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Heraklion Food Stories Walking Tour
Start your food adventure with a Greek coffee
Visit locals know only places
Visit family owned businesses
Farm to table products

Heraklion Food Stories Walking Tour with 8 local-favorite stops

By Grecian Lux
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is RM 471 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
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Overview

Walk with us to experience Heraklion like a local and explore the best the city has to offer. Learn about the culinary culture and wander in local neighborhoods as you eat and sip your way through authentic Heraklion.
Highlights:
• Experience real Cretan food at 8 local-favourite stops away from the tourist crowds.
• Sample unique Cretan cheeses and learn how to become an authentic Cretan cheese-expert by selecting the best ones.
• Sample Heraklion’s bougatsa in a family-owned business that has been running since since 1920s.
• Taste the world famous Cretan olive oil and find out why it is considered one of the best in the world.
• Enjoy a glass of local wine and learn about the local wine making process that dates back to the Bronze Age.
• Sip a a freshly brewed traditional Greek coffee in a local kafeneion.

Activity location

  • Liberty (eleftherias) Square
    • Plateia Eleftherias,
    • 712 01, Heraklion, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Herakleion Unknown Soldier Statue
    • Plateia Eleftherias
    • 712 01, Iraklio, Greece

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Small Group Tour
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Small Group

Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00
Price details
RM 471.47 x 1 AdultRM 471.47
Total
Price is RM 471.47
Until Sun, 6 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTaste traditional Greek coffee with a local pastry called bougatsa.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnjoy some local Cretan wines and spirit in a family-run shop.
  • What's includedWhat's includedGet personalized tips for the area's best bars and eateries.
  • What's includedWhat's includedExperience the city with our passionate, English-speaking local guide.
  • What's includedWhat's includedSit down for a local organic meat dish.
  • What's includedWhat's includedPRIVATE TOUR Exclusive: enjoy the comfort of pick-up and drop-off at your stay.
  • What's includedWhat's includedSample olives, rusks, olive oil, local cheese and traditional sweets.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAdditional food and drink
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips & gratuities for your guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSmall group tour option excluded hotel pick up

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • How you help the local community by joining this tour: - During this tour, you sample locally-sourced food from Crete’s villages, farmers, and stock-breeders. - On this tour, you meet a local greengrocer, cheesemonger, butcher, and fishmonger, and other family-owned businesses that sell their own Cretan-only products. - By joining this tour, you are supporting a 100-year-old local bakery so it can keep flourishing and serving authentic local delicacies.
  • Food Allergies: Unless you suffer from multiple, combined food allergies, or unless you are a vegan, we will figure it out. Vegetarians are welcome on all tours. Please wear comfortable shoes for walking.
  • In general, there are few dress restrictions in Europe and dress codes are similar to those you are used to at home. Please note though that in many churches modest dress is required; no shorts or skimpy tops are permitted.
  • If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides a tip – though not compulsory – is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, it is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry. Please consider this when budgeting for your extra expenses on this tour.

Activity itinerary

Liberty (eleftherias) Square
  • 30m
Follow this four-hour Heraklion food and wine walking tour that will introduce you to the best food that Heraklion has to offer by treating your palate to traditional Cretan dishes and exceptional local wines! Being one of the healthiest and tastiest diets in the world and the base of the Mediterranean diet, the Cretan cuisine is so unique due to its strong tie with local culture, history and geography of the region. The best way to get to know a place is through its food and we will take you on an unforgettable tasty journey through Heraklion’s local neighbourhoods. After meeting your local guide, you’ll start off with a traditional Greek coffee also known as ellinikós kafés. Learn why Greeks love so much coffee and see it brewed the traditional way in sand and yes, we will teach you “cup reading”, a centuries-old tradition that reads your future!
Heraklion
  • 30m
Next, you’ll enjoy Heraklion’s well known bougatsa in a family-owned business that has mastered their bougatsa technique since 1922! Consisting of semolina custard, cheese, or minced meat filling between layers of phyllo, bougatsa is a must-taste pastry that you shouldn’t miss while being in the city.
Heraklion 1866
  • 1h
Passing through the historical center of Heraklion, you’ll continue the exploration to a local market where you’ll meet the local vendors and learn about their products. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to sample some of the basic elements of Cretan cuisine such as olives, rusks, and cheese – and yes, we’ll teach you how to become a cheese–tasting expert by giving some local hints and learning how to spot the best local cheeses! And of course, taste the island’s famous olive oil and find out why organic Cretan olive oil is one of the best oils in the world.
Old Venetian Harbor of Heraklion
  • 2h
At our next stop, you’ll sit down for a local organic meat dish or if you want to show yourself how brave you are, you can sample a dish that is loved by most Cretans and it is …fried snails! Moving on to our last stop, your Heraklion food tour couldn’t end without tasting some local Cretan wines in a family-run shop. Keep in mind that winemaking in Crete has a long history that dates back to the Bronze Age! Before you go, don’t forget to ask your local guide for more tips on what else to see, do and eat during your stay.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLiberty (eleftherias) Square
    • Plateia Eleftherias,
    • 712 01, Heraklion, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHerakleion Unknown Soldier Statue
    • Plateia Eleftherias
    • 712 01, Iraklio, Greece

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