Gastronomy Tour from Chania - Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey
Embark on an unforgettable day tour that dives deep into the heart of Cretan culture through its rich and celebrated culinary traditions. Perfect for food lovers, culture seekers, and curious travelers, . Tour Highlights: A Step Back in Time: Marvel at the ancient Olive Tree of Vouves, the oldest known olive tree in the world, estimated to be between 3,000 and 5,000 years old. Local Bakery Visit: Witness the art of traditional Cretan baking firsthand. See how rusks, breads, and other savory treats are made, and savor their irresistible flavors. Olive Grove & Honey Experience: Stroll among ancient olive trees and learn the fascinating story behind Crete’s prized olives and golden honey. Cheese Factory: Step inside a renowned, multi-awarded cheese factory. If cheese production is underway, observe the process; Family-Owned Winery Tour: Explore the Pnevmatikakis Winery, where you'll discover the secrets of Cretan winemaking. Taste a variety of celebrated local wines!
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Gastronomy Tour from Chania - Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey
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The Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves
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
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Get the chance to see from extremely close a cheese factory and check the most delicious graviera cheese that is made with local ingredients from the cretan nature. Moreover, enter a traditional bakery that is producing daily local delicacies suck as cretan rusks, the traditional cretan koulouri and many more.
Visit a traditional olive mill, enter the olive barns of the Papatzanakis Family and get a close look of the olive trees as well as of the factory where olive oil is extracted with the most modern methods (cold extraction). Moreover, get a close look of the honeycombs and check how traditional honey is made. In the end of the tour, get the chance to taste 8 varieties of Honey and the most amazing extra virgin olive oil that you have tasted, alongside with local delicacies such as graviera cheese, baby tomatoes, cretan rusk, olives etc.
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- Pick-up/Drop-Off
- Superior Wine tasting - 8 wines
- Air-Conditioned Luxury Bus
- Olive Oil, Cheese, Honey Tasting
- Full Liability Insurance
- Guiding
- Personal expenses, extra beverages or meals
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Total Duration Includes Travel Time
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 60 minutes before departure time.
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Meeting / End Points
- Upon reservation we will send you the pick up details with voucher name of the bus and the exact time.
