Top Greece Classes & Workshops

Experience classical Greece on this 4-day adventure from Athens. Visit five UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Ancient Olympia, Delphi, and the cliff-top monasteries of Meteora. Walk among temples to the Greek gods, admire excavated statues, and soak up some of Greece's most spectacular scenery. The tour includes transportation, breakfast and dinner each day, entrance fees, a guide, and your choice of 3- or 4-star overnight accommodation.

Explore Santorini’s most iconic landmarks in just half a day—and leave all the travel planning to someone else—on this private tour. Visit the island’s highest peak, the Red and Black beaches, small villages and family farms, the Akrotiri Lighthouse, and the famous village of Oia. With round-trip transit from your island hotel or port—plus the opportunity to stop for a seaside lunch (own expense)—this tour offers the ultimate flexibility.

Most Athens tours walk you past the ruins of its ancient democracy without letting you take part in how it worked. This small-group workshop does the opposite, heading to the Pnyx—the hill where the Athenian Assembly once met—to recreate the debating and voting of classical Athens through dialogues, role-play, and team games. A facilitator with a background in Classical Studies leads the session, covering both the strengths and the flaws of the system.

Aristotle taught at the Lyceum in Athens, developing ideas on ethics and the well-lived life—eudaimonia—that still underpin moral philosophy. This workshop takes those ideas back to where they started, beginning in Rizari Park with a facilitator before walking to the Lyceum ruins. There, you discuss Aristotle's moral theory and work through a virtue-choice game.

Skip trying to book a taxi on your Santorini vacation, and organize a private transfer by Mercedes-Benz minivan in advance. The private service operates between the airport, port, and island hotels for both arrival and departure transfers. Villages covered include Akrotiri, Emporio, Fira, Firostefani, Imerovigli, Kamari, Megalochori, Messaria, Monolythos, Oia, Perissa, Pyrgos, Votonas, and Vourvoulos.

Get an in-depth and authentic Athens food experience, and pair a cooking class with a market visit. Alongside a local host, you’ll shop for ingredients at the Athens Central Market, meeting local traders and discussing the produce. Then, you’ll cook a lunch of traditional Greek dishes, using recipes that you can recreate or adapt back at home. The finished creations are yours for lunch.

Enjoy a new way to explore the Greek coast with this beginner-friendly, small-group scuba-diving experience. Make your own way to the center in Nea Makri, and learn the scuba basics from your instructor. Then, enjoy your first open-water dive in the Mediterranean. All scuba equipment is conveniently provided, and no experience or prior certification is necessary to enjoy this bucket-list activity.

Explore the waters of the Evoikos Gulf near Athens. Board your boat in Shinias Bay and choose between dive sites including Dipsa Island, Platourada Island, and Marathon Cape, a rugged peninsula known for deep blue waters and diverse underwater topography. Enjoy a single dive on a half-day trip, visit two sites on a full-day excursion, or spend two days diving at four locations. All dive equipment and private transportation are included.

Artistic travelers who are interested in Greek culture will enjoy this small-group mosaic-making workshop in the Southern Peloponnese. Learn more about Greek traditions, arts, and crafts from your instructor. You’ll be given all the necessary materials and tools to make your own classically inspired mosaic, and plenty of time to finish off a piece that you can take home with you.

Expand your knowledge of Mediterranean gins and enjoy multiple tastings by opting for this guided gin tasting experience in Athens. Learn more about the gin crafting process and hear stories about each gin you try—information you likely wouldn’t find out about if trying the gins in a bar. All alcoholic beverages, bottled water, snacks, and a cheat sheet for notes are included for a seamless experience.

Join a mosaic workshop in Karpathos in a beautiful vineyard and create your own masterpiece. Get creative with colorful tiles and shimmering glass, and take home a unique souvenir.

Sit back and enjoy a stress-free journey from central Athens to Piraeus cruise terminal or ferry port. Simply meet your professional driver at your central Athens hotel, hop inside your air-conditioned private vehicle, and then sit back and relax on your ride to Piraeus to board your cruise ship or ferry. There's no easier way to get from Athens to Piraeus! Available for up to 15 people.

