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Cretan Olive Oil Tasting Experience

By Cretan Olive Oil Tasting Experience
Free cancellation available
Price is ¥14,012 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

This is not just a tasting — it's a full olive oil seminar led by a certified sommelier who fell in love with olive oil after moving to Crete and marrying into an olive oil producing family.

You'll learn everything: production methods, olive oil categories, how to taste professionally, and how to recognize premium quality from poor quality.

You'll taste oils from multiple small Cretan producers, exploring different traditional Cretan varieties — including some of the oldest olive varieties in the entire Mediterranean.

You'll also get hands-on, making your own traditional Cretan dakos using fresh local ingredients and premium olive oil.

Hidden in a cozy tasting room in Rethymno's Old Town, this intimate experience offers authentic knowledge and personal passion that no group tour can match. Small groups only, ensuring a personal and unforgettable experience.

You'll leave with skills and insights about olive oil that will stay with you for life.

Activity location

  • Create experiences - memories of Crete
    • 57 Tsouderoun
    • 741 31, Rethymno, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Create experiences - memories of Crete
    • 57 Tsouderoun
    • 741 31, Rethymno, Greece

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Cretan Olive Oil Tasting Experience
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Starting time: 5:00PM
Price details
¥14,012 x 1 Adult¥14,012
Total
Price is ¥14,012
Until Sun, Apr 26
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hands-on traditional Cretan dakos making
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fresh water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tasting of 4 premium Cretan extra virgin olive oils
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided seminar by a certified olive oil sommelier
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tasting materials and menus
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Cretan food pairings
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Gratuities
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Any personal purchases (olive oil bottles to take home are available to buy separately)

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Activity itinerary

Olive Oil Tasting in the Heart of Rethymno Old Town Step into your intimate tasting room in the heart of Rethymno's Old Town and discover why Crete produces some of the finest olive oil in the world. Your 2-hour session is led by Dijana, a certified olive oil sommelier whose family has been producing Cretan olive oil for generations. You'll taste 4 premium extra virgin olive oils from small Cretan producers. You'll learn to evaluate olive oil like a professional — identifying aromas, flavor notes, bitterness, and quality markers. Between tastings, enjoy local Cretan bites — tomato, cucumber, olives, and traditional paximadi — and then get hands-on and make your own traditional Cretan dakos from scratch using fresh local ingredients and, of course, premium Cretan olive oil. Throughout the session you'll discover the history of Cretan olive oil, its role in the Mediterranean diet, and its proven health benefits. You'll leave with professional tasting skills and a deeper connection to one of Crete's most treasured traditions. Included: 4 premium Cretan EVOOs, local food pairings, hands-on dakos making, full guided seminar. Languages: English, Greek, Croatian, Serbian.

Location

Activity location

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    Create experiences - memories of Crete
    • 57 Tsouderoun
    • 741 31, Rethymno, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Create experiences - memories of Crete
    • 57 Tsouderoun
    • 741 31, Rethymno, Greece

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