Tour of western Crete with winery and olive oil estate

Excursions & day trips

Crete, Greece

from 18 reviews

4.6/5

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Language: English , Italian

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Duration:2 hours

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You'll get to taste wines and local delicacies at a highly regarded family-run winery

Learning about organic olive oil production is brought to life on an olive oil estate tour

A chance to soak up the sun on Falassarna beach, voted one of Europe's best beaches

There's time to enjoy a traditional lunch made with local produce at a seaside restaurant

Your expert local guide has an unrivalled knowledge of Crete and its gastronomy

What to expect

From quality local produce to postcard-perfect beaches, western Crete has it all. This full day tour showcases the area's best bits, with wine tasting at Karavitakis Winery, sampling organic olive oil at the Biolea Estate and relaxing on Falassarna beach. Vasso, one of our expert local guides, says: ‘This is one of my favourite excursions, as it gives a good taste of many aspects of Cretan scenery, lifestyle and monuments. You get to visit an olive oil factory and a winery that produces some of the best wines in Crete'.The day starts with some viticulture on a guided tour of the family-run Karavitakis Winery. Delight your taste buds by sampling local wine and tasty snacks at the state-of-the-art visitor centre. Next, you'll head for lunch to a traditional Cretan restaurant by the sea, where food is prepared using locally sourced products. Plus, you'll have some time to relax on the blond sands of blissful Falassarna beach, which, says Vasso, ‘has been voted as one of the best beaches in Europe several times'.You'll then be taken to the Biolea Estate, a family-owned olive oil factory that specialises in the artisan production of organic olive oil. Find out everything you need to know about olive oil production, from how the olives are grown to how the oil is pressed and then bottled. What's more, your visit contributes to a local business and helps the wider island economy.

What's included

Transport

Escort

Lunch

Wine tasting

Local delicacy tasting

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Bring bathing gear and sunblock

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Based on 19 reviews from verified customers

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Maxine and Nigel

September 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 41 years old

Excellent

Maria , tour guide was lively and very informative. The day ran smoothly, allowing good time at each venue.

Moloney Diarmuid

September 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

Excellent

Not rushed. Guide was informative and itinerary bgood

Helen

September 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

Excellent

My gluten free diet was catered for, but the chicken was very dry at lunch. It would have been nice to have larger wine samples when we were tasting. I think we only got about 30ml. It would have been nice to have more time at the winery. The gluten free bread at the olive oil tasting was amazing ! Even with the small negatives, the trip was still very good value for money.

Helen

September 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family - 45 years old

Excellent

Loved the variety from the beautiful Monastery the wine tasting where they were so welcoming & wonderful wines. The old olive tree is a must see. Lovely meal at the beach with an hour after to relax. Very interesting at the olive oil factory, would recommend the lemon flavour. Maria our guide was excellent in her knowledge & so helpful & friendly.

Elaine & Steven

September 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Excellent

Taxi arrived 20 minutes late then spent 1 hour going to pick up other passengers who failed to turn up. Quite stressful really at the time. Once we got on the coach the trip was great but one fault, very poor air conditioning so the journey wasn't very comfortable but the trip itself was brilliant, enjoyed it very much

Jay

July 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 50 years old

Great

Ours was a Polish English trip. Tour guides were good although not always easy to hear/understand English speaking guide at the back of the coach. Tours at te stops were only in English with no (or v little) Polish translation. Intereting stops. Good lunch at beach but this took a long time out of beach stop. Coach very cramped - had to sit with legs apart the whole time with bags on our laps. A good day out however!

Lea

May 2024

From United States of America

Traveled as With friends - 47 years old

Excellent

olisin toivonut karttaa mistä näen missä olemme ja mihin menemme.

Taffies on holiday !

September 2023

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple

Great

The trip itself was very good, with an excellent wisit to the winery and the olive factory. The only downside was were were picked up first and dropped of almost last last which made for a very long day. Can't see a way around that as we covered a lot of miles.

Rusty

September 2023

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

Excellent

Well organised - interesting commentary along the way - the wine experience was good and well explained - the lady at the olive oil factory was brilliant a really entertaining experience - lunch was simple but ok and the beach lovely.

Alemap42

August 2023

From United States of America

Traveled as As a couple

Great

We enjoyed the winery but the first stop to the monastery wasn't mentioned when we booked and we really could have skipped this bit and stayed longer at Falasarma . Plus if you had done the beach first with lunch and the winery last, I mean who wants to taste wine at 10am on an empty stomach because of the early pick it

Michael

October 2022

From Denmark

Traveled as With family - 32 years old

Great

Det var en rigtig fin tur som overordnet levede op til beskrivelsen af turen, bortset fra at der ingen rundvisning var på vingården, men blot en vinsmagning. Der var som noget ekstra lagt et Klosterbesøg ind mod ekstrabetaling, som jeg tænker burde være inkluderet i turen og måske også nævnes i beskrivelsen, da det var et rigtig fint besøg. Stor ros til guiden som var utrolig vidende.

Katrine

October 2022

From Denmark

Traveled as As a couple - 47 years old

Excellent

Flot tur, god chauffør, dygtig og vidende guide og god frokost. Spændende steder at besøge, både vingård og olivenmølle.

Kom

September 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 12 years old

Great

Overall a really good excursion. Tour and winery are very good, the winery staff were really friendly and knowledgeable. The olive oil tour was not for me, it was very boring and the tasting is so unorganized, it was just a mess. The meal at the beach was really nice and the beach/water is absolutely amazing.

Jeremy

August 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 36 years old

Great

A nice trip to take, to better see the NW of the island of Crete. Both the tasting at the Winery, and learning about the organic olive oil production were interesting, although it was a shame we didn’t get a tour of either estate (as had been implied in the description). Finally, we were off to Falassarna beach. Be warned that saying it ‘has been voted as one of the best beaches in Europe several times' seems a slight exaggeration, as it doesn’t seem to have been voted even the best on Crete.

Fantastisk heldagsutflykt

August 2022

From Sweden

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

Excellent

Fantastisk resa, fin vin provning, intressant besök hos olivproducent.Så duktig och trevlig guide, och lite stopp på spännande ställen som ex. klostret. Vi kan verkligen rekommendera denna utflykt, mycket för pengarna????

Wootton Family

August 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family - 36 years old

Excellent

A great variety of things to enjoy. Everything was easy and relaxed- great host. Winery was great, olive oil factory was eclectic and beach was stunning

Philippa

August 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family

Great

Very good tour until the last stop at a very crowded beach which wasn't too pleasant.

Marie and Grace

July 2022

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family - 43 years old

Excellent

What a superb day. It was the highlight of our holiday. Amazing , great value for money. Would do it all over again. Tour guide was amazing. Coach clean on time and very comfortable. Both wine and Olive. Tour were excellent

Anonymous

October 2021

From United Kingdom

Excellent

This is brilliant for those who want to see more than one thing on the west side of the island in one trip. You get to visit a monastery (lovely views), a wine tasting experience (up to 6 different wines), an olive oil estate with tasting included and a lunch and free time at Falassarna Beach.

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