Crete Wine Discovery Tour: Exploring Culture, Traditions, Flavors

Name: Crete Wine Discovery Tour: Exploring Culture, Traditions, Flavors
Start: 2026-09-15T09:00:00Z
Location: Heraklion

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US$807.44 per group

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Location

Heraklion

Duration

4 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 6 guests

Language

English, Russian

Other

Vegetarian, Family-friendly, Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Discover Crete's rich traditions on a 5-6 hour tour exploring two wineries. Enjoy tastings, vineyard walks, and authentic Cretan cuisine in a traditional tavern. Transfers included.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

In regions like Crete, Wine doesn't only reflect climate and nature of a land, but also a story of this region, people and traditions.

During this excursion we will visit 2 wineries and have tastings.

We will have a walk through the wineyards and have the opportunity to discuss topics like grape varieties – autochthonous and international – and the ways in which this amazing intellectual plant is locally cultivated and processed.

We will vist production sites and wine cellars, and if it is technically possible, you can taste wine in it´s different phases.

The wine tasting will give you insights into it´s classical rules that will drive your awarness and provide a better understanding of organoleptic characteristics of wine.

We close our wine excursion day feasting like Ancient Greeks at a symposium ––you will enjoy the rustic cuisine and the authentic Cretan hospitality in a traditional tavern!

Tour duration 5-6 hours including transfers (depending on the location of your hotel)

What You Get

Wi-fi on board and Water from the springs of the White Mountains “Samaria”, in bottles.

All Fees and Taxes.

Comfortable Vehicle with a professional driver.

Wine tasting at the Lyrarakis winery - 18€ per person (7 types of wine).

Wine tasting at the Digenis winery - 12€ per person (6 types of wine).

Personal expenses, drinks, lunch / dinner.

Good To Know

Health issues: If any participant suffers from any severe allergy (e.g. to bee stings, food allergies/intolerances) or has medical/health issues we need to be aware of, it is important to let us know in advance. This is clearly a safety measure, personal information is by no means violated, and we exercise all discretion.
Health Insurance: Moysidis Travel is covered by Professional Liability Insurance. Each participant is advised to take out health/travel insurance before traveling to Crete.
Important to have: Comfortable shoes, Comfortable clothes, Sunglasses and Hat, Money for souvenirs, drinks, lunch/dinner.
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Specialized infant seats are available

What You’ll Experience

Digenakis Winery

Digenakis is a young stylish winery with their personal perspective of modern Greek wine-making. There we will have a tour in wine cellar and production and depending on a season we will try wine during its vinification. Following tasting will inluce refreshing white wines and deep reds accompanied with fantastic view on vineyards. Besides all that Digenakis winery is also art and exhibitional space where you can get to know modern Greek art better. And of course sabrage!!! You will have the chance to learn the elegant art of opening a bottle of Champagne with a sabre!

2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included

Lyrarakis Winery

Lyrarakis is one of the biggest wineries not even in Crete but in whole Greece. Patriots of Greek wine. They work mostly with aboriginal varieties and get amazing results with aged wines. It is big, dynamically developing, following trends but deeply respective to traditions winery. Wine tasting list includes a lot of single variety wines, each one with its own history. Wine tasting at Lyrarakis winery will definitely create a whole picture of nowadays Cretan wine-making for you.

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Heraklion Prefecture

Taverns in Greece are not only a public dining space. Tavern is Greek cultural phenomenon. Tavern is a place where Greeks warmly welcome their guests showing them authentic Greek hospitality and the high standarts of quality of food they are offering. Fruits and vegetables grown on fertile Cretan highlands, meat and cheese all just brought by shepard from the moutains, cooked by hardworking and loving hands. There we invite you to feast after winetasting!

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

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Pickup Details

Private pick-up and drop-off from your hotel, villa, cruise, or any other point in the region of Heraklion. Pick-up time is flexible and upon your final confirmation. Private pick-up from Rethymno & Chania, and other cities on Crete upon request*.