Village Cooking Class in a family Olive Grove in Messinia Greece
Make your own bread from scratch along with a Greek mum and bake it in a traditional wooden fired oven. Smell the unbeatable aroma of the freshly baked bread and enjoy it with your lunch! There is also the possibility, instead of bread to make another Greek pastry delicacy like a Greek seasonal pita (pie)!
The traditional Greek mum will show you how to make Greek appetizers and food like gemista (stuffed tomatoes and peppers with rice and fresh herbs), or tyropita (cheese pie), beef, lamb or pork cooked in the stone fired oven, along with Greek salad or other seasonal recipes using the freshest of ingredients and of course there are plenty food choices also for vegetarians and vegans.
At the end you will enjoy a full, delicious lunch with everything you made during the Cooking class!
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Village Cooking Class in a family Olive Grove in Messinia Greece
Pickup included
What's included in Village Cooking Class in a family Olive Grove in Messinia Greece
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Indulge yourselves with a one of kind Greek cooking class, and an olive grove as your backdrop. Join us for 3 hour cooking class experience and feast on a mouthwatering full traditional lunch among olive trees! Visit a beautiful family olive grove of a small village, located in the west of Messinia, just 10 minutes away from Costa Navarino Bay and Nestor’s Palace. It is the ideal backdrop to unravel the history, tradition and ancient myths of this historical place. The owners will welcome you with homemade local delicacies while they will narrate you the whole story behind their efforts. Your authentic cooking class in an olive grove is enriched with a unique bread making experience. Find out all the culinary secrets from a Greek mum who will share with you age-old recipes! You will learn stories in the olden days, how they used to make the hilopites (Greek egg pasta) or trachana (Greek fermented milk pasta) only during summer, to last them all through the winter months. A memorable, private and personalized experience exclusively for you and your beloved ones, because, once booked for the day no other guests are added in the experience!
Food Menu
STARTER - Local appetizers and full local lunch
Seasonal salads, local cheese and Kalamata table olives or similar Greek mezedes!
MAIN - Meat with potatoes baked in a wood-fired oven, meatballs or vegetarian dishes
Served with fresh warm bread made by your two hands!
DESSERT - Glyko tou koutaliou (Greek spoon sweet) or diples or any other homemade dessert!
All authentic Greek traditional mouthwatering desserts!
Inclusions
- All Fees and Taxes
- Home-cooked Mediterranean meal such as gemista (stuffed tomatoes & peppers), meat with potatoes in the wood-fired oven, or other seasonal local dishes!
- Local host-certified tour leader / local chef throughout the experience
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Local delicacies
- Local wines white or rose or red from the area
- Cooking class with Bread making
- An Olive Oil tasting may enrich your culinary experience! (extra & upon request)
- Transportation services may be provided upon request and at an extra charge
- Personal purchases from the owner's small shop (optional)
- Tips & gratuities (optional)
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- The culinary experience is provided upon request and depending on availability. In case there is no availability for the day you are interested, the experience can be offered the next available date or choose another similar available experience after coordination.
- In order to organize your experience in the best way, the booking and the full payment must be made the latest 2 days before.
- Transportation is necessary to visit the olive grove which is located 1 hour away from Kalamata and 20' away from Pylos. Please inform us if you have your own vehicle. In other case, we can arrange it with our partners at an extra cost.
- Availability: April - October, from Monday to Sunday, excluding Holy Friday - Easter Tuesday & Greek official holidays.
- A guided tour in the archaeological site of Nestor’s Palace can be arranged, upon request and at an extra charge depending on availability.
- The Extra experiences may be provided upon request, depending on availability and at an extra charge
- Family friendly.
- Please notify us of any special dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, flexiterian, etc.) or any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.).
- Notify us of any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.)
- Wear comfortable shoes and a hat as you’ll spend quite a bit of time outdoors.
Meet
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 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We can arrange and provide to our guests transportation services and pick up services in case they do not have their own vehicle, upon request at an extra charge, after timely coordination. Also, the pick up can be arranged from the place of your accommodation. If you stay at the nearer area of Pylos and you have your own transportation, the meeting point and the address in Google Maps is: Κληρόπουλος - Οικοδομικά Υλικά, Μεταφορές (Kliropoulos - Building Materials, Transportations), 10 km pilou kiparisias Korifasio Messinias, Nestor 240 01, Greece, It is almost 150 metres before the roundabout of: Costa Navarino (on the left) - Gargalianoi village (straight ahead) - Kalamata (on the right).
Meeting / End Points
- Maria, our passionate food lover and local host, will be waiting for you in front of the Port Authority Offices in Kalamata with her vehicle; you will follow her with your own vehicle and start the experience.
