Sleep where the gorge meets the sea
Simple, friendly rooms on the wild south coast of Crete — black-pebble beach, rough open sea, and the mouth of the Samaria Gorge at your back. No road in. No streetlights. Just the mountains, the water and the night sky.
See the rooms The Samaria GorgeWelcome to Zorbas Studios
Run by Sifis Viglis — a Roumeliot through and through — Zorbas Studios sits right in the heart of Agia Roumeli, a village you can only reach on foot through the gorge or by boat across the Libyan Sea. This is one of the wildest corners of Crete: dramatic, a little rough around the edges, and unlike anywhere on the busy north coast. People come for a night and stay for days.
End of the gorge
The natural place to rest after the 16 km walk down the Samaria Gorge.
Black beach, wild sea
A long black-pebble beach and deep, rough, crystal water right on the doorstep.
Nights in the wild
No streetlights, no traffic — just the full moon, the island of Gavdos and the sound of the sea.
Reached only by boat or foot
No road connects Agia Roumeli to the world. That's exactly why it stays unspoilt.
“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.”
The rooms to get face the sea
Zorbas has seven simple, spotless studios. Three look straight out over the Libyan Sea — these are the ones to ask for. Lie in bed and watch the full moon rise over Gavdos, hear the waves all night, and wake to nothing but open water. Four more face the village and the mountains, with the same easy comfort at a lower price.
Sea-view & village rooms
