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Knossos Palace & Minoan Cooking Class Luxury Family Experience

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Location
Oropedio Lasithiou
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Duration
6 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English, Greek
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Explore Knossos Palace with an expert guide and discover ancient Minoan history. Then, enjoy a hands-on cooking class in nature, savoring traditional flavors prepared on hearth fire.

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

Experience Details

This is a unique experience, focusing on the Minoan history, architecture and cuisine. It visits the Palace of Knossos on an experiential tour and reveals its history, excavations, mythology and arts. It also combines a unique Minoan themed cooking class in nature and gives you the opportunity to try Minoan flavors of sea and land, cooked on hearth fire in ceramic pots.

What You Get

Lunch
You will enjoy a 3 Course Meal based on Minoan-Style Recipies from the Cretan Sea and Land.
Minoan Themed Cooking Class
Private Licensed Guide
Entrance tickets to Knossos Palace
Private transportation

Good To Know

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers

What You’ll Experience

Let us take you on a journey into ancient times. First, visit the most important Site of Crete, the Minoan Palace of Knossos, dated back to 2.000 BC. Explore the mythical Labyrinth of Homer and find out how sophisticated and advanced was life on Crete 4.000 years ago. Next, let us take you deeper into the Minoan life and Cuisine. Not far from Knossos, reach a venue privately set for you and experience a unique Cooking class and Meal on Minoan Themed Recipes using organic local products. Your hosts will present to you all about the Minoan Cuisine and what the excavations in Crete have taught us on the products of the island and way of Cooking in the Bronze Age. Pick your ingredients from their vegetable garden and cook with their guidance your Minoan Themed meal. Let’s travel into the Bronze age throughout the Day!

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Knossos Palace, Heraklion, Greece, GR, 714 09

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You are going to meet your guide at the entrance of the Site, holding a sign with the tour title and the company's name on.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $1,319.68 
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Eastern European Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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Earliest available date: June 13, 2025
from  $1,319.68  per guest
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Eastern European Time.
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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