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'''Loutra''' is a medieval village of central [[Crete]], situated 2km from the bay of [[Rethymnon]] and 8 km from the town of Rethymnon. Although at a distance of only a few kilometres from the town of [[Rethymnon]], it has preserved its own characteristics.
The village lays on the main road from Pigi to [[Arkadi]] and continuing eastwards for a further 1.5 km. Loutra is referred to by the same name (Lutra) in Venetian sources of the 16th century. The village owes its name to the baths ( ''Loutrà'' in greek) of the inhabitants of the village ''Aliakes'' which was close but is not saved today. Elsewhere in parallel sources it is called Lustra or ''Lucia''. Loutra is situated in the midst of olive groves, and is caracterized by its narrow cobbled streets and bougainvillea plants, Venetian buildings and the blazons of the '''Kallergi family'''.
Visitors of Loutra have the opportunity to visit the ''fabrika'' (old oil mill), which was used a few decades ago for oil pressing. It is worthwhile taking a stroll through the alleyways of the village, with their stone houses and flower-decked balconies. The visitor can see the medieval fountain with the turkish inscription, and at the house of '''Ilias Spantidakis''' (aka [[Louis Tikas]]), leader of a workers' union of coalminers in Colorado, USA. [[File:
The village was once occupied by a number of [[Ottoman Turks]] who were replaced in 1922 by immigrants from Asia Minor ([[Anatolia]]).
Outside the village, a little track leads to the church of Ayios Pandeleimon and the memorial to 10 people from Loutra who were executed by the Nazis.
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