CRETE · FARM TOURS
The ones worth booking.
The 8 crete farm tours worth setting a morning aside for. Each one visited and written up plainly, with what you actually do on the farm, the prices, the run times and who runs them.
Guided Lasithi Plateau road trip with Vidiani Monastery, Lasinthos Eco Park, Krasi springs, and an Olive Mill Farm plus optional Knossos.
Most Popular“Packed day but not too rushed. Saw lots of interesting places and our guide was very informative.”
Hands-on Cretan cooking with Marianna and Mama Stella, plus extra-virgin olive oil tasting. Farm meal, wine, recipes by email. 4 hrs.
“Best experience!! We had a group of 8- ages between 12 and 78. Everyone loved the cooking class. We made so much delicious food. Marianna and Stella were amazing teachers and when it was time for class to be over we were sad to leave their company.”
Hands-on Cretan cooking at a family olive farm: a 3-course meal, premium olive oil tasting, local wine, and take-home recipes in 4 hours.
Visit a family olive farm in Crete for a guided grove-and-mill tour, then taste award-winning olive oil with local delicacies.
“Loved our olive oil tasting experience! Knowledgeable, friendly staff. We had a great day and the Olive oil was delicious!”
A short, self-guided olive oil farm visit near Agios Nikolaos with museum stops and free tastings of oil, honey, raki, and more.
“A really lovely experience! The tour guide was so knowledgeable and we learned new things about olive oil production and even carob. The tasting at the end was a highlight – olive oil, olives and honey, all delicious. The shop was very reasonably priced too, so excellent value. Highly recommend!”
Farm-cooking day in Stylos, Crete: sheep and goats, cheese and olive oil know-how, gorge views, then lunch with wine, raki, and song.
“Very good is not enough, it was real and fantastic! We felt really like part of the family. We started cooking the delicious food with Sofia and Nikos showed us around the village. The family does everything! From beekeeping, wine, raki, the farm, the vegetables, the cheeses and the incredible olive oil (you'll be surprised…”
A hands-on Crete farm visit with olive harvesting, extra virgin oil tasting, Cretan cheese-making, and a family picnic with raki.
“The tour was really nice! Especially because it's a private tour so it was just the two of us. They prepared real Cretan food which we had not tried before on the island. It was really delicious! The stories about the farm were really interesting and it was great to learn more about olives. We…”
Make olive oil the old Cretan way at Spiridi’s 130-year-old farm, crush and press olives, taste the result, and take home 100ml.
“I brought a group of women here to experience a day of Cretan magic. From the moment I inquired about booking, Tassos and his staff were very professional and accommodating. We did the olive pressing which was very informative and loads of fun. We then made goat cheese with a shepherd and even milked the…”
Working farms, orchards, vineyards and spice gardens, region by region.
