Tuesday & Saturday, Full Day Tours

Excursion is Starting From: Chania Area, Agia Marina, Kolymbari, Maleme, Platanias Tavronitis

Explore the secrets of Wine, Olives and Cretan Knives

Find out all about Cretans Culture and their secrets for a long life on a Day Trip Safari, with the help of our Land Rovers driving by expert English speaking guides.

See how Cretans harvest olives and produce extra virgin oil by visiting an olive mill.

Enjoy a full guided tour for wine tasting and see the whole wine-making process.

Find out all about Cretan knives visiting a 16th century Cretan House and its exhibition. Taste unique home-made food in a small village tavern, served by the locals.

Starting our Day trip Safari to Cretan culture we visit an Olive Mill and then a winery for a guided tour in the Cretan secret for long life! We visit an ancient olive tree which is 3000 years old and an exhibition on the history of olives.

Working up an appetite we arrive at a small village tavern, where we introduce you to Cretan cuisine with plenty of food, wine and warm Cretan hospitality. On the way up to Mesavlia we cross the gorge of Deliana with its picturesque creek nestled amongst lush vegetation. There will be plenty of opportunities to take photos of sheep and goats on our way to the cavernous chapel of Ag. Paraskevi, where we will make a short stop. On the way back we will make our last stop to visit a Cretan house from 16th century, find out all about Cretan knive production process and view its collection…. 

Highlights

* A full-day guided tour of Crete in a Land Rover

* Visit an olive grove, see a 3,000-year-old olive tree and learn how olive oil is made

* Sip wine while being shown how Cretans make wine at a vineyard

* Stop by the chapel of Agia Paraskevi, built atop a huge cave that was a pre-Christian shrine

* Eat a delicious Cretan meal prepared by locals

* Includes hotel pickup and drop-off