Crete Local Tour: History, Culture, and Real Life

As natives, we possess extensive knowledge about the area’s history and culture. This knowledge is highly valuable in providing visitors with an authentic insight into life on Crete.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Paraschakis Olive Oil - Crete - The Olive oil factory, which is located in Melidoni, is one of a kind olive oil factory, with state of the art facilities. You have the opportunity to tour for free in three different mills in our olive oil factory. The technology, the know-how and the strict specifications allow us to have high-quality results
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • English-speaking driver
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Tea and coffee
  • Tour guide
Location
Paraschakis Olive Oil - Crete
Melidoni Geropotamou
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Excursion45685707399
Jul 31, 2024
Travel to Rethymno - It was all great the driver Kostas great driver with a lot of experience and I say this because I am driving the car in very good condition the places that took us got knowledge and pictures that will keep us unforgettable I wish to see them again thank you for everything
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Karen
May 10, 2024
Excellent tour! Can’t speak highly enough about Kostos. - Spectacular tour today with Konstantinos (Kostos)!! So very happy to have met Kostos and to spend the day with him. We went to a variety of interesting places and learned many new things. I really enjoyed the Tour of Traditional Olive Oil Factory near Melodoni where Joanna Paraschakis the owner, gave us a fabulous tour explaining the historical changes in production of olive oil through the ages. A lovely tasting and we brought some home with us. We went to the Honey Museum near Melodoni and learned information about bees and honey production. We also went to a pottery village in Margarites. Eleni, who is second generation potter, made a piece of pottery and decorated it while we watched. We bought 2 pieces which Eleni carefully wrapped for us to take home. Pottery is her life and she is a talented artist full of heart. Kostos took us to the caves in Melodoni and gave us great background information about what we were seeing and the story behind it. We had a wine, cheese amd olive tasting and bought some of everything we tasted. Finally we went to Rethimno, Kostos’s home town and gave us a personal tour through the streets of the town. He took us to his favourite souvlaki place and it was delicious!! Kostos is a happy, flexible and accommodating professional tour guide with a great sense of humour and outlook on life. Kostos made our day very special! A highlight of our trip. Thank you, Konstantinos
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V4872wdstevenm
May 10, 2024
Rethymno tour. Great day - My wife and I were with Konstos for the day going to the Cave, Olive Oil, and honey tasting as well as Rethymno. He is a wonderful guide. We had a great time. He showed us things that helped to make our day special. Thank you
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Holly_p
Mar 14, 2022
My favorite day in Greece! - This was my favorite day in Greece! We met such amazing people, each stop was fascinating and it was an honor to see the beautiful things they made. We especially loved the ceramics, as we got to meet the woman that made them and she spoke about how her family has been doing it for generations. The monestary was also fascinating, and I’m so glad we got to go. Our tour guide was wonderful, very relaxed, kind and knowledgeable. I’d certainly go on anouther tour with him again! He went out of his way to stop and find us an extra suit case (since we bought so much stuff we needed one more!!) and catered to us wonderfully. It made the day feel so special. We couldn’t recommend this tour more!
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John_h
Jul 30, 2024
Maybe consider a different way to spend your day - The pottery demo and visit was really good. The very highlight of the day. The honey and olive oil experiences were...lacking. The olive oil tour was led by the daughter of the owner and was done as quickly as possible and without much enthusiasm for giving a tour. We felt as though we had interrupted her day. The honey tour was brief but very well done. Great tasting after the tour and really kinda cool. Our guide for the day was not very talkative. Not much information was offered and what was was because we asked. He was kind but just not much of a tour guide. I can't recommend this tour.
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From $598 (Per Group)
up to 7 guests
1 Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).