Gastronomy Tour from Chania - Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey
Chania
Discover Cretan culinary secrets: taste olive oil, wine, cheese, and honey. Visit local bakeries, olive groves, and award-winning cheese factories.
Duration: 9 hours, 10 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves - 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 - Kissamos - 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. - “Idiosmos” Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Honey Tour & Taste - 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. - Pnevmatikakis Winery - 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. - Nopigia - Visit a nearby beach in order to complement such a full and wonderful day!
What's Included
  • Superior Wine tasting - 8 wines
  • Pick-up/Drop-Off
  • Air-Conditioned Luxury Bus
  • Snacks
  • Full Liability Insurance
  • Guiding
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses, extra beverages or meals
Additional Information

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.

  • Total Duration Includes Travel Time
Location
Bus Stop Agora
Sofoklis Venizelos Square
Upon reservation we will send you the pick up details with voucher name of the bus and the exact time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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