Food Crete
Food Crete

The Ultimate Food Tour of Chania, Chania

Meet the local producers and taste the pure and authentic delicacies of Crete like Olive Oil, Cheese, Bread, Raki and more.

Overview

This will be an unforgettable tasting day for you and your friends exploring the mainland of Chania and discovering the non-touristic locations of Apokoronas province. In a few hours, you’ll have the chance to meet the local producers and taste the pure and authentic delicacies of Crete.

The tour will start from a local olive mill where you will observe the olive oil production and learn the secrets of the finest quality of olive oil, the extra virgin one. Analytic descriptions will make you understand everything about olive oil from harvesting to your palate—exquisite tastes and flavours. Then, leaving the olive mill, you will get in touch with “Tsikoudia” or “Raki” production, the most famous Cretan spirit, by visiting a local distillery in a traditional village. The old conventional distillery tour and the new professional one will give you an idea about “holy water’s” production, and a tasting will follow.

Through a fantastic route passing by villages of the province, you will arrive in the White mountains’ foothills. In the village of Embrosneros, you will first stop in a bakery to taste the local bread, cookies & biscuits and then to a traditional cheese factory. The secrets of “Graviera”, “Anthotiros” and “Mizithra” cheese will be revealed in front of your eyes. After explaining each cheese’s production, you will taste them combined with local honey and rusk (dry bread).

The last stop will be in a local coffee shop (“Kafeneio”), where the Cretans are also enjoying meals. Incredible flavours and traditional recipes are waiting for you in the charming square of the village of Fres. The traditional lunch will introduce you to many elements of Cretan cuisine and gastronomy. People say that taste is our best sense. After this tour, your tasting memory will be increased and full of new flavours!
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Highlights

  • Discover the secrets of the Cretan products
  • Visit small family businesses and meet the local producers
  • Taste the Cretan olive oil, Raki, cheese, honey and a lot of other delicacies
  • Explore a local olive mill, a distillery, a bakery and a cheese factory

Know before you go

Duration
6 hours
Recommended for
All ages
Group
Private
Food & Drink
Lunch Included

What's included

  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Bottled water per person
  • English-speaking, local driver/escort
  • Explore an olive mill, a distillery, a cheese factory, a bakery and more. 
  • Tastings
  • Traditional Cretan lunch

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