Enjoy a bucket-list-worthy experience on this half-day Santorini sailing tour. Step aboard the luxury catamaran and relax in one of the comfortable seating areas. Stop to take a dip in the island's hot springs, sail past one of the oldest lighthouses in Greece, and visit the Red and White beaches. Swim, relax, and enjoy an open bar and a traditional Greek barbecue on board, with the chance to join a short cooking class.

Leave the 21st-century bustle of Athens behind and discover the ancient world of the Peloponnese on a full-day private tour perfect for history buffs. Discover the Corinth Canal and ancient Corinth, where St. Paul preached, test the acoustics in the Theatre of Epidaurus, explore the historic coastal city of Nafplion, and more. Admission fees are excluded, with an option to add a traditional Greek lunch.

Explore the greatest of ancient Greek architectural feats on a private walking tour of the Acropolis of Athens and the New Acropolis Museum. Stroll around the UNESCO-listed Acropolis with an archaeologist to learn about its monuments, including the Parthenon. Then, take a guided tour of the ultra-modern New Acropolis Museum for a guided tour of its spectacular statues and treasures, followed by a Greek meal (if option selected).

Kalamata is known across the globe for its local olives, but it takes an insider to know where to sample the best extra-virgin olive oil. With this olive oil tour and tasting, visit a local olive farm for a stroll through the olive trees to learn about the different kinds of olives and their cultivation. Depending on the season, visit an olive oil mill to see how the oil is extracted and bottled, plus a guided olive oil tasting.

Ozlem has Cretan, Turkish and Venetian roots, which has greatly influenced her cooking style. Her passion for food started when she was young, she was always curious and would follow her grandmother around the kitchen with a basket gathering wild greens and herbs. Her grandmother taught her to cook using all her senses – smell, sight, taste, feel. She works as a personal chef, participates in festivals, organizes workshops, is a speaker on panels and seminars, and also writes for newspapers and magazines. Apart from cooking, Ozlem also works as a translator and an interpreter, she has translated 19 books so far! - Home cooking class in Crete with a local expert - Learn to cook traditional Greek food using family recipes - Enjoy a traditional Cretan meal inspired by memories of family gatherings - Get insight into Greek history and culture through the food

Feast your senses on the best of Cretan cuisine—and get a more intimate glimpse into the culture than you would in a restaurant—during a cooking class in Rethymno. As well learning how to prepare traditional Cretan dishes, you’ll enjoy an olive oil tasting session and a walk through a local village.

If there’s one dining experience that sums up Greek food, it’s meze sharing plates. This small-group class, with a minimum of four guests and a maximum of ten, gets you hands-on and cooking, washed down with aniseed-flavored ouzo. You’ll learn at least seven traditional dishes, from tzatziki and filo cheese pies to stuffed peppers and meatballs, then sit down and enjoy them with quality Greek wine and an Acropolis view.

Learn to cook like a Greek during this culinary class on a Greek farm in Portaria village. You and your private party will enjoy seeing the farm and how the residents use its products in traditional dishes such as vegetables pie and tzatziki. Then sit down and enjoy wine while you eat your creations and chat about Greek culinary culture.

Wine and Greece have been interlinked since the dawn of the Bronze Age and today’s Greek vintners are creating some spectacular new wines. Join an experienced sommelier in a restaurant to sample five delicious Greek wines, paired with light dishes to enhance their flavors, on this exclusive wine tasting experience. It’s no problem if you don’t know much about wine: your course begins with an introduction to tasting wine.

Immerse yourself in Greece’s rich culture during this small-group culinary experience in Santorini. Choose from a cooking class with wine or cocktails on the beach to create the perfect cultural experience. Learn about the island’s distinctive wines, make an array of Greek dishes, and take in the stunning island views during your tour.

Skip the usual restaurant scene for this light meal at the Skyline Bar in the OTE Tower high above Thessaloniki. Pair your light meal with music, drinks, and rotating panoramic views. The Skyline Bar sits atop the 250-foot tall tower (76 meters) located in the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center in central Thessaloniki.

Sightseeing in Athens covers the city's art and history from the outside—a mosaic-making class is the only way to understand the technique and material choices behind one of the ancient world's most enduring art forms firsthand. This private class covers the history of mosaic art and includes a hands-on session with marble and glass pieces, with a completed mosaic to take home at the end.