Food and wine
Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia.
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Quick facts
- Region
- Lasithi
- Start town
- Elounda
- Typical duration
- 4–6 hours
- Type
- Food and wine
Elounda itself is not a vineyard. A tasting day drives east or inland toward the Sitia vines, sits at one or two cellars, and comes back along the gulf. The drive is the larger part. It is a different product from a harbour lunch. Do not add the plateau cave. The hours collide, and the person who tasted should not be the person driving the mountain road home.
Leave Elounda after a proper breakfast. The coast road to the Sitia side is scenic and not fast. Agree the return before the first glass.
It suits adults with a free afternoon and a sober driver. Skip it if the group wanted a beach and will resent the inland hour.
Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia needs 4–6 hours from Elounda. The months that usually work are April to November. Eat the food the stalls and the kitchen actually sell, and say so if someone in the group will not. Do not add a boat the same afternoon. Elounda is the table you came for. Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia eats in and around Elounda. A tasting in another region is a different cellar and a different table.
Is it worth it
Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia is worth the hours from Elounda when it suits adults with a free afternoon and a sober driver. A tasting day drives east or inland toward the Sitia vines, sits at one or two cellars, and comes back along the gulf. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.
What to bring
- Water and a hat, because Elounda itself is not a vineyard. A tasting day drives
- Shoes that match the ground on Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia. Leave Elounda after a proper breakfast. The coast
- A layer for the start in Elounda. April to November still has cool mornings and wind.
- The return hour written down. Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia takes 4–6 hours, and a second plan the same day is how you miss it.
Tips
- April to November is the window to trust for Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia. Outside it, ask whether the day is even running.
- Leave Elounda with 4–6 hours clear. Leave Elounda after a proper breakfast. The coast road to the Sitia
- Search “Wine tasting tour from Elounda Crete” and check that the meeting point really is Elounda.
Related tours
- 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.
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Food and wineWine tasting inland of Agios Nikolaos
Agios Nikolaos3–5 hours
The vineyards people reach from Agios Nikolaos sit inland and toward the Sitia road, not on the harbour. A tasting afternoon is one or two cellars, bread and oil, and a return before dinner. It is not a bar crawl. It combines badly with a long boat the same day, and the mountain roads are slower than the distance suggests. Designations and grape names vary by cellar. The point is the contrast with the gulf, not a trophy bottle. The usual length is 3–5 hours, and the months that usually work are April to November. It suits adults who want a short inland break. Skip it if anyone does not drink and was not told the cellar is the whole stop. Drivers collect from Agios Nikolaos. If you have a hire car, agree who is not tasting. The coast road home is still a road.
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Private tourPrivate driver from Elounda
Elounda7–9 hours
A private car day from Elounda is one direction: the plateau, or Sitia and Vai, or a string of gulf villages. The east coast is longer than a glance at the map suggests, and Vai plus the cave plus a boat is three days wearing a single date. The value is a driver who will say so. Spinalonga remains a boat. The usual length is 7–9 hours, and the months that usually work are Year round. It suits groups who do not want to drive the mountain roads. It is unnecessary for Olous and the harbour, which are a walk. Start in Elounda. Name the one region and the hour you need to be back. The airport is not next door if someone has an evening flight.
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FAQ
Questions.
- Plan on 4–6 hours from Elounda. It suits adults with a free afternoon and a sober driver.
- April to November. Outside those months the day is often closed, cancelled, or a different trip. Ask the day before you leave Elounda.
- Leave Elounda after a proper breakfast. The coast road to the Sitia side is scenic and not fast. Agree the return before the first glass.
- It suits adults with a free afternoon and a sober driver. Skip it if the group wanted a beach and will resent the inland hour.
- Wine day from Elounda toward Sitia is worth the hours from Elounda when it suits adults with a free afternoon and a sober driver. A tasting day drives east or inland toward the Sitia vines, sits at one or two cellars, and comes back along the gulf. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.