Top 6 Lessons & Workshops in Rethymnon Prefecture, Crete

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.

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.

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.

Social Cooperative Enterprise- ΜΑΔΕρΙ A team of 18 artists who are sharing a passion for art. By visiting us you will find handmade and unique art and crafts from our shop. Art Exhibitions, Workshops about Jewellery, Papier Mache, Candle making, Stone sculpture, there are also courses for children and vulnerable groups as well.

I am the only internationally-known artistic woodturner in Greece and I have a gallery and workshop in the Old Town of Rethymno. You can see me working and look at a selection of my finished work. I also run courses for people wanting to learn or improve their woodturning and I demonstrate and teach at exhibitions and seminars in Europe each year.

In my studio you can see how our old, restored, wooden handlooms operate and produce our embroidered fabrics. You will have the chance to weave yourself and create a weaving to take along with you before you leave. I can explain a lot about the history of weaving and crafts of Crete.