Crete: Sunset or Morning Quad with Local Products Tasting
1.Sunset or Morning Quad with Local Products Tasting
Ride Crete’s coast and mountains by quad, visit Achlada, taste olive oil and honey, and watch the sunset over Heraklion Bay.
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10 Food Tours in Crete to Build a Day Around
The good food tours in Crete go weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: 10 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Crete: Quad Safari, Olive Mill with Tasting & Ghost Village
2.Quad Safari, Olive Mill with Tasting & Ghost Village
Ride Crete’s back roads to an olive mill, abandoned village, and Fodele on a guided quad safari from Agia Pelagia.
“Really nice tour to the mountains, good guidance from our guide Vangelis during the tour.”
From Chania: Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey Tasting Tour
3.Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey Tasting Tour
Review of Crete’s 7-hour food tour from Chania, with olive oil, wine, cheese, honey, bakery tastings, and the ancient Vouves olive tree.
“Linda was awesome. Such a wealth of information. Very relaxing.”
Chania: Old Town Highlights Guided Tour with Street Food
4.Old Town Highlights Guided Tour with Street Food
Explore Chania Old Town with a local guide, tasting Cretan street food, olive oil, cheese, honey, pastries, and traditional drinks.
“This tour was excellent. We learned a lot about Chania's culture, history, and food and, we ate well. Our guide had a lot of passion for Chania, and was easy to be with, well informed and knowledgable. The tour was paced well and she tailored it to our needs. It was a great tour to do on our first day -giving us a thorough overview of the city.”
From Chania: Wine and Olive Oil Tasting Tour with Snacks
5.Wine and Olive Oil Tasting Tour with Snacks
Taste Cretan wines and olive oils, visit family wineries, see a 3,000-year-old olive tree, and enjoy snacks on this Chania day tour.
“Our tour guide Andy was wonderful. He was knowledgeable about the olive oil and wine industry in Greece. He was entertaining and informative about Crete culture. Great tour guide!! Best ever.”
Walking “Food tasting tour” in the town of Chania
6.Walking “Food tasting tour” in the town of Chania
Taste Cretan cheese, bougatsa, olives, raki, sweets and gyros while exploring Chania with a warm local guide.
“Kristos did an amazing job accommodating our last minute same day reservation as well as our food allergies. He was very knowledgeable about both the food we ate as well as the local history. He was professional as well as personable. Come hungry, way more food than we could possibly eat. We really enjoyed the tasting and variety of foods in Chania. We enjoyed walking through the quaint and historical city. Highly recommend this tour.”
Olive Oil Tasting Tour
7.Olive Oil Tasting Tour
Visit Koronekes Olive Mill in Crete for a private olive oil tour, production lesson, and tasting of oils, vinegar, and grape syrup.
“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.”
Heraklion: Food Tastings Walking Tour
8.Food Tastings Walking Tour
Taste Cretan coffee, bougatsa, cheeses, olive oil, meats, wine, and raki on a four-hour food walk through Heraklion.
“Thank you to our lovely and very friendly guide, Eva – she is absolutely wonderful! This 4-hour walking food tour through Heraklion was full of great stops: coffee, sweets, olives, feta and cheese, bread, wine, raki, and lots of delicious meze. We finished the tour full, happy, a little tipsy, and completely in love with Heraklion, Eva, and the whole experience. Highly recommended – thank you very much!”
PRIVATE Walking Tour with Lunch and Wine Tasting by a Sommelier
9.PRIVATE Walking Tour with Lunch and Wine Tasting by a Sommelier
Explore Chania by private car and on foot with mountain views, four Cretan wines, a sommelier, and a generous traditional lunch.
“Fantastic private tour of Chania. Be prepared to try LOTS of traditional Greek cuisine. You will not leave hungry. Wine tasting was excellent and Ms Maria has lots of knowledge about Cretian wine to share. The excellent guide, Nadia, gives you personal time at each stop to make this a truly private and memorable experience. Guide went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable during the very hot day and were treated like members of a family. Highly recommend this tour!”
Sunset Craft Beer & Food Tour – Chania Old Port
10.Sunset Craft Beer & Food Tour – Chania Old Port
Explore Chania’s Old Port with six Greek craft beers, a full Cretan tasting menu, local stories, and sunset views in a small group.
“Great tour. Experience great food pairings, knowledgeable tour guides & great company. Traveling alone for business & was a relaxing tour of old town & little bits of beer history to ponder on. I found a new love for craft beers! Bravo Bonnie and Clyde!”