Challenge your cooking skills with Mediterranean products. Experience the true flavors of Crete with a visit to the heart of the island. The geographic and climatic conditions of our land create the ideal natural setting for the production and cultivation of products - rich as a nutritious resour
BOOK NOW BOOK REQUESTOur exploration of Crete begins in a small village, run by farmers
who have cultivate the fertile surrounding grounds for centuries. We visit a women's
corporative and we have a close look at how they bake and cook, using techniques passed down
to them from their ancestors. These lovely ladies, with all their experience and knowledge, will
teach how to create these local delicacies for ourselves.
Wine and people of Crete have walked hand in hand through the millennia, thus an introduction
to contemporary wine production technics run by a couple of young scientist winemakers, is
an integral part of your visit to Crete. Here we enjoy and compere the flavors of Cretan wines
as they are developed, with the combination of scientific wine-making and the ancient terroir
Cretan varieties.
We conclude our tour with a cooking demo, in a converted Minoan Settlement, a young chef
demonstrates cooking techniques and executes local recipes that we will later enjoy, unfolding
the richness of Cretan cuisine in front of your eyes and enlightening all of your senses.
09:15: Start of the excursion
09:45 -10:15: Visit in a woman co-operative and
demo on the making of local delicacies
10:30 -11:45: Wine tasting and introduction to
local grape and wine varieties
12:00- 15:30: Cooking Demo and hands on
experience of preparing Cretan Cuisine - Lunch
16:00: End of tour
Wine Tasting
Cooking Demonstration
Lunch
Chrissi Island is the most southern as well as the hottest point in Europe with vegetation similar to tropical, with a beautiful "Lebanon" cedar tree forest amongst the sand dunes, probably the last existing in Europe.
Let’s hike at the famous and historical cypress forest of Kritsa and enjoy the unique view. Bicycle on the way down and enjoy a superb local cuisine.
This excursion is a trip back in time, exploring the tradition & the art of the Minaon Pottery, visit the richest monastery in Crete, Agarathos Monastery, and the birth place of N. Kazantzakis the village Myrtia.
GNTO Registry Number: 1039Ε60000070000
Number GE.MI. 118062927000