Walking Tour and Cooking Class on Naxos with Local Market Visit
Description
Stroll down the local neighborhoods of Chora, Naxos main town, and learn about local life. In the company of your guide, you’ll make the rounds of the local produce market the way the Naxos people do. Pick and choose your own local, fresh, seasonal produce, bursting with fragrances, colors, and flavor. You’ll be putting your vegetables to good use during the cooking course that will follow. Your route will take you to the cobblestone maze-like alleys of the Chora castle. Visit local shops and sample different kinds of cheeses and liqueurs. Your walk will end at a small traditional taverna where you’ll meet our talented chef. She will show you step by step, how to make traditional appetizers and the renowned Greek salad. Next, comes the greatest part of the tour. We’ll all be sitting down to share the dishes you made yourself, along with another Greek traditional dish prepared by our chef. We’ll raise our glasses, toast each other, and enjoy a day spent in enjoying and experiencing.
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Pickup Locations & Times
The starting time of the tour is set at 10.00 for guests who do not wish to use our pick-up service and choose to meet us at the starting point. For guests who choose the pick-up-and-drop–off add-on, the pick-up time will be sent to them the day before the tour - it will be at approximately 09.15 (depending on the location of your accommodations), and the tour will start at 10.00.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with mobility impairments
Reviews(146)
Amazing tour and fabulous guide! Our family of 4 with 2 teen girls really enjoyed our day exploring Naxos with our guide Hector. Hector was laid back and super approachable and is a wealth of knowledge! He provided a lot of info without overwhelming us and also snapped some pics throughout the day that were later shared with us. The cooking class was a lot of fun and the end results were delicious! The Greek “grandmother” who led the class was very kind. The tour group provides you with the recipes of the dishes prepared as well as a few Greek traditional recipes. I communicated with Anastasia via email in the main office to ensure my daughter’s food allergies could be accommodated and she was so helpful in assuring us that my daughter could fully participate. If you book, I’d strongly suggest to request Hector. He was an excellent guide.
We really enjoyed this tour. Our guide, Hector, gave us a glimpse of local life, the history of the island, and the wonderful food. He was fun, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and interesting. We shopped for local vegetables, tasted local cheeses, walked through the old town, and finished with a fun cooking class and a delicious lunch. We would highly recommend this tour!
This cooking class was super fun! We got a walking tour of the less touristic parts of the town and got to buy the veggies from a local shop. We made a delicious meal with a local Yiayia which was so cool and memorable!
A wonderful experience! We learned a lot about the history and culture of Naxos and the cooking class was fun. I have reproduced the Tsatziki at home:-). The food was delicious as well. I highly recommend booking this activity
Very enjoyable walking tour of Naxos town that ends in a cooking class. Hector was a good guide and it was a great way to spend a morning and to orient yourself to town. Suggestions for improvement: I think the walking tour portion could be shortened to 90 mins without losing any of the experience. I also think the market visit could be skipped; I expected it to be a market but was just a vegetable store, so didn’t really add anything to the tour.
The cooking class was the best. The walking tour was too long by an hour. By the end it felt like stalling bc wasn’t supposed to be at restaurant before certain time. It was expensive.
Hector was a great guide and very informative. The cooking class was great. We made all the dishes we loved during our trip and then got to sit and eat it. It was the highlight of our trip.
We enjoyed our tour with David a great deal and this was certainly one of the highlights of our trip to Greece. It was wonderful learning about the history and culture of Naxos, and having the opportunity to taste cheese and kitron, in addition to the walking tour and cooking class. The cooking class was a lot of fun! David took pictures and sent them to us, as well as all the recipes of the dishes we made and experienced. He is knowledgeable and also so personable that you feel like you've been friends for a long time. I highly recommend this tour!
David, our tour guide, told us a lot and enthusiastically about the history and customs of Naxos during the walk through Naxos city. The cooking class was n nice experience, traditional dishes we cooked under the guidance of an experienced local cook. After cooking we had a nice dinner and could taste everything. This tour is highly recommended!!!
This was a great way to get to know Naxos. You walk through all the neighborhoods along the coast/in Chora and enjoy their quaintness. Then you stop at a market to pick out food. You then walk to a restaurant where a Naxian family teaches you to cook traditional dishes. Our 3 adults and 3 kids (ages 11, 9, 7) all really enjoyed that part! The tour and walking was little long for the younger kids but they endured it with breaks to pet all the cats! Our guide, Hector, was patient and very knowledgeable and gave us great info on all the things we saw!
