Agia Galini

Agia Galini (Greek Αγία Γαλήνη ( f sg ), translated, holy calm, no wind ') is a coastal town on the Gulf of Messara, 24 kilometers southeast of Spili on the Greek island of Crete.

Its picturesque location has Agia Galini from the late 1970s and developed in the 1980s from a small fishing village to a center of mass tourism and has since then numerous hotels, inns, taverns, bars and nightclubs as well as a campground. As in many tourist centers can be found in Agia Galini a so-called Fressgasse in a tavern joins to the other. The harbor area with its staggered up the slope facades, however, is considered one of the most beautiful in Greece.

Agia Galini is also a convenient starting point for tours of the Cretan countryside, for example, in the mountain village of Zaros with the only trout of the island, in the Rouvas gorge Zaros or above the Amari pool. In addition to the beach near town, offer themselves for beach lovers the nearby beaches of Agios Georgios and Agios Pavlos, which are best reached by ferry boats or rental car.

Agia Galini also plays an important role in Klaus Modicks novel The Cretan hospitality, which tells the story of the German occupation of Crete in World War II.