Tour & Tasting
Get to know the world of the olive and the bee!
The tour and tasting take place inside and around an old stone oil mill that we inherited from our ancestors, turning it into a fully modernized oil mill with the latest technology of cold pressing olive fruit machines. Our honey production facilities are equipped with a modern honey standardization line, specially designed to make sure our final product is not loosing any of its original nutrients.
Our journey begins with the presentation of the bees, illustrating you how a beehive works and revealing some of honeys secrets. Then we will visit an olive grove giving you an idea about olive harvest in Crete and afterwards we will continue our tour inside the olive mill. Here a detailed explanation of the cold extraction process will be given and you will hear many new facts about the green treasure of Crete. Your experience with us will be completed outside the olive mill by tasting all our products in our specially designed area overlooking the mountain plain.
Try and enjoy eight different varieties of honey (blossom, citrus & orange blossom, thyme, thyme & other herbs, heather, carob, arbutus and pine) of the Papagiannakis family production and the extra virgin olive oil from its own olive groves.
Simple tasting
Cost
Full tasting
Cost
10.00€ / person
(recommended for 4 people)
Tour & tasting
After that a visit to an olive grove follows to learn about the harvest, and you will be taken inside the old stone building which accommodates our modernized olive mill where the process of olive oil extraction will be explained and some secrets of the green treasure of Crete will surprise you.
Your tasting tour ends outside the olive mill by tasting all our products in our specially designed area overlooking the mountain plain.
Taste and enjoy the extra virgin olive oil and eight different varieties of honey (blossom, citrus & orange blossom, thyme, thyme & other herbs, heather, carob, arbutus and pine) produced by Papagiannakis family, accompanied by a treat, which contains Cretan rusks, bread sticks, tomatoes, salted olives, Cretan Graviera, pollen, honeycomb and Tsikoudia.
Duration
Tours period
Hours
(by appointment)
Cost
15.00€ / person
*children under 15: free
*For groups over 5 people, the cost is adjusted
Guided Bee hive tour and tasting.
Join us for unique experience exploring the magical world of bees in theory and in practice!
The tour begins with an introduction to the hive and how the bee family works and why they are important.
After that we will visit the hives through our own olive grove.
We'll safely observing the bees up close in their natural environment.
We will provide you protective suits, but please remember to bring your own long trousers for safety.
At the end we'll finish with a sweet tasting featuring honey, honeycomb and some local treats.
Nature learning and flavor all in one sweet unforgettable tour.
Important note: For your own safety, please make sure you're not allergic to bee stings before join the tour.
Duration
~ 90 minutes
Tours period
Hours
SUNDAY: 10:00
(by appointment limited number )
Cost
30.00€ / adults
*children under 15: 5.00€