Crete: Olive Trail Experience with Tasting & Cooking Class

Immerse yourself in the Cretan lifestyle and culture on an Olive Trail experience. Learn about the importance of olives, explore local olive groves, & taste various Extra Virgin Greek olive oils.
Participate in the most authentic Cretan experience and discover the secrets of the famous Cretan olive oil. Explore local olive groves and traditional paths, visit an award-winning olive mill, and taste various Extra Virgin Greek olive oils.

Start your experience in the olive grove. From the moment you step into the peaceful groves, with the sun above the sky, the birds singing, the breeze and the green-sliver color of the leaves, you will feel closer to nature and to the authentic Cretan lifestyle.

Have the opportunity for a guided tour under the shade of the olive trees where information will be provided about harvesting, environmentally friendly agriculture, nurturing of the trees, and sustainability. Sustainability, sustainable agriculture, and future generations will be core topics of the discussion.

This discussion will be accompanied by drinking local raki, along with some of the olives produced by those same trees. Under the trees, your guide will answer all your questions.

Visit an award-winning olive mill. In the olive mill, see how the olive fruit turns into oil, and learn all about the stages it undergoes: washing, breaking-crushing, malaxation, centrifugation, and bottling.

After exploring the olive mill, take a small traditional 1.5-kilometer trail, that will lead you to the award-winning olive mill. Along the way, have the chance to see centuries-old olive trees, some of them aged 500 to 800 years old.

Don’t miss the chance to observe and touch their impressive roots and trunks and get unique pictures of them. In the last part of the Olive Trail, taste various Extra Virgin Greek olive oils.

Gather in a local tavern, to taste different types of olive oils based on a wide range of olive varieties. Learn how to pair olive oil with food, highlight its aroma, taste, and depth and participate in a cooking masterclass and familiarize yourself with different ways olive oil is used in Cretan cuisine.

Furthermore, tips on how to cook, bake and fry with it will be provided. The best part comes after the cooking masterclass; seat together, enjoy the food, that you will have prepared during this process, and discuss Cretan culture, lifestyle, myths, and of course, olive oil.

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