• Region: Heraklion
  • Duration: 8 hours
  • Concept: cognitive, cooking class, active, adventure, safari, nature
  • Tour days: daily
  • Travel style: escorted coach touring
  • Places visited: Shepherd’s Paddock, Aposelemis Dam, Ebassas Gorge, Windmills of Lasithi, Ceramic workshop, Krasi Village, Olive oil factory

Discover with us the traditional life of Crete through local activities such as goat milking and cheese making by visiting our traditional shepherd’s farm. Enjoy an impressive gorge climb, learn through the cooking lessons all the secrets of Cretan cuisine, create your own ceramics, and learn everything about olive oil by visiting a local factory.

Tour highlights:

  • Explore the traditional life of Crete
  • Spend a day full of Impressive mountains and wildlife nature with unique views
  • Take part in cooking and ceramic lessons
  • Learn how to extract olive oil
  • Enjoy Traditional Cretan lunch

How to prepare:

  • Comfortable clothing and walking shoes
  • Sun hat & Sunglasses
  • Sunscreens
  • Jacket
  • Cash for extra costs and personal expenses

NOTES:

  • Not allowed to drink/ eat/ smoke inside the vehicles
  • The use of the seat belt is mandatory

*In case of pregnancy, any health issues, or disability please contact us to reconfirm if this tour is suitable for you.

Cancellation policy:

  • 24 hours or less: no refund
  • 48 hours or less: 50% cancellation fee
  • 96 hours or less: 25% cancellation fee
  • 96+ hours: full refund

Pick-up time is between

8.00 AM – 9.30 AM

Characteristic route to discover the traditional life of Crete through the daily activities of the locals and cooking lessons in local food.

Our first stop is a verdant, representative village of Crete, Potamies. We will be guided in a traditional paddock and we will see the milking of the goats but also many local activities. There we will taste traditional products that we just watched their production.

The next stop is the Aposelemis dam, the largest water supply project in Crete. The village of Sfendili is submerged in the waters of the dam with its impressive old houses fading on the surface of the water. Also a natural wetland with a variety of birds.

We continue uphill on dirt roads to the gorge of Embassa. Impressive mountains and wildlife nature with unique views. Opportunity to collect some local herbs.

It’s time for a cooking lesson from local professional cooks. Participation in the preparation of dishes from pure ingredients and local products.

We proceed to the Lassithi Plateau. A hospitable place with authentic people. Visit a pottery workshop for the secrets of ceramic art as well as participate in the course for the creation of your own ceramics!

Time for a tour of the Plateau and contact with its inhabitants. Stop at the local cafes. And then we enjoy the food that is baked in a wooden oven in one of the best traditional taverns.

Appetizers per 4 people

  • – Greek salad
  • – Tzatziki
  • – Dolmades (stuffed vine leaves with rice)
  • – Bread

Adult menu options:

  • – Pork with potatoes
  • – Chicken with potatoes
  • – Vegetables “Briam” (vegan)

“Everything is baked in a traditional wood oven” WINE AND WATER ARE INCLUDED

Kids’ menu options:

  • – Pork souvlaki with french fries and salad
  • – Chicken souvlaki with french fries and salad
  • – Beef burgers with french fries and salad
  • – Vegetables “Briam” (vegan)

For the kids, we can provide any available other option the client wants upon request.

Desserts:

  • – Seasonal fruits or homemade dessert with raki

“The menu can be changed if there is any allergy”

Descending we stop at the picturesque village of Krasi. Its square is dominated by Fountains and imposing centuries-old plane trees up to 2000 years old (the oldest in Crete).

We end our day with a tour of an olive oil mill and learning how to extract the olive oil. A small taste test will follow!

Having enjoyed a route of beautiful images, we return to your hotel full of unforgettable experiences!

Drop-off hours:

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM


  • Pick up and return to your hotel
  • Land Rover Defender / Toyota Landcruiser vehicle & fuel
  • Experienced and informative drivers in your language
  • Traditional Cretan lunch with local wine and water
  • Cooking lesson
  • Ceramic lesson
  • Any private expenses
  • Fee for the wine tour
  • Fee for the Zeus cave

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