Greece · Rural Experiences

4-Hour Rural Farm Experience in Rethimnon with Cretan Lunch

4 Hours Round trip from Rethimno 741 00 Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Enjoy a hands-on Greek farming experience near Rethimnon
  • 02 Make traditional dishes such as stuffed vegetables, Dolmadakia, and Cretan cheese pies
  • 03 Taste fresh farmhouse bread, Cretan cheese, organic wines, and tsikoudia
  • 04 Relax under a shady pergola with views over the olive groves down to the sea

Experience rural life in Greece with a hands-on visit to a farm near Rethimnon. Join in authentic daily tasks such as picking vegetables, preparing stuffed vegetables, milking goats, shearing sheep, and collecting eggs, then taste fresh farmhouse bread, Cretan cheese, organic wines, and tsikoudia. This immersive experience also includes making traditional dishes like Dolmadakia and Cretan cheese pies before relaxing over a delicious farmhouse lunch featuring the fruits of your labour.

Relax under the shady pergola with views over the olive groves down to the sea.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
City Rethimnon
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Hands-On Farm Experience and Cretan Flavours

  • Get picked up by your Rethimnon driver and transfer to a farm for a hands-on experience of living like a Greek farmer.

  • Take part in preparing stuffed vegetables.

  • Make farmhouse bread and bake it in the wood-burning oven. Taste it fresh from the oven, dipped in virgin olive oil.

  • Visit the winepress to taste organic wines and see where grapes are pressed by foot in the autumn.

  • Go to the place that still produces Crete's famous tsikoudia.

  • Pluck vine leaves to make the famous Greek Dolmadakia.

  • Pick vegetables from the organic gardens to enjoy later.

  • Collect eggs to make village-style scrambled eggs.

  • Milk the goats and help shear the sheep.

  • See how local cheese is made and taste the fresh milk.

  • Make Cretan cheese pies.

  • Visit the Chapel of St. Nicholas, watch local artists at work, and pop into the Farm Shop to buy Agreco organic products.

  • Relax under the shady pergola with views over the olive groves down to the sea.

  • Enjoy a delicious farmhouse lunch, including the fruits of your labour.

a farm near Rethimnon, Chapel of St. Nicholas, olive groves down to the sea

Where this trip takes you

a farm near Rethimnon, Chapel of St. Nicholas, olive groves down to the sea

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Rethimno 741 00 1 city · 4 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Transfer services from Rethimnon city in front of the Delfini building

  • One bottle of water for each passenger in the vehicle

  • All taxes

  • English-speaking Rethimnon driver

What's Not Included

  • Rethimnon tour guide

  • Drinks

  • Transfer services

  • Gratuities

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Rethimnon, Greece
Tour start
Rethimno 741 00, Greece
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 4 hours finish where they began, in Rethimno 741 00.

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