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7-days Unforgettable Culinary and Culture Tour in Crete

  • 7days
  • Greece

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Heraklion, Rethymnon, Agios Nikolaos

Crete journey of flavors and culture!

Visit three famous towns of Crete, Heraklio, Rethymno, and Agios Nikolaos. Local cuisine, unparalleled products, beautiful sites, people, culture, and history have made Crete stand out for centuries. Crete is famous for its products and its culture. You will explore Cretan cuisine, learn about the Mediterranean diet, enjoy local food, and taste local wines and Cretan products.

You have the opportunity to learn about the ancient Minoan culture and the history. The trip involves visits to wineries, museums, and archaeological sites, three cooking lessons in three of the four prefecture towns of the island, and two food tastings in Heraklion and Rethymno. You have olive oil, honey, and wine tasting.

Highlights:

  • Visit Rethymnon as it bears traces of the many different periods of its long history
  • Tasting real Cretan Food and products
  • Visit Heraklio city and admire castle Koule with old port and archaeological Museum

Included in the tour:

  • All Accommodations (Boutique Hotels or 4* Hotels)
  • Transportation – Airport/hotel on the day of arrival and hotel/airport on the day of departure
  • Vehicle/Mini Van with English-speaking driver
  • Meals – 6 breakfasts, 2 Lunch,  2 Food Tasting, 2 Dinner
  • All private tours
  • All excursions transfers
  • All entrance fees

Not included:

  • Guiding at the  Knossos Palace and Archaeological Museum
  • Overnight tax
  • Tips
  • Anything not mentioned above

Notes:

  • Minimum 2 persons - if you are a single, please enquire
  • Departure Saturdays from April to October
  • This tour can be tailored to suit on request
  • Please see itinerary tab for further details

Arrival/ departure:

  • Arrival into Heraklion Aiport 
  • Departure from Heraklion 

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  • Day 1

    Heraklion-Arrival-Welcome Dinner

    Arrival at Heraklion airport. Check in to your room. Relax and explore your surroundings before dinner.

    Meals included: Dinner Overnight Heraklion

  • Day 2

    Heraklion – Archeological Museum – City/Food Tour & Pastry Lesson-Visit Pastry History Museum

    Enjoy a food and cultural walking tour suitable for all ages – it is an easy 1.5-mile walk, so you can explore the heart of Heraklion city while learning about its unique history and culture. On this tour, you will try local “mezedes” Greek coffee with bougatsa while enjoying the city of Heraklion. The images and the flavors that take you on this journey.

    Then visiting Heraklion Archaeological Museum was founded in 1908 to house the first collections of Cretan antiquities, which were rapidly enhanced. Its cultural riches cover seven millennia, from the Neolithic period (7000 BC) to Roman times (3rd cent. AD). Following the restoration work of the past few years, completed in May 2014, the exhibition is housed in 27 rooms.

    The next stop to the Unique Pastry History Museum. The museum opened its doors on 1-7-2021 and currently includes 400 rare exhibits with 32 unique in the world!

    We will have a short tour of the production area. You see utensils, materials, and machines that our chefs need! We learn the production, conditions, and specifications and talk about the daily life of the confectioner-baker profession! We enter the specially designed space where the seminar will take place: on the subject of chocolate and its history! We show how we process it. We make chocolate eggs or filled chocolates! We learn to make our cornet out of paper! You write your name in “cornet” and make drawings on paper!

    Meals included: Breakfast – Food Tour Overnight: Heraklion

  • Day 3

    Agios Nikolaos – Cheese Making – Cooking Class

    Experience hands-on cheese-making in Crete with our local shepherd. You’ll milk and feed the goats, help make two types of cheese, and learn the secrets of cheese-making. Enjoy a cheese tasting with famous Cretan cheeses and savor the freshly-made cheese with homemade meze and raki.

    After cheese making, you have a hands-on cooking experience. You have the opportunity, and with the guidance of a chef, to learn to make authentic Cretan plates using a wide range of fresh, organic ingredients from our garden. After the cooking class, you will sit down and enjoy the meal you’ve learned to cook, accompanied by local wine. Different from all other towns in Crete, Agios Nikolaos. The town’s graphic has a beautiful Lake and port. The lake (“Voulismeni”) is a folklore-inspiringly deep body of water connected to the sea by a narrow inlet.

