Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a community.
Its beach is made of fine pebbles and is popular though often less crowded than the beaches of Gerani, Agia Marina and Platanias.
The gorge became a national park in 1962, particularly as a refuge for the rare kri-kri (Cretan goat), which is largely restricted to the park and an island just off the shore of Agia Marina.
Regia Marina | Marina Abramović | Agia Paraskevi | Marina | Marina Bay Sands | Marina Tucaković | Marina Tsvetaeva | Marina Silva | Marina Bay | Marina and the Diamonds | marina | Avicennia marina | Marina Silva | Marina Sirtis | Marina City | Marina Bay MRT Station | Agia Marina | The Float at Marina Bay | Saint Marina | Marina Warner | Marina Vlady | Marina Pierro | Marina of the Zabbaleen | Marina Lima | Marina Bay Street Circuit | Marina Barrage | Marina Anissina | Brighton Marina | Agia Varvara | Agia Triada |
With a total length of approximately 50 km and a width of 10 to 20 km, it stretches nearly diagonally from northwest to southeast, from the Euripus strait, which connects it to the North Euboean Gulf, to the Petalies Gulf near Agia Marina in the south.
Agia Marina metro station is an underground metro station that replaced the Egaleo station as the western terminus of Athens Metro Line 3.
On 14 August 1954 Ploumpidis was executed by firing squad in Agia Marina, near Dafni.
Similar additions and sequences are found in many Cypriot churches, a good parallel being the old Agia Marina in Pyrga.