Crete: Sunset or Morning Quad with Local Products Tasting
1.Sunset or Morning Quad with Local Products Tasting
Quad sunset tour from Agia Pelagia with a driving lesson, Achlada ghost village, and olive oil, olives, honey tasting in Crete.
Category Food & Drink
Crete · FOOD & DRINK
The 15 Best Food and Drink Experiences in Crete
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Eating is the point of a Cretan week, and the good tours know it. Street food through Chania old town, olive mills with tasting rooms, cheese and honey stops in the hills, wine poured until someone takes the keys. Here is what each includes, how many stops it makes, and which ones amount to a full meal.
Crete: Quad Safari, Olive Mill with Tasting & Ghost Village
2.Quad Safari, Olive Mill with Tasting & Ghost Village
Half-day quad safari in Crete with cliff views, a working olive mill tasting, Achlada ghost village, and Fodele orange break.
“Awesome experience!! Initially I was hesitant as it was rainy but they had ponchos and went another route to avoid the steep areas and we had a phenomenal trip. The views, the tour of the ghost town was educational and so interesting. I would definitely recommend this as a top must do when in Crete!!”
From Chania: Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey Tasting Tour
3.From Chania: Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey Tasting Tour
Taste Cretan staples across olive groves, ancient Vouves tree, a cheese factory, honey making, and a winery, with hotel pickup from Chania.
“Linda was very engaging and entertaining and courteous. The trip was very interesting and informative, travel was comfortable and sights were beautiful. Would recommend as a day trip”
Heraklion: Olive Farm Tour with Tasting of Local Delicacies
4.Heraklion: Olive Farm Tour with Tasting of Local Delicacies
Tour Kleanthi olive farm in Skalani near Heraklion. Walk ancient groves, see a modern mill, then taste Cretan olive oil with local foods.
“The experience was exactly what we were looking for. We rented a car, so getting there was easy. We needed a short visit as we had other plans, and it was perfect. The olive oil tasting and other regional products exceeded our expectations! Highly recommended!”
Chania: Old Town Highlights Guided Tour with Street Food
5.Chania: Old Town Highlights Guided Tour with Street Food
Taste Cretan street food while walking Chania Old Town. Venetian, Renaissance and Ottoman stories plus market stops in 4 hours.
“Elene did a wonderful job showing us around and talking about the culture. Our food stops were amazing! I would highly recommend this tour, especially with Elene!”
From Chania: Wine and Olive Oil Tasting Tour with Snacks
6.From Chania: Wine and Olive Oil Tasting Tour with Snacks
6-hour Chania tour with family wineries, olive oil factory tasting, Vidiano and Muscat of Spina wines, and the 3,000-year-old olive tree.
“The wine and olive oil tasting tour was amazing and very well organised. I would definitely recommend doing this, especially if it’s your first time wine/olive oil tasting and you want to do something a little different. Our tour guide, Kostas, was very friendly and down to earth - he made everyone feel comfortable , told us many great stories and had lots of knowledge to share. Overall it was a great experience.”
Walking “Food tasting tour” in the town of Chania
7.Walking “Food tasting tour” in the town of Chania
Walk Chania’s Old Town and taste bougatsa, cheese, olives, sweets, coffee, and raki on a small 2.5 hour food tour.
“This was one of the best foodie walking tours we’ve been on! Christoph was exceptional and made us feel very relaxed and welcome. He was very informative about the area and local produce. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves with our group. Thank you Christoph 😊”
Crete: Full-Day Cretan Wines, Olive Oil, Raki and Food Tour
8.Full-Day Cretan Wines, Olive Oil, Raki and Food Tour
Full-day Crete tasting tour with olive mill oil, organic wines, ancient-press raki, traditional lunch, and Thrapsano 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!!”
Olive Oil Tasting Tour
9.Olive Oil Tasting Tour
Private olive oil tasting in Epanos Archanes, Crete. Learn cold-press methods, taste EVOO and petimezi. About 1.5 hours.
“What an amazing experience, such wonderful and knowledgeable owners/hosts who obviously put their hearts and souls into making the best olive oil using the much more labor intensive method of hand sorting olives and pressing and not the much faster commercial centrifuge methods. We learned so much about what determines good and high quality olive oil.”
Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting
10.Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting
Hands-on Cretan cooking on an olive farm with Mama Stella, plus olive oil tasting, local wine meal, and take-home recipes by email.
“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 a magical experience.”
The Delicious Chania Street Food Tour
11.The Delicious Chania Street Food Tour
Taste Cretan street food and sip Greek coffee on a private 4-hour Chania walk with market tastings and history stops.
“Wonderful get-to know Chania type of event via local food.. Eleni, our tour person, was local as you can get. She’s born in Chania and her family generation is from Chania. She talked about their culture and tradition while we did multiple stops for food and drinks. She’s super friendly and very welcoming. We were stuffed by the time the tour ended! Lots of food! Highly recommended!”
Heraklion: Food Tastings Walking Tour
12.Heraklion: Food Tastings Walking Tour
Taste Cretan classics across Heraklion with ellinikós coffee, bougatsa, cheeses, olive oil, wine, and raki on an easy 4-hour walk.
“I loved our guide, Mya, she was very knowledgeable about the local culture and the food was amazing. Would highly recommend her!”
Rethymno: Cretan Wine Tasting Guided Tour with Local Food
13.Rethymno: Cretan Wine Tasting Guided Tour with Local Food
Rethymno wine tasting in a 19th-century cellar with 5 Cretan wines, local cheeses and bites, guided by Antigone.
“Our guide Antigone Was very knowledgeable and nice. She explained everything about Greek wines to us and we even had some small talk about our vacation and she gave us some advice on nice beaches.”
Crete: Richtis Waterfall Full-Day Tour with Olive Tasting
14.Richtis Waterfall Full-Day Tour with Olive Tasting
Richtis waterfall hike, swim, lunch and wine in Crete. Small-group 4x4 from Elounda, plus olive tasting at Europe’s oldest olive.
“Amazing! We both really enjoyed it, would definitely recommend it to anyone who’s interested.”
PRIVATE Walking Tour with Lunch and Wine Tasting by a Sommelier
15.PRIVATE Walking Tour with Lunch and Wine Tasting by a Sommelier
Private walking tour in Chania with a hilltop coffee stop, a sommelier-led Cretan wine tasting, and a big lunch in Old Town.
“Nasos provided us with a great experience getting to sample Cretan wine and food while touring the beautiful old town of Chania. I would highly recommend this tour.”
Heraklion: Cretan Wine Tasting Tour & Gourmet Lunch
Rethymno Old Town: A Traditional Cretan Food Tour
Moires: Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting at a Family Farm
Sarakina Gorge, Kritza, Oliveoil Tasting, Mountains, South Coast
Chania Food Stories Half-Day Tour inc. tastings & drinks
Sunset Craft Beer & Food Tour – Chania Old Port