    Meals included: Breakfast – Lunch with wine Overnight Heraklion

  • Day 4

    Food & Walking Tour of the Old Town of Rethymno-Pottery Workshop –Olive Oil and Honey

    The route: of authentic Crete: We stroll around the city, and let’s taste together the products of the Cretan Diet. We shall touch and smell the herbs and spices of Cretan soil. On our way, we will visit a traditional place in the heart of the old town of Rethymno, where tasting traditional products such as local cheese, honey of thyme, local wine, Cretan olives, and the famous Cretan traditional drink raki, and many other products. During the tour of the city, you will discover historical monuments. You see the Venetian architecture of another era.

    The Olive Oil Tour: The quality of Cretan olive oil is known all over the world. At the olive mill, you have the opportunity to taste three different olive mills. You see how olive oil produced in the old days with manual tools and with the help of animals. Honey -Tasting & Tour: Taking part in the tour Is an unprecedented experience for the history and production of Honey in Crete. The bees, these unpredictable alchemists, fly from flower to flower, finding hidden gems, the juices of fruit, and the nectar of each land. Pottery workshop: Margarites village is famous for its ceramic tradition. In our workshop, we receive visitors from all over the world to get to know Cretan Ceramic Art to see how we make the pots on the wheel, how we decorate them, and how they are baked in the oven to reach their final form.

    Meals included: Breakfast – Food Tour Overnight: Heraklion

  • Day 5

    Heraklion Knossos Palace – Cooking Class with Wine Experience – Wine and Olive Oil Tasting

    Today you will visit the Palace of Knossos, built 3500 years ago! The Palace of Knossos is one monument you must see in Crete. Discover and explore the History and Culture behind the Cretan diet with the company of our two executive hosts. Our chef will demonstrate and direct you to making four different Cretan dishes, and our certified sommelier will share with you our knowledge regarding winemaking on Crete. This experience will offer you expertise in making Authentic Cretan Dakos, Handmade Cretan Pasta or Handmade Cretan Pies, a homemade recipe from scratch, and a traditional dessert. At the end of your experience, you will enjoy the recipes you made with wines of our Estate which will pair harmoniously.

    You have a Cooking Class of four different dishes, lunch followed by food and wine pairing with a selection of four wines. The Domaine Paterianakis is located in Melesses, in the Peza wine region, right in the center of Crete. The third generation of the Paterianakis family, Emmanuela and Niki, continues the wine tradition of organic farming, creating authentic Cretan wines with strong personalities. Winery, located within vineyards, is a pioneer facility built so that winemaking that done naturally, exploited by gravity. Guided wine tasting has five different select domaine wines. Taste our tsikoudia from a local grape. Tasting a virgin olive oil and accompanying tasting with a platter of selected Cretan cheeses, deli meat, and handmade marmalade.

    Meals included: Breakfast and lunch with wine. Overnight: Heraklion

  • Day 6

    Heraklion- Free Day and Farewell Dinner

    Heraklion is the largest city of Crete and one of Greece’s major urban centers. Today you will have the opportunity to walk and explore on your own in Heraklion! The city of Heraklion is the commercial center of Heraklion. You can find a variety of variations for your shopping and see its beautiful corners and monuments. In the afternoon, you have a farewell dinner!

    Meals included: Breakfast – Dinner with wine. Overnight: Heraklion

  • Day 7

    Heraklion – Departure

    Breakfast

    Have a nice flight back home! KALO TAXIDI!

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Double rooms 2,157€
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Double rooms 2,157€
Jul 19 2025 Jul 25 2025 8 Single rooms 0€
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Sep 20 2025 Sep 26 2025 8 Single rooms 0€
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Double rooms 2,157€
Oct 04 2025 Oct 10 2025 8 Single rooms 0€
Double rooms 2,157€
Oct 11 2025 Oct 17 2025 8 Single rooms 0€
Double rooms 2,157€
Oct 18 2025 Oct 24 2025 8 Single rooms 0€
Double rooms 2,157€
Oct 25 2025 Oct 31 2025 8 Single rooms 0€
Double rooms 2,157€

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