A Day in a Cretan Farm

DETAILED TOUR TIMELINE

• Visit a Cretan Farm

  This Experience will take you to the south of Heraklion region. Among a breathtaking landscape, you will experience a day in an authentic Cretan farm and learn about the traditions of the area from ancient times to the 20th century.

• Learn how to Cook Local Specialties

  You will make and bake bread in the wood oven as people used to do in ancient times. You will also learn how to produce traditional Cretan “tyrozouli” cheese yourselves, from the farm goats’ fresh milk.

  The king of west Crete culinary tradition, the Cretan Pies, could not but be a part of your day in the farm! Your hosts will reveal to you the tastiest secrets of preparing delicious Cretan pies, as well as other typical Cretan specialties.

• Visit the Farm Animals

  Are you ready for the most fun part of your Experience? The farm animals are there for you to feed them, with the help of your hosts. You will milk the goats and collect the hens’ eggs yourselves! Feel free to watch the animals during their everyday life in the farm, while the hosts will explain to you all about a farmer’s everyday tasks in Crete.

• Learn All about the Olive Oil & Raki Production

  The Cretan Olive Oil is present in every traditional Cretan household! Your hosts will talk to you about the Olive Oil production of Crete and the caltivation of the Olive Tree, practiced on the island for thousands of years. They will show you an old traditional Olive Oil Mill and explain the stages of the traditonal Olive Oil making.

  Raki, a local spirit based on grapes, is another significant part of the Cretan tradition, produced in the Cretan households since antiquity! You will explore the ancient way of Raki making in an ancient Still.

• Enjoy Lunch in the Farm

  You will enjoy a wonderful meal, including all the traditional specialties you prepared, as well as unique Minoan – Style specialties cooked on the hearth fire. Fresh and pure vegetables from the farm and fresh eggs!

• Tour Inclusions

  A highly experienced Licensed Guide 

  Your private transportation on a Premium Class Vehicle

  A professional Driver

  All the Experiences in the Farm

  Your Cooking Lesson

  Your 3 Course Meal