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Chania Cretan Cooking & Dining Experience with Local Family

By TOP TRAVEL GREECE
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$165 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h+
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview
  • Cook and eat with a local family
  • Learn how to make traditional dishes from scratch
  • Experience authentic hospitality and local life
  • Enjoy homemade wine, coffee, and the famous Cretan raki
  • Take home family recipes and memories you’ll never forget

Activity location

    • Chania
    • Chania, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Σούδα, Ελλάδα | Meeting Point (Optional): In front of Souda Square, near the central fountain. Look for our friendly guide holding a sign with your name or the tour name. Pickup is also available directly from the cruise terminal upon request.
    • Souda, Greece

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Cooking & Dining Experience with a Local Family/no transfer:
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Step into the kitchen of a warm and welcoming Cretan family and discover the heart of the island through its food. This authentic hands-on cooking experience takes place in a traditional villagee

Language options: English
Price details
NZ$164.57 x 2 AdultsNZ$329.14
Total
Price is NZ$329.14
Until Tue, 24 Jun
Chania Cretan Cooking & Dining Experience with Local Family
  • Activity duration is 1 day1d
    1d
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$183.93 x 2 AdultsNZ$367.86
Total
Price is NZ$367.86
Until Tue, 24 Jun
Cretan Cooking for Cruise Guests – From Souda to the Kitchen
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Join an unforgettable cooking and dining experience! Start your journey with a pickup from Souda Port and head to a traditional village where you'll prepare classic Cretan dishes, enjoy warm hospitality, and share a delicious meal together

Language options: English
Price details
NZ$212.97 x 2 AdultsNZ$425.94
Total
Price is NZ$425.94
Until Tue, 24 Jun

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pick-up and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's included Hands-on cooking lesson with a local Cretan family
  • What's includedWhat's included Full 4-course meal prepared and shared together
  • What's includedWhat's included Local wine, coffee, and raki
  • What's includedWhat's included Use of all ingredients, cooking tools, and aprons
  • What's includedWhat's included Recipes to take home
  • What's includedWhat's included English-speaking host
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedExtra alcoholic drinks not mentioned
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Personal purchases or souvenirs
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Tips (optional)

What you can expect

Join a local Cretan family for a heartwarming and delicious hands-on cooking experience in their traditional home. Discover the secrets of Cretan cuisine, learn cherished family recipes, and enjoy a relaxed meal full of flavour, stories, and authentic hospitality.

This unique cultural activity takes you beyond a typical cooking class — it's a genuine immersion into everyday life in rural Crete. You’ll prepare a full meal together using fresh, local ingredients, then sit down to enjoy your homemade dishes just like the locals do — with laughter, raki, and good company. Menu (You Will Cook Together):
Cretan Salad – With fresh tomato, cucumber, olives, barley rusks, oregano, feta, and local olive oil

Kolokythokeftedes – Traditional courgette fritters with herbs and cheese

Moussaka – Classic Cretan version with layers of aubergine, potatoes, ground meat, and béchamel sauce

Sweet Cheese Pies (Kaltsounia) – Mini pies made with mizithra cheese and honey, a beloved local dessert

️ After the meal, enjoy:

Traditional Greek coffee

Homemade raki (Cretan spirit)

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • Chania
    • Chania, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Σούδα, Ελλάδα | Meeting Point (Optional): In front of Souda Square, near the central fountain. Look for our friendly guide holding a sign with your name or the tour name. Pickup is also available directly from the cruise terminal upon request.
    • Souda, Greece
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • GW2M+XH, Σταλός 735 00, Ελλάδα | Please make your way directly to Pinakoti Restaurant, where the experience will begin. Address: Pinakoti Restaurant, Pano Stalos Chania, Crete] Google Maps link: https://g.co/kgs/YAT5QGA You will find free parking nearby and clear signage at the entrance. Important: Please arrive 10–15 minutes before the scheduled start time. A member of the team or your host will be waiting to greet you at the entrance. In case of delay or difficulty finding the location, please contact us using the phone number provided in your confirmation email.
    • Stalos, Greece