CRETE
Crete’s best days out.
The 15 most popular olive oil & wine tasting on Crete — what each day actually involves, what it costs, and the operator running it.
Chania food tour with the ancient Olive Tree of Vouves, honey and olive oil demos, award-winning cheese, and a 20-wine tasting.
Most Popular“The guide was excellent, loved all the details she provided. Enjoyed the tastings and the pies from the bakery”
Land Rover safari in Crete: mountain villages, raki and olive-oil tastings, sunset prosecco, and a taverna dinner with unlimited wine.
“The tour was lovely but our guide “Kosta” just made it fantastic. He was hilarious and went above and beyond to make us comfortable and happy with the experience. He kept us well fed and hydrated and kept the spirits up with lots of funny jokes. The sunset itself unfortunately wasn’t the best due to…”
Chania wine and olive oil tour with snacks: family wineries, the oldest olive tree, extra-virgin tastings, and Tsikoudia in 6 hours.
“Amazing trip! Andres was an awesome guide, and everything we were able to see and do was great. Can't recommend it enough!”
Terra Creta olive oil factory tour in Kolymvari: a guided look from harvest to bottling and tastings of 3 oils in 1 hour.
“Amazing, short and sweet. Learned exactly what we wanted to about the entire process. Got to taste the products and it was well worth it. Our guide was excellent. I’d highly recommend this to anyone of all ages and abilities.”
A day of Crete’s icons: olive oil tastings, Lasithi Plateau views, Zeus mythology, villages, and Knossos by luxury van with door-to-door pickup.
“Marinos was a wonderful guide; we felt the entire tour was authentic, interesting, and filled with local flavors. My entire family enjoyed our day in Crete with him, would highly recommend!”
Chania to Kissamos wine country for olive mill tastings, two family wineries, and the ancient Vouves olive tree.
“This was an amazing experience. Our tour guide, Andy, was very knowledgeable and was a great driver.”
An 8-hour small-group tour in Crete tasting olive oil, Cretan wines, and raki, plus olive mills, lunch, and pottery.
“everything was fabulous. really enjoyed our day!! our driver went out of his way to make sure we had a wonderful experience!! recommend this tour for everyone! the olive oil tasting was amazing, really loved the wines too, but the raki distillery was our favorite!!”
A private hour-long olive oil tasting at Koronekes in Epano Archanes, learning cold-press methods and sampling EVOO, flavored oils, and sweet pairings.
“Visite très instructive et intéressante. Très agréable et passionné Paysage et environnement magnifiques Dégustation agréable.”
Small-group 4WD from Chania to Vouves, Anoskeli, and Milia Mountain Retreat for olive oil, wine, and Cretan lunch.
“We were paired up with a couple from New Jersey . Katie and Alex who were absolutely great. Dimitri our driver was fabulous! He was so well informed about the area we were visiting and made our trip wonderful. Did an olive oil tasting with a wine tasting which was great. After this we went…”
Cook with Marianna and Mama Stella in an olive-grove kitchen, then taste extra virgin olive oil and eat a full Crete meal.
“My family and I had a wonderful experience cooking at the farm. The hostess was so welcoming and sweet. They were very helpful with the meal and it came out so so delicious. Everything was so fresh and authentic. By the time we were eating, the sun was setting which made it beyond perfect. Truly…”
9-hour tour from Rethymnon: Kournas Lake, Argiroupoli springs, and olive oil tastings. Pedalo, swims, and Cretan taverns.
“This was our last trip for the week ans this has been the Best ! Our Guide Lazaros and our driver Konstantinos were really kind and talked to us during the time out of the bus ! Lazaros explanations were great and Konstantinos driving was really safe technical in the mountain roads. The first stop…”
Private 6-hour Heraklion wine tour to Peza: two family wineries, a medieval wine press, and a lunch paired with 12 Cretan wines.
“We had a wonderful day visiting 2 wineries and an ancient wine press with our very knowledgeable guide. The wines were very good and food exceeded our expectations- absolutely amazing! The scenery was stunning and we enjoyed the tours at both wineries. Our only complaint was that this was sold to us as a private…”
Semi-private 4WD wine and olive oil safari from Chania with sommelier tastings, cave and 3000-year olive tree stops, plus scenic lunch.
“The Wine & Olive Oil tasting tour was spectacular! We had an amazing tour guide the was so knowledgeable. We enjoyed driving around the island and learning about all things Crete! The Wine & Olive Oil tasting portion was just the beginning of this amazing tour. We went to an amazing restaurant for lunch with…”
Taste olive oil, Cretan wine, and raki across 4 stops in small groups, with guided tours, lunch, and optional pottery in Crete.
“The entire tour was memorable. Every stop we made we meet the nicest and informative people. The last stop at the Raki was ver special and great food. We would highly recommend this tour. We were picked up from our cruise ship and returned with no problems. Anthony was gracious host.”
Cruise from Heraklion to Dia Island on a luxury catamaran with dinner, Cretan wine, swimming, snorkeling, SUP, and sunset views.
“Amazing experience; Beautiful food; Wonderful crew and skipper!”
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