Chania Old Town - Millennial Olive Tree - Olive Oil Mill

Get the best of Cretan history and culture with this half-day trip!

Walk with an archaeologist and licensed tourist guide and immerse yourself in an engaging historical tour at Chania Old Town, where five millennia of history and prehistory will unravel before your eyes.

Chania Town

Minoan neighborhoods, bombarded Ottoman bathhouses, Hellenistic walls, Latin inscriptions, a church with the symbols of two religions, boot-makers shops, imposing Venetian bastions, knife-makers shops, underground cisterns, a Venetian harbor, and an African village are just part of the multicultural mosaic of the town’s past and of its architectural treasures.

Olive Tree Museum of Vouves

After a refreshing break, we will head to the hinterland of Chania, an area dominated by one of the most emblematic elements of the Cretan landscape; the olive tree! We will get to know the olive oil culture, beginning from the ‘grandma olive tree’, or else one of the oldest millennial olive trees in the world! After admiring its ca. 3000-year-old trunk we will visit the small museum right next to it, which narrates the history of olive-oil production in the island, enriched with several interesting fun facts about it.

Astrikas Estate Biolea

Then we will drive to a nearby village in order to visit the Biolea Olive Oil Mill and have a firsthand view of how the olive oil is produced in a traditional way, yet with modern equipment (stone mill, press). After the oil tasting we will end the tour at the most peaceful and scenic spot; the beautiful backyard of Biolea, where we can enjoy the high-quality Cretan snacks and wines of the café/bar.

Please note

• Stroller/pram accessible
• Public transportation nearby
• Infant seats available
• Not wheelchair accessible
• Not suitable for pets
• Infants must not sit on laps