The mountain village of Sellas is built at an altitude of 496 meters in the centre of a plateau and a small river divides it in two into two areas, "rouges" as the locals call them. It is located 19 km from Kyparissia and has about 70 permanent residents. The village was built between 1340 and 1400 and, since then, there have been historical references during the Venetian and Ottoman rule. In the past, the village was referred to as Sella. In ancient times, the settlement was part of Nestor's kingdom in ancient Pylos.
According to local tradition, there are four versions of the village's name: According to the first version, during the Turkish occupation, Agas Karalis rode on a saddled horse in the area and everyone said, "Let's go to the saddler of the village". Previously the village may have been called Radu. The second version says that the name came from the river of the watermill, which on a map is referred to as the river Sellas. According to the third version, the name came from the Slavic word "Sello", which means "village", probably during the descent of the Slavs to the Peloponnese in 760. Finally, the fourth version suggests that the name comes from the location Sileza, Seleza or Souleza, which in Arvanitika means "big village" or "Kefalochori". During the Venetian occupation, the village was referred to as Sela. In the Grimani census, in 1700, the village was referred to as Sella, the same according to the 1829 census.
In the village with the imposing stone houses, the visitors can enjoy their coffee or food in the two traditional cafes-taverns. The distinguished writer Costas Roubeas-Maistralis also comes from the village. The Folklore Museum, which was founded in 2006, as well as the central church of the Holy Trinity, are worth visiting. In Sella, the visitor can see the church of the Assumption of the Virgin, which was built in the middle of the 19th century in Pera Rouga with a unique amphitheatre view of the entire village. The church celebrates on the 15th of August where a big festival takes place. At the top of Mount Ai-Lias, (at an altitude of 850 meters), near the village, is the historic monastery of Agios Nikitas, which is celebrated by Agios Nikitas the Goth on the 15th of September. The monastery dates back to the 16th century and is included in the list of archaeological sites and monuments declared by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Other churches worth visiting are the church of the Ascension in the village cemetery, the church of Ai-Giannis Prodromos at Ampelia and the church of Agia Paraskevi at the entrance of the village.
An essential attraction of the area is the Park of Tripili, located 200 meters at a higher altitude than the Bridge of Sella. There, the visitors can fish, swim or enjoy their picnic in the kiosk. The park is rich in walnuts, pomegranates, chestnuts and cherries, ideal for a trip to nature. The old watermill of Argyris, which was built on the riverside paths of the river Sellaikos, is also worth seeing.
