both directions.

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Getting to Agia Roumeli

No bus reaches Agia Roumeli. ANENDYK prints Agia Roumeli–Loutro–Chora Sfakion and the reverse, and Agia Roumeli–Sougia and the reverse, valid from 7 September to 31 October 2026. KTEL Chania–Rethymno prints departures from Chora Sfakion and from Sougia that leave after the ferry from Agia Roumeli arrives.

  • The boat to Sougia sails once on most days and twice on the days the table shows; read it for your date.
  • Sailings marked (*) carry passengers only, no vehicles, as the page prints it.
  • At Chora Sfakion and at Sougia, KTEL Chania–Rethymno marks a departure to leave after the ferry from Agia Roumeli arrives.

Source: ANENDYK: Official south-coast ferry routes

Check the ANENDYK routes page

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Agia Roumeli seen from the sea
Photo: Chris.urs-o, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

Getting here

Build the transport plan separately

A step-by-step journey guide is not yet published. The Samaria Gorge page covers the walk; use the current ANENDYK tables for the boat out.

. Current times and fares remain with the operator.

Ferry times published for Agia Roumeli

Each card is one line an operator publishes between Agia Roumeli and another place on the site, with the first and last departure and the number of departures for each day group. The figures come from a dated operator edition, shown until the date on the card; open the operator's current timetable before you travel.

  • Agia Roumeli – Chora Sfakion

    ANENDYK south-coast ferry edition from 7 September 2026, read 5 October 2026; times shown until 19 October 2026

    Times are departures from the first-named place of each row.

    Leaves Agia Roumeli for Chora Sfakion

    Mon–Tue, Thu–Sun
    4 departures, 08:45*–17:30 (2 marked *)
    Wed
    5 departures, 08:45–17:30 (2 marked *)
    *
    Passengers only, no vehicles

    Leaves Chora Sfakion for Agia Roumeli

    Mon, Wed–Sun
    4 departures, 09:00*–16:30* (2 marked *)
    Tue
    5 departures, 09:00*–18:45 (2 marked *)
    *
    Passengers only, no vehicles

    Read from the operator's own timetable; two independent readings agree.

    Open the operator's timetable

  • Agia Roumeli – Sougia

    ANENDYK south-coast ferry edition from 7 September 2026, read 5 October 2026; times shown until 19 October 2026

    Times are departures from the first-named place of each row.

    Leaves Agia Roumeli for Sougia

    Mon, Wed–Sun
    1 departure, 17:30
    Tue
    2 departures, 17:30–17:45* (1 marked *)
    *
    Passengers only, no vehicles

    Leaves Sougia for Agia Roumeli

    Mon–Tue, Thu–Sun
    1 departure, 09:20
    Wed
    2 departures, 09:15*–16:10 (1 marked *)
    *
    Passengers only, no vehicles

    Read from the operator's own timetable; two independent readings agree.

    Open the operator's timetable

Source: ANENDYK south-coast ferry routes page, read 5 October 2026. Open the routes page

Agia Roumeli

The bus network over the terrain

No bus stops here: the published way in is the ANENDYK ferry.

Terrain © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA

Worth your time

What Agia Roumeli does best

Agia Roumeli is a village west of Chora Sfakion at the exit of the Samaria Gorge, according to the Municipality of Sfakia, which says access is only by boat. The Region of Crete notes that walkers who have crossed the gorge can spend the night there. Among the boats ANENDYK publishes from Agia Roumeli are those east to Loutro and Chora Sfakion and west to Sougia, valid from 7 September to 31 October 2026.

  1. A shipyard in antiquity

    The Municipality of Sfakia says Agia Roumeli was a major shipyard in antiquity and later under Venetian rule.

  2. A village that moved

    The municipality records that the residents moved from the old settlement 2 km north, inside the gorge, after the river overflowed and destroyed most of the houses in November 1954.

  3. A Venetian bridge

    The Region of Crete points to a Venetian bridge over the river that comes down through the gorge.

Good to know

  • Agia Roumeli has no road, so plan the boat and the bus after it together: KTEL Chania–Rethymno prints a departure to Chania from Chora Sfakion and one from Sougia that leave after the ferry from Agia Roumeli arrives.
  • Read the ANENDYK table for your date before you start the gorge walk, and plan the bus from the port you will reach.
  • The Samaria Gorge page explains the walk that ends here.

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