Overview
Crete’s cuisine, being a crossroads island, has been influenced by both Western and Eastern Mediterranean cultures at different times.
Many don’t know that the Mediterranean diet, famous for its health benefits, originates in Cretan cuisine. In the 1950s, European voyagers and explorers who started to show an interest in other cultures’ nutritional habits noticed the Cretans’ surprising longevity despite their poverty and the simplicity of their diet. This fact inspired them to investigate the eating habits of all neighboring Mediterranean cultures until they formed a clear suggestion of what we today know as the Mediterranean Diet, one of the most healthy eating styles worldwide.
During your stay and culinary adventure, you will not just learn the secrets of Cretan cooking but will experience with all your senses the journey from the heart to the stomach and from nature to the table.
We invite you to cook, learn, laugh, feel, and travel with us so that you can return to your country as a proud sharer of our culinary and overall cultural tradition.
An optional 3-day add-on visit to the famous volcanic Island of Santorini is offered!
Sample list of available travel experiences
We call this a semi-custom tour because we only operate it on selected months of the year, only on Crete and Santorini islands. Also, the venues you will stay at are preselected, the offered travel experiences abide to our eco-frienly travel policy (i.e., no helicopter flights or jet-ski rides are offered), and some of the guided day tours and experiences will be shared with other people and can’t be fully customised.
A sample list of offered travel experiences to choose from for this tour follows. Please, send us an inquiry using the blue button further below and we will start designing your dream trip to Greece together. We will even send you for free a proposed itinerary as a basic inspiration for your trip.
CULINARY EXPERIENCES
authentic culinary experiences (e.g., lunches and suppers) in handpicked family-run taverns
a guided olive oil production tour and olive oil tasting
a wine tasting tour
a local beer tasting tour
a guided local food sampling walking tour in Chania City
a Cretan cuisine cooking class and farm tour on a family farm
a pastry-tasting at a 75-year-old pastry shop in a mountain village
CONTACT WITH the LAND and NATURE
private scenic tours in a private bus through the mainland or along the coastline of Crete
beach time opportunities
a Southern Crete boat tour (weather dependent)
a boat tour to the volcanic springs in Santorini (weather dependent)
a gorge hiking experience
a natural spring water tasting experience
an encounter with an ancient (over 3.000 years old) olive tree
a beehive experience and bee product tasting
a visit on the famous volcanic Santorini island (optional and weather dependent boat tour)
ARTS, HISTORY, and CULTURE
a guided visit to Knossos Palace in Crete
a guided visit to the ancient city of Akrotiri in Santorini
a visit to the Archaeological Museum in Chania
a visit to the Archaeological Museum in Heraklion
a visit to the Venetian Fortress Museum of Heraklion
a guided visit to Chania City and its Venetian Old Port
a guided visit to the Venetian fortress of Rethymnon City
a guided tour to an Orthodox Monastery
a guided tour to the Islet of Spinalonga
a guided visit to an ancient seaside Asklepion (weather dependent)
a live folk music and dance dinner
a guided WWII in Crete history tour
a guided visit to a museum of wooden sculpture
a pottery workshop visit
Available dates
This semi-custom experience is private and is offered to any number of people at their desired dates, between April and October.
Accommodation
Based on your choice and availability, you will be staying at one of the following seafront resorts or character hotels*:
In Chania area:
Porto Veneziano
Minoa Palace
Myrion Beach Resort
In Heraklion City:
Megaron Hotel
*In case of non-availability of the above, we will suggest another hotel of the same category
Price
from EUR 1945,- per person
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