Why choose this Crete tour ?
Explore the unique culinary paths of the Cretan culture.
This excursion is a must for a closer look to the secrets of the traditional Cretan way of living where you will explore the traditional tastes of the Cretan nutrition.
Our tour includes :
A visit to a local bakery where we will have the chance to get a closer look of how Cretan traditional savouries (rusks, bread etc) are made.
A visit to an Olive grove where we will examine the olive trees and learn how Cretan honey is made.
A visit to traditional multi-awarded cheese factory. If it is not the cheese making period, we will be able to enter, otherwise our guide will tell you everything about the cheese making procedure before our superior tasting experience.
Get ready for a superb gastronomical experience as you will have the chance to taste a traditional platted with olive oil, tomatoes, olives, cheese, honey and more that are going to provide you a first class experience of the Cretan nature.
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What makes Gastronomy Tour from Chania – Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey a unique experience ?
In the village of Ano Vouves, you can admire the oldest recorded olive tree in the world, proclaimed as a natural monument.
Although scientists can not be absolutely sure, its age is estimated between 3000 and 5000 years and still remains alive, fructifying until
today. It had as a base a wild olive tree, and then became domesticated by humans via Tsounati variety. Its bole, chiseled by time as a
sculpture, has a circumference of 12.5 meters and a diameter of 4.6 meters
Get the chance to see from extremely close a cheese factory and check the most delicious graviera cheese that is made with local ingredients from the cretan nature.
Moreover, enter a traditional bakery that is producing daily local delicacies suck as cretan rusks, the traditional cretan koulouri and many more.
Visit a traditional olive mill, enter the olive barns of the Papatzanakis Family and get a close look of the olive trees as well as of the factory where olive oil is extracted with the most modern methods (cold extraction).
Moreover, get a close look of the honeycombs and check how traditional honey is made.
In the end of the tour, get the chance to taste 8 varieties of Honey and the most amazing extra virgin olive oil that you have tasted, alongside with local delicacies such as graviera cheese, baby tomatoes, cretan rusk, olives etc.
An amazing winery that is producing a variety of local wines and has been awarded with multiple awards at international contests. In this tour, you will have the chance to check the wine barns and also tour around the vineyard and the wine cellar in order to learn about the way this delicious wine is made.
In the end of the tour, you will have the chance to taste approximately 8 varieties of awarded wine from the cretan nature, produces proudly by pnevmatikakis family.
Visit a nearby beach in order to complement such a full and wonderful day!
Tour Description & Additional Info:
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Total Duration Includes Travel Time
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Special Instructions:
- This Tour is Provided by Fantasy Travel.
- Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Athens.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- This Tour is Rated 4 Stars based on 1 valid reviews on VIATOR.
- Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
- Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.