Crete Wine Tour: Discover Local Wineries in Heraklion
Why we love it?
Inclusions
- Pick-up / Drop-off at your hotel.
- Comfortable Vehicle with a professional driver.
- Wi-fi on board and Water from the springs of the White Mountains “Samaria”, in bottles.
- Accompaniment by a professional Sommelier.
- All Fees and Taxes.
Exclusions
- Wine tasting at the Lyrarakis winery - 18€ per person (7 types of wine).
- Wine tasting at the Digenis winery - 12€ per person (6 types of wine).
- Personal expenses, drinks, lunch / dinner.
- Customary tips to your drivers, guides and escorts.
Itinerary
Digenakis Winery
Digenakis is a young stylish winery with their personal perspective of modern Greek wine-making.
There we will have a tour in wine cellar and production and depending on a season we will try wine during its vinification.
Following tasting will inluce refreshing white wines and deep reds accompanied with fantastic view on vineyards.
Besides all that Digenakis winery is also art and exhibitional space where you can get to know modern Greek art better.
And of course sabrage!!!
You will have the chance to learn the elegant art of opening a bottle of Champagne with a sabre!
Lyrarakis Winery
Lyrarakis is one of the biggest wineries not even in Crete but in whole Greece. Patriots of Greek wine. They work mostly with aboriginal varieties and get amazing results with aged wines. It is big, dynamically developing, following trends but deeply respective to traditions winery. Wine tasting list includes a lot of single variety wines, each one with its own history. Wine tasting at Lyrarakis winery will definitely create a whole picture of nowadays Cretan wine-making for you.
Cretan traditional tavern
Taverns in Greece are not only a public dining space. Tavern is Greek cultural phenomenon.
Tavern is a place where Greeks warmly welcome their guests showing them authentic Greek hospitality and the high standarts of quality of food they are offering.
Fruits and vegetables grown on fertile Cretan highlands, meat and cheese all just brought by shepard from the moutains, cooked by hardworking and loving hands. There we invite you to feast after winetasting!
Please Note
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Not suitable for pets
- No public transportation nearby
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Important to have: Comfortable shoes, Comfortable clothes, Sunglasses and Hat, Money for souvenirs, drinks, lunch/dinner.
- Health issues: If any participant suffers from any severe allergy (e.g. to bee stings, food allergies/intolerances) or has medical/health issues we need to be aware of, it is important to let us know in advance. This is clearly a safety measure, personal information is by no means violated, and we exercise all discretion.
- Health Insurance: Moysidis Travel is covered by Professional Liability Insurance. Each participant is advised to take out health/travel insurance before traveling to Crete. Private pick-up and drop-off from your hotel, villa, cruise, or any other point in the region of Heraklion. Pick-up time is flexible and upon your final confirmation. Private pick-up from Rethymno & Chania, and other cities on Crete upon request*.
Know Before You Go
- Infant seats available
Cancellation Policy
Fully refundable until 1 day before start
Non-refundable after 1 day before start


