Olive Oil Festival: Discover Cretan Culinary Traditions

Experience the Olive Oil Festival in Cretan Farm and indulge in a traditional dinner. Immerse yourself in the rich history of olive oil production and savor the flavors of Cretan cuisine.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Heraklion - Pick up: We will start collecting participants from pick-up points. Depending on the place of your hotel/apartment the bus drive will differ.
What's Included
  • Wine Tasting
  • Gourmet Dinner
  • Air-Conditioned Transportation
  • Expert Tour Guide
  • Professional Chauffeur
  • All Included Fees and Taxes
  • Local Farm Host Experience
  • Comprehensive Insurance Coverage
What's Not Included
  • Shopping - Local Products Farm Market
Additional Information

Join an event focused on Olive Oil, which is often referred to as the essence of life. Olive oil production on this particular island traces its roots back to 3500 BC, during the Minoan era. The Festival is organized in an ancient farmhouse situated in Sisi Village, offering breathtaking views over the Cretan Sea. Throughout this excursion, attendees…

Location
Heraklion
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sandrinebb666pd
May 31, 2024
To discover absolutely - The bus ride is long if you come from Lygaria. Don’t worry, the return is much faster, but the experience is worth it!! We had an excellent evening, discovering the making of olive oil, making soap, making honey, the extremely good and local buffet meal! The Cretan dance evening is really great! A special prize for Lisa, our French-speaking guide, a person of great kindness, empathetic, available, many thanks to Lisa for this very beautiful evening.🥰
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Raulrj194rm
Nov 1, 2023
GREAT tour: Olive oil, music, dance and food - Excellent tour. More than punctual. The location outside downtown Heraklion is just perfect for this kind of tour. We were shown the olive oil production process, we had a great LIVE show/music, we were able to dance and the food was quite good. The views were very good.
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Missyjuk
Sep 12, 2023
Excellent night - totally worth the money!! - Fabulous night out - beautiful setting, quality food, free flowing wine, excellent entertainment! Would highly recommend! They even added a special birthday mention for my husband!
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Benjaminfc9704dq
Sep 3, 2023
Great night traditional Greek dancing and olive oil tour - Brilliant night the olive oil tour is really good and they showed us how they make soap with olive oil, the food was really nice with a large variety, the dancing was very entertaining great fun thank you
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Zoia999
Sep 7, 2022
Unique experience! - Unique experience, great food. Very interesting guided tour. Wide variety of high-quality Cretan products.
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989phils
Jul 3, 2023
"Oil" give it a go!! - The trip around the olive oil factory was interesting if a bit crowded and noisy. We had a soap production demo and a chance to sample the products as we were led around the shop as usual in these type of places! The food and unlimited wine was actually very nice and LOTS of it, a good variety of dishes and flavours and no complaints from me there! The dancing and music, to my ears, was definitely cheesy and typical and the dancers could have looked a bit happier to be there at times! Although I chose not to dance many others did and from the looks on most of their faces they were having a whale of a time including my wife who bounced and two-stepped her way around the dance area for a good while!! . Nice staff, good hospitality and an evening that I really can't complain at for the money! . Would I book again? In all likelyhood I probably would! It was fun and a nice way to spend an evening!
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Gareth
Aug 17, 2024
Not Quite as Advertised - First off, to me I read the itinerary as saying that it will take 30 minutes to travel from Heraklion to the event. Though it does say this can vary depending on how many people you are picking up and traffic, I still would expect it to be within the 30-60 minute range. It took us over 2 hours our bus to get there from our hotel in Heraklion. And about 1 and 45 minutes to get back. So if you’re thinking of doing this and you’re coming from Heraklion you need to consider whether this is worth it. That said, for us it was worth it in the end. Upon arrival, after a short sit down, we started the workshops. This is advertised to last 1 hour 30 minutes. It lasted us around 45 minutes. About 10-15 minutes at the soap and honey section and then about 20 minutes at the olive oil station. There was no raki station as advertised and no explanation given as to why not. Each one we did was interesting enough. There was also no wine tasting as advertised. There were two bottles of wine on the table but that’s not really wine tasting. There was no lesson on the production of the wine as advertised. And again no explanation as to why this wasn’t happening. The food was fantastic though. A nice selection of Greek food. Now where things really came to life was when the dancing started. They put on a great show but what really made it great was when we could all join in. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this. There are also a few surprises along the way which I won’t spoil. So, for us at least, we had a great night. However, if you want what is advertised then you might be sorely disappointed. Especially if you have to spend 4 hours on a bus. If you’re staying closer to the venue then travel time will be shorter. So if you’re like us and you like a good food and a dance then you might think it’s worth it. If not then I would give it a miss as the experience is lacking in most other areas. The event starts at 7pm and finishes at 11pm.
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Raghunathbk
Jun 30, 2022
RIp Off ! MIssold the trip - Paid £104.44 for 2 people in advance. NO Soap production or RAKI production as put in the description. OVERPRICED AND NOT WORTH THE MONEY ! Rang and emailed them re the trip and owner failed to recognise or admit. Couldnt hear the Honey demo as such a large group and demonstrator didnt speak loudly enough. Best not to book and pay through this medium. Really only paid for the meal. Dessert was fruit and Cretan dumplings. Try to get at a cheaper price as apparently only one farm runs this. The Olive Oil production was well explained. The dancing with a young boy was nice. Really could have provided more entertainment and better service. Below average service and trying to cut costs. Spent a lot in their shop - sad that the owner didn't apologise. Got a lift home early.
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