The 10 Best Lessons & Workshops in Crete, Greece

Olive oil enthusiast or expert? Passionate about a healthy diet or vegetarian? Friend of the Cretan culture and diet or just curious about natural products? In any case, you are in the right place to get all the answers. Located in the heart of Kolymvari region, just 20 minutes drive time from the city of Chania, Terra Creta can give you a total "olive oil experience" at its innovative, state of the art & certified facilities. From harvesting to production in the olive mill, and from bottling to a guided olive oil tasting, visitors can experience and learn about every aspect of our precious juice of the olive fruit, the quality Cretan olive oil. Please note thatr olive mill is operating only from October to February. All the other months is open for visitors and the extraction procedure is been analysed thoroughly from our quides. Further information and tips about best use and storage are provided by our highly skilled personnel, also throught flyers in English, German, French and Russian. Visitors can purchase high quality Terra Creta olive oil of different labels at our store, along with balsamic vinegar and Greek olives in a variety of travel-safe packaging. Upon request, we can send purchased products to a given address via courier service with excellent rates and safe packaging. You will have a chance to sample a variety of appetizers after the olive oil tasting, free of charge. IMPORTANT NOTICE - Please keep in mind that the tour of 12:45 is a combined tour with another large group, while those at 10:30 and 14:30 are individual tours with 2 to 20 people. Trouble-free transfer to our facilities can be arranged. There is no charge for children under 16 years of age. We also offer a special discount for groups of more than 8 adults. CRETAN OLIVE OIL TASTING PRO SEMINAR Join the ranks of olive oil connoisseurs for a PRO organoleptic evaluation and learn how to tell by the taste which olive oil is excellent or has a defect, which is more fruity and which one is better for your health! Finish your seminar with a blind tasting and enrich your knowledge on the real olive oil world. Tailor made seminars can be organized upon request (from two to eight people)

Discover the secrets and joys of cooking delicious local dishes, using fresh seasonal ingredients in a relaxed and fun way. Our cooking lessons are designed for those who love good food, wine, good company and nature as much as we do!Key feature of the Cretan diet is the high consumption of extra virgin olive oil. Olive oil has monounsaturated fatty acids, which decrease blood cholesterol levels and protect from cancer (Simopoulos & Robinson, 1998) and cell degeneration, due to its Ω-3 (linolenic) and Ω-6 (linoleic) fatty acids, concentration of vitamins E and A and more than 600 antioxidative substances.Wine consumption is protects against cancer and degenerative diseases and can decrease mortality rates from coronary diseases by 15 to 60% (Cordon 1983, Rimm 1991).

The purpose of Cretan Miracle Diet & Cuisine is through high quality services, to provide unique experiences highlighting the Cretan diet as a cultural value, as a way of healthy eating as a lifestyle.The Cooking Lessons on Traditional Cretan Cuisine are organized to be implemented in Skoteino Village, Gouves, Old Hersonisos Village and Koxari Village, as also in your place!

Workshop in old town of rethymno, with unique handmades ceramics from traditional desing from Asia Minor. We give leasons of ceramic art. For more information contact with us.

Adventure Crete offers professionally organized activities for guests in Crete . Besides safari excursions in jeeps, we have watersport activities, Segway tours, boat tours and yacht rental on the supply list . Safari : Far from a boring standard itinerary we want to offer our guests unforgettable moments. You will exerience and learn in the unique nature , ancient ruins new things

Food themed small group holidays and outdoor activities with a "slow" philosophy. Our collection of holidays and day workshops have been lovingly picked by hand, so you can immerse yourself in the local food culture. We’d love to invite you on a relaxing holiday or a day workshop where you’ll meet the real flavours of Greece and return home with wonderful new foodie skills and knowledge.

Discover local tastes, traditional recipes and more activities concerning the food culture!! The Cretan Gastronomy organise educational and evidence-based programs for children and adults. You can follow activities, like local products tasting , culinary demonstrations, cooking shows and lessons, olive oil seminars, wine tasting. Special during the winter, educational programs for schools and students. Join us and learn about the Cretan diet and its benefits. We have Info point about the Cretan Diet and the culinary culture & tourist information. We organise food- routes and visits in Crete, tailor program and transfer available. Participate in olive oil harvest and grape harvest, join a chesse maker, and more local festivities. Also, visit our library with free access to audiovisual material and wi-fi.

ARCHAEOLOGY WORKSHOPS At archaeolab, we give you the opportunity to know several options of the science of archaeology. Dig with us or try our experimental archaeology workshops.

Every Saturday from 15:00 to 18:00 there is a collective cooking of traditional dishes. The first hour is spent in picking vegetables and herbs from the gardens. Courses: 45 Euros per person (Bread making + 2 seasonal dishes) (4-8 persons). The products that have been produced are incorporated into meal-dinner free of charge.