Crete tours
Food and wine from Sitia.
Photo: AXP Photography / Pexels
3 experiences
Descriptions are ours. Prices and reviews stay on GetYourGuide.
Food and wine
- Food and wine
Sitia wine tasting
Sitia3–5 hours
Sitia’s vineyards are the point of an east Crete tasting: local grapes, small cellars, and a landscape that is drier than the west. An afternoon visit is one or two wineries with bread and oil, then back to town. It is not a pub crawl and it is a bad combination with Zakros gorge the same day. The person who tasted should not drive the coast road. Designations differ by cellar. Ask what is actually in the glass. The usual length is 3–5 hours, and the months that usually work are April to November. It suits adults who want the east for something other than a beach. Skip it if nobody in the group drinks. Cellars are outside Sitia. A tour transfers you. With a hire car, name a driver first. The airport road and the Vai road are not the same direction.
See prices on GetYourGuide
View detailsBook now on GetYourGuide - Food and wine
Sitia market food walk
Sitia2–3 hours
Sitia’s food walk is the market street and a table: cheese, oil, herbs, and a plate of whatever the harbour is cooking. The town is small, so the walk is short and the meal is the point. It will not resemble a city tasting trail. In winter the choice shrinks. Pair it with the fortress, not with a rush to Vai. You are here to eat in the town that grows the wine, not to collect restaurants. The usual length is 2–3 hours, and the months that usually work are Year round, the market is a morning. It suits a first lunch. It is a poor fit if the group will not eat dairy or olive oil. Walk from the harbour into the market street in the morning. Kitchens are more interesting at lunch than at sunset, when the waterfront takes over.
See prices on GetYourGuide
View detailsBook now on GetYourGuide - Food and wine
Cooking class in Sitia
Sitia4–5 hours
A cooking class in Sitia uses the east-coast kitchen: oil, greens, herbs, and a meal at the end. The group is usually small. The morning is gone once you sit down. It is a good use of a day when the wind has closed Vai’s pleasant swim, and a bad use of the morning you needed for the gorge. Recipes follow what the market has. The usual length is 4–5 hours, and the months that usually work are Year round. It suits beginners who will eat the food. Skip it if you have a long drive to Kato Zakros the same afternoon. Meet in Sitia. Ask whether the market is part of the class or only the kitchen. Finish times slip when the meal starts.
See prices on GetYourGuide
View detailsBook now on GetYourGuide
FAQ
Questions.
- Sitia wine tasting starts from Sitia. Cellars are outside Sitia. A tour transfers you. With a hire car, name a driver first. The airport road and the Vai road are not the same direction.
- Sitia wine tasting usually runs April to November. Sitia market food walk is closer to Year round, the market is a morning. Wind and opening hours still change individual days.
- This page lists 3 types. Sitia wine tasting takes 3–5 hours. Sitia market food walk takes 2–3 hours. Pick the one whose length you can actually give.