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It is a historical village, situated among the mountains. Its inhabitants are involved in agriculture and animal husbandry. The village is an oasis of tranquility for visitors. Marco Renieris, a great scholar, the mentor of Eleftherios Venizelos (the greatest politician in Greece) and an informally former finance minister of Greece, was born here. His house with the coat of arms are kept even today.The historic well of the Renieri family which is 40 meters deep and was build in 1869.
Palea Roumata is 41 km from Paleochora, turning off the main Chania road in Kakopetros, or coming from Chania, take a left turn through Fotokado after the climb out of Voukolies. The word “Roumata”, is the old Greek for rivers (’rheuma-atos’ meaning ’stream’ or ‘flow’) and the village has a good supply of water from two valleys, making everywhere so green and fertile.
The winters are generally mild, the village is sheltered by surrounding hills, except memorably in February 2008, when the temperature dropped to -7c, and strong winds combined with heavy snowfall destroyed many olive trees, as in so many other places locally.The Vavouledo gorge is “a hidden gem”, and the last years on it remains so. The recent path construction has been by the ‘dimos’ (Municipality) or borough of Voukolies, but the village people have seen no publicity about it. The gorge deserves to be better known. Go there and enjoy it – you won’t be disappointed!In Palea Roumata the visitor is struck dumb with amazement in the sight of the oldest olive tree, which goes back to 4000 years of life.