Cretan Wine and Spirits

For all you wine and spirits enthusiasts, we have created this tour! All the areas that you will visit are famous for their vineyards and their wine production since the Minoan era. Even today they are considered the largest areas in Greece for cultivating grapes. First stop is of course a winery. A family-owned winery which uses organic methods for cultivating. You will get a tour around the vineyards and the winery and experience wine tasting using 4 wines. Next stop is a unique distillery and then an ancient Minoan wine press. You will visit an authentic raki distillery. Raki is the most famous Cretan spirit. You will enjoy a tour of the distillery as well as a traditional lunch and finish off the tour with a visit to a beautiful village with running rivers in the shade of plane trees to enjoy a refreshing drink.

Included

Pickup from hotel or the closest point accessible.

Transportation by 9 seat Mini bus.

Experienced guide

Tour & tasting at the winery

Tour of the acrhaeological site

Guided tour at the raki distillery

Wine & raki tasting at the Rakokazano

Lunch

The route includes

Winery

Family business
Organic cultivation
Solely Cretan grape varieties
Tour of the vineyard, where the wine is produced and tour of the wine cellar
Optional participation at the production process depending on the period and of course based on safety terms

Wine tasting of 4 wines

Relaxation under the shade, gazing at the vineyards and the olive groves

Raki distrillery

Tour of the surrounding area of the raki distillery
Tour of the inside area of the raki distillery
Display of the distilling methods of raki
Visit to the cellar, followed by wine & raki tasting
Lunch at the traditional raki distillery

Archaeological wine press

Visit to the archaeological wine press which believed to have been built in the 14th century
Picturescue village
Walk around the river
Stop for a refreshment by the river

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