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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15 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: 15 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.”
Crete: Full-Day Cretan Wines, Olive Oil, Raki and Food Tour
7.Full-Day Cretan Wines, Olive Oil, Raki and Food Tour
Review of Crete’s 8-hour wine, olive oil, raki, food, and pottery tour, with family-run stops, lunch, pricing, and practical tips.
“Absolutely amazing! George was an incredibly friendly and knowledgeable guide and covered so much ground in one day. This tour was a highlight of our trip!”
Olive Oil Tasting Tour
8.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.”
Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting
9.Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting
Cook five Cretan dishes with Marianna and Mama Stella, taste olive oil, and share a farm-to-table meal among Crete’s olive trees.
“My friend and I had such a great time at this cooking class with Marianna and her mum at their beautiful farm. We were fortunate enough that it was just us two in the whole class so it made it even more hands on and intimate. We cooked some amazing food and made some incredible memories. I highly recommend this class!!!”
The Delicious Chania Street Food Tour
10.The Delicious Chania Street Food Tour
Taste Cretan specialties, Greek coffee, raki, and local history on a private four-hour walking food tour through Chania.
“Our guide Manos was absolutely wonderful. He managed to give us a history lesson about Greece and the town of Chania while taking us to the very best spots to try the local foods. He was charming, knowledgeable, and entertaining. We highly recommend this tour.”
Heraklion: Food Tastings Walking Tour
11.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!”
Crete: Richtis Waterfall Full-Day Tour with Olive Tasting
12.Richtis Waterfall Full-Day Tour with Olive Tasting
Review of Crete’s Richtis Waterfall tour, with a forest hike, swimming, Cretan lunch, olive tasting, and a 3,250-year-old tree.
“Great day out with George as our guide. Loved the gorge walk to the waterfall. Lunch was lovely and the olive oil tasting and tour was also very good. Overall excellent day”
PRIVATE Walking Tour with Lunch and Wine Tasting by a Sommelier
13.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!”
Heraklion: Cretan Wine Tasting Tour & Gourmet Lunch
14.Cretan Wine Tasting Tour & Gourmet Lunch
Taste 15 Cretan wines, visit two wineries, sample olive oil, and enjoy a gourmet lunch on this small-group tour from Heraklion.
“We went to three wineries, all had delicious wines and cheeses for us to try. The last one had AMAZING food. The meal was absolutely delicious and the view at the third winery was beautiful. Our guide was very knowledgeable and was fun to listen to. Would definitely recommend!”
Rethymno Old Town: A Traditional Cretan Food Tour
15.Rethymno Old Town: A Traditional Cretan Food Tour
Taste Crete through six local food stops, from raki and meze to baklava and lokma, on an intimate evening walk through Rethymno Old Town.
“What a wonderful start to our holiday, the tour felt like an evening out with friends and our tour guide, Reginia (?) kept the conversation flowing all evening. The food was delicious, the venues made us very welcome and overall it was a great experience. We’d never been on a food tour before, but after our experience in Rethymno we will be sure to book one for every future holiday. Thank you!”
