Itanos Tours - Activities in Eastern Crete

Traditional Activities

Soap Making

If you have ever visited or travelled through eastern Crete the breath taking scenery and unspoilt place will have enchanted you. The main cultured product is the olive which grows in abundance and more than 90% of the olive oil produced is classified "extra virgin".

Olive oil is a great moisturizer, not because it has its own healing properties, but because it attracts external moisture, holds the moisture close to the skin and forms a films to prevent loss internal moisture. Olive oil soap is a real beauty product easy to be hand-made.

Cuisine traditionnelle crétoise

Apprenez le secret des recettes locales, préparez-les et plus important goutez-les!! Vous cuisinerez à base d ’huile d’olive et d’ ingredients entièrement biologiques. Vous serez capable ensuite de reproduire chez vous les enseignements de cet atelier. ATELIER CUISINE CRETOISE

Les recettes crétoises sont très simples, à base d'huile d'olive, de légumes frais, de pain, de poissons, de viandes et d'une grande variété de fromages.

Nous nous rendrons chez les maraîchers locaux et sur les marchés afin de nous procurer les meilleurs ingrédients nécessaires à nos préparations.

Ensemble nous préparerons les repas, nous vous ferons partager les secrets des recettes crétoises, nous ramasserons les épices nécessaire à l'assaisonnement et ferons cuir nos plats dans un four à bois. Ceux qui le souhaite pourront ensuite se baigner dans les eaux claires de la mer Égee, nous fournissons masques et tubas à ceux qui le désir.

Wild Herb Knowledge and Collection on nature walks

In our trekking expedition, you will find a variety of herbs, which for centuries have been used by the peoples of Crete to spice up every dish, meal, banquet of the indigenous cuisine of the island. Though many are known to the world, the soil of Crete gives it an aroma that is unique to the world.

Wild and untamed, the variety of spices will give every mouthful a new definition of color your concept of delicious. We will gather Rigani (oregano), Thymari (thyme), Faskomilo (sage), Diosmo (mint), Vassiliko (basil), Selino (wild celery), Anitho (dill), then use them in a variety of delicious and authentic dishes, to show you what you have been missing on your table.

Pottery

As far as the very roots of civilization, the craft of forming clay in to solid form has existed. Pottery is maybe the loudest testimony of Ancient Greece, proof of the inventive spirit that we share with antiquity.

When you sit at the potters-wheel, and make the art of your technique form earthenware, you will come to the closest parallel of the common prehistoric-historic man to use the earth of his birth, to make his imagination come alive. Just one of the activities with Itanos Tours that will give you a satisfying taste of what the real life here on Crete is, and that we here enjoy. We want you to enjoy it too.

Grapes & Wine Making and Distilling liquors

The Old Testiment says: “… And wine that maketh glad the heart of man …” The drink of kings. Wine is the most ancient beverage of man, since the discovery of fermentation of grapes. We will impart to your soul the spirit of Dionysus (Dionysos), and reveille the art of wine making, as has been pasted down for thousands of years on Crete. You will taste the art that is wine, and we will rejoice in our hearts together with great merriment, in the year's new yield of the vine.

Olive Oil from A to Z

Collect olives and prune the olive trees. Learn about the different types of Olives and their quality. Visit Olive oil extraction facilities that follow the old traditional way or modern methods. Learn about the different qualities of olive oil and learn about the values of Olive oil.

The olive Tree was a gift from the gods to the people. It keeps you healthy.

Sitia Olive oil has been considered the best in the world in competitions. The rich aroma and unique flavor are special. The winds that blow in the area in the hot summer months not only keep the people cool, but also the olive trees and the olives do not get hot. The winds from the sea, and the wild spices of sage, thyme, oregano and rosemary give the olives special aromas.