Cheese and Wine Tasting Tour From Chania
Description
Explore the unique culinary paths of the Cretan culture. This excursion is a must for a closer look at the secrets of the traditional Cretan way of living where you will explore the traditional tastes of Cretan nutrition. Visit a local bakery where we will have the chance to get a closer look at how Cretan traditional savories (rusks, bread, etc) are made. Visit an Olive grove where we will examine the olive trees and learn how Cretan honey is made. Visit a traditional multi-awarded cheese factory. If it is not the cheese-making period, we will be able to enter, otherwise, our guide will tell you everything about the cheese-making procedure before our superior tasting experience. Get ready for a superb gastronomical experience as you will have the chance to taste a traditional platted with olive oil, tomatoes, olives, cheese, honey, and more that are going to provide you with a first-class experience of the Cretan nature.
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In the village of Ano Vouves, you can admire the oldest recorded olive tree in the world, proclaimed as a natural monument. Although scientists can not be absolutely sure, its age is estimated between 3000 and 5000 years and still remains alive, fructifying until today. It had as a base a wild olive tree, and then became domesticated by humans via Tsounati variety. Its bole, chiseled by time as a sculpture, has a circumference of 12.5 meters and a diameter of 4.6 meters.
Explore the unique culinary paths of the Cretan culture. This excursion is a must for a closer look to the secrets of the traditional Cretan way of living where you will explore the traditional tastes of the Cretan nutrition. Our tour includes : A visit to a local bakery where we will have the chance to get a closer look of how Cretan traditional savouries (rusks, bread etc) are made. A visit to an Olive grove where we will examine the olive trees and learn how Cretan honey is made.
Pnevmatikakis Winery is a family run winery in Kissamos, with many years of experience, expertise and extensive presence and contribution in Cretan wine making. You will have the chance to learn amazing things regarding the wine making tradition of Crete. Moreover, you will taste many varieties of locally made and awarded wine from the collection of the winery together with local delicacies that accompany these amazing spirits. Bear in mind that as the winery is open for families, kids are served with a special platter and drinks, selectively crafted by the winery family!
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
You will receive the voucher with pick-up details (pick up time & pick up point) one day before your tour. Pick up from your hotel or close to your hotel. Please check your email the previous day.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The remaining hours is for travel time from each place to another
Reviews(11)
Well worth it. Most enjoyable and informative. Our guide, Linda, was excellent and most knowledgeable. Highly recommend it. Scenic views fabulous
We very much enjoyed our tour. Our guide,Sonya, was friendly and knowledgeable about the area and the stops. We had plenty of time at each place to explore and enjoy some wonderful bread, cheese, olive oil and honey. We also got to taste wine from a local winery. The bus we took was too small and it felt very overcrowded and stuffy. That was the negative of the day. I would recommend this trip
The tour was great and our tour guide was very informative and shared many details about this beautiful island. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because my pick up time wasn't communicated to me just the overall start time and since I was one of the last stops, I had to sit and wait for an hour to be picked up.
This was a fun and inexpensive way to see some of the Crete countryside and taste a lot of honey, cheese, and wine! It went to family owned, small producers in picturesque villages in the hills. The only downside is that it is a full, big (comfortable) bus and makes about an hour of pick up stops at the hotels outside Chania, though they are all on the way to the villages. So there are about 40-50 people with you. But the guides handle it well and it all feels personal and warm and local. Especially appreciated the chance to try so many varieties of local Cretan wine, some of which is unique to the Chania area.
A really pleasant and informative day about the island, its food, its history, its olive trees and bees. We learned so much! Our guide was dynamic and super friendly. It felt like we did loads in a few hours: visit the world’s oldest olive trees, the bakery, the cheese factory, the bee keeping place, the olive oil factory, the tasting, and the winery and wine tasting! So much was packed in one day. Great value for money. You’ll need cash for the bakery but everywhere else accepts cards. Super super day!
Very good value for money. Knowledgable guide and varied experience. Good value products to buy and 18 self service wines to taste.
Very interesting facts, cheese, honey and bakery very nice. Best bit was wine tasting, was really delicious especially the rose wine! Would recommend!
This was an incredible experience! Our tour guide taught us so much about Chania. Bring cash for the bakery or you won’t be able to buy anything (that was unfortunately us!). The cheese, wine, & honey were amazing!
I really enjoyed my experience on this tour. I felt like I got a better understanding of Cretan history and regional products. The bus was very comfortable and continent, the guides were also very friendly. I would recommend eating a good breakfast before this tour, depending on the size of the group it can take over an hour to get to the first stop. All in all, I really enjoyed my time on the tour and highly recommend it.
I booked this for my father and he enjoyed the tour very much. He got on at the bus stop agora and it took roughly 1,5 hours until they picked everyone up and gpt to the old olive tree. The tour guide was great and he enjoyed all the stops. I advise everyone on Tripadvisor to be wary of prices on other tours, because these third-party-vendors overcharge terribly.
