Feast on the FLAVOURS OF GREECE on a CULINARY TOUR OF CRETE
Visit Chania and Crete Botanical Gardens and take part in a cooking class on this eight-day trip
Discover the best of Greek food and drink on this seven-night guided tour of western Crete. You’ll be based at a modern beach hotel in the pretty town of Kissamos, from where you’ll venture out and taste Crete’s delicious dishes and fresh produce under the expert guidance of your host – a charismatic local restaurateur, Stelios. At a special cooking class at his soughtafter seafront restaurant, Cellar Taverna, you’ll learn how to create some of Greece’s most famous food, including zesty tzatziki and delectable kalitsounia — famous Cretan sweet cheese pies.
You’ll spend time in hillside villages, meeting producers of bold red and aromatic white wines, local cheeses, sweet treats and sensational olive oils freshly pressed from the groves. Long lunches and dinners in traditional Cretan tavernas allow you to relax and savour every bite and sip of the Greek table.
It’s a busy week, with plenty included to explain the culinary roots of Cretan cuisine and how, to this day, some rural
communities remain almost entirely self-sufficient, from growing their own produce and rearing livestock.
THE HIGHLIGHTS TASTE THE FLAVOURS OF CRETE
There’s ample opportunity to try Greek dishes in local tavernas and sample farm-fresh produce, including local cheese, wine and virgin olive oil.
MEET THE PRODUCERS
Venture to hillside villages to meet the Cretans producing some of the island’s most delicious food, from walnuts and honey to a strong Cretan spirit known as raki.
TRY A COOKING CLASS
Join your host Stelios in his acclaimed seafront taverna to rustle up some iconic dishes, then devour them over lunch.
VISIT CHANIA
Pretty Chania, or Hania, is a wonderful old town where you can appreciate the different civilisations that have influenced it over the centuries. It’s another opportunity to sample traditional Cretan cuisine — there’s an incredible choice of restaurants here.