CRETE
Crete’s best days out.
The 10 most popular farms tours on Crete — what each day actually involves, what it costs, and the operator running it.
Lasithi Plateau day trip: Vidiani Monastery, Lasinthos Eco Park, Krasi springs, olive mill farm, and optional lunch.
Most Popular“Unique experience, very nice, friendly and helpful tour guide (Elena). Perfect time management and professional driver.”
Full-day Crete trip from Heraklion: Knossos Palace, Vidiani Monastery, Lasinthos Eco Park, Krasi springs, plus an olive mill farm.
“Zula (not sure of spelling) who was our guide was brilliant. She was eccentric, engaging and super friendly. The trip was great as they sent a car to pick us up from our hotel which is in the mountains, to take us to the coach. Air con + time to shop at each spot and…”
Hands-on Crete farm cooking near Moires: make a 3-course meal, learn olive oil tasting, then eat with wine under olive trees.
“I wholeheartedly recommend this experience! Marianna and her family are very friendly, nice and laughing, they showed step by step how to make delicious Cretan food which we made practically from start to finish ourselves. The farm and building are beautifully decorated and at the end we learned a lot about the indigenous people of…”
Road-trip from Heraklion to Vidiani Monastery, Zeus Cave, Krasi village, and an olive mill farm. Includes pickup, guide, and comfort.
“Nice trip in the mountains and monasteries but not enough time to visit the cave.wonderfull guide the restaurant was good too”
A guided olive farm walk in Crete with extra virgin tastings and local bites, ending in a take-home oil shop visit.
“We had a good time at this olive farm and it was truly lovely to experience the main fruit of Crete! We learned so much and tasted some amazing olive oils.”
One day from Heraklion to Vidiani Monastery, Cave of Zeus, Krasi, an olive farm, and Knossos with guide-led stops.
“Communication was excellent. Made us aware straight away about Zeus cave was closed for refurbishment and gave us options of what we would like to do. Also got a call the day before to confirm we were OK about the changes. Pick up time spot on. Driver and tour guide were great. Plateau experience was…”
A private 2-hour olive grove and dragon fruit farm tour near Heraklion, with snail-farm sights and a generous tasting led by Alex.
“A visit is definitely worth it. Just to see the dragon fruit bloom, we should have checked beforehand when it bloomed.Auto-translated”
Taste real Cretan farm life in Stylos Village with hands-on cooking, goat milking, cheese making, Diktamos Gorge views, and wine and raki.
“This was our favorite day in Crete . From the moment we met this wonderful family we felt as though we had known them a lifetime. Sofia was a fabulous chef and taught us how to make an incredible dinner. We all had a hands on experience with cooking dinner, touring there incredible farm, milking…”
Olive Oil Festival in Sisi with farm workshops, wood-fired dinner, wine tasting add-on, and live music, with Crete pickup included.
“There is a lot of information to take in, and it can get a bit noisy when there are a lot of people on the tour. Be prepared to spend lots of money on the amazing products available in the gift shop. The buffet dinner was out of this world, and the music and dancing…”
Walk Crete’s sustainable olive groves, taste olive oil, watch cheese-making with Mama Stela, then enjoy a raki-fueled picnic.
“Excellente expérience à vivre. On ressent clairement la passion pour leur terroir. Guide très accueillante et très attentive envers ses "invités", le repas dans le champ d oliviers est un "must" c est une histoire de famille : on se promène dans les cultures de l oncle, la mère et la grand mère sont au…”
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Knossos & Ruins
Hiking & Gorges
