Olive Oil Experience in Chania — Olive Grove & Mill Visit, Tasting & Cooking Class

In Sternes Akrotiri, just 7 minutes from Chania Airport, where Pallada's olive groves have been producing extra virgin olive oil since 1980. Tour the olive grove and olive mill, taste 4 different olive oils and prepare your own authentic Cretan dakos.

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Guided Tour

Taste 4 Olive Oils

Hands-on Cretan-style Greek Salad Workshop

Complete Healthy Mediterranean Meal

Pallada Kèpos
A small botanical park among olive groves, featuring Cretan herbs, a traditional vegetable garden, and selected Greek olive varieties. Discover the olive tree and its fruit while learning about cultivation, harvesting, and the rich biodiversity that makes Cretan olive oil unique.
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Olive Mill
Step inside our olive mill and follow every stage of the production process. Discover how freshly harvested olives are transformed into premium extra virgin olive oil while learning how each production step influences quality, aroma and flavour.
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Guided Olive Oil Tasting
Taste four carefully selected olive oils under the guidance of an expert. Learn how professionals evaluate aroma, fruitiness, bitterness and pungency while discovering what makes exceptional olive oil.
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Cretan-style Greek Salad Workshop
Guided step by step by our expert, every guest prepares their own authentic Cretan Dakos using traditional barley rusks, freshly crushed tomatoes, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, oregano, sea salt flakes and the PALLADA extra virgin olive oil of their choice. This hands-on activity shows how different olive oils completely transform the same dish providing practical knowledge you can recreate at home.
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PALLADA Spread
To conclude the experience, you'll taste Pallada Spread served on fresh bread and discover how a spread made with 95% olive oil can deliver the rich, buttery taste you love in a healthier way. After the tasting, you can take it home and enjoy it every day in your own kitchen.
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Practical Information

Duration: ~90 minutes
Meeting point: Outside the PALLADA Olive Oil & Tours
Walking: A short guided 2-minute walk to Pallada Kèpos
Price: €35/person
Languages: Greek, English
Suitable for: All ages
Free admission for children under 12 years old.
Tour schedule: Monday – Friday, 10:00, 12:00 & 14:00

Please make a reservation in advance.

Your Experience Includes

  • Expert guide
  • Visit to Pallada Kèpos — a botanical garden with Cretan herbs and Greek
    olive varieties
  • Tour of the olive mill
  • Tasting of 4 olive oils
  • Hands-on Guided Cretan-style Greek Salad Workshop
  • Complete Mediterranean Meal
  • Pallada Spread with Pallada Honey
  • Water

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