Top Greece Classes & Workshops

Learn how to play Apollo's instrument—the lyre—with an intimate class for just you and your party. Your instructor, Lina Palera, has extensive experience performing the lyre at venues and festivals around the world and is well-versed in teaching even the most nervous beginner how to play this incredible ancient instrument. You’ll also have time to explore the music-related exhibits at the Seikilo Museum, and museum entry is included.

Sample a wide variety of local Greek wines on this half-day tour of Mykonos. Depart from your hotel and make your way to a local Mykonian house or farm. Taste up to six different wines and learn about traditional tasting techniques. You can select to include a meal of lunch or dinner on your tour.

Bringing home a genuine handmade souvenir from Athens is harder than picking one off a shop shelf. Make your own instead at this hands-on silk scarf painting workshop, guided step by step in a small group. Learn painting techniques as you go, then craft a Greek-inspired silk scarf to take home.

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.

Immerse yourself in traditional Greek cuisine in this small-group cooking class on Rhodes. Held in a restaurant in the foodie village of Maritsa, learn the secrets to making several different traditional Greek dishes, including saganaki cheese, feta with honey, pitaroudia, tzatziki, and dolmadakia. Afterwards, enjoy the dishes that you prepared.

Learn about Athens' historic beer-making traditions while sampling five Greek craft beers and ales paired with local artisanal cold cuts and cheeses. This beer tasting experience includes a beer cheatsheet so you can take notes throughout the process and guidance from a sommelier to deepen your appreciation of Greek brews.

Combine stunning views of the Acropolis with a cooking class during this unique culinary experience in the heart of Athens. With a small group, join a chef and learn how to make a 5-course meal featuring traditional homemade Greek dishes. Using fresh ingredients, work your way from starters to dessert and enjoy an intimate meal with fellow foodies for an evening you won't soon forget.

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.

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.

Stroll down the local neighborhoods of Chora, Naxos main town, and learn about local life. In the company of your guide, you’ll make the rounds of the local produce market the way the Naxos people do. Pick and choose your own local, fresh, seasonal produce, bursting with fragrances, colors, and flavor. You’ll be putting your vegetables to good use during the cooking course that will follow. Your route will take you to the cobblestone maze-like alleys of the Chora castle. Visit local shops and sample different kinds of cheeses and liqueurs. Your walk will end at a small traditional taverna where you’ll meet our talented chef. She will show you step by step, how to make traditional appetizers and the renowned Greek salad. Next, comes the greatest part of the tour. We’ll all be sitting down to share the dishes you made yourself, along with another Greek traditional dish prepared by our chef. We’ll raise our glasses, toast each other, and enjoy a day spent in enjoying and experiencing.

Take in the views of the Aegean Sea while you’re photographed wearing a flowing dress that catches the wind on this private flying dress photo shoot experience. Choose from dresses in more than a dozen different colors and head to spots across Mykonos for pictures in front of ocean views and the island’s pristine whitewashed buildings.

Travelers looking for a traditional Greek cooking experience can enjoy this class in Amorgos. Join your chef, Irini, to explore the distinctive flavors of Amorgian and Greek cuisine. While cooking, Irini will divulge many Mediterranean culinary secrets. Later, savor the dishes or desserts you prepared on the hotel terrace by the pool, soaking in the panoramic view of Aegiali bay during lunch.

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.

Sample some of Crete’s finest produce on a small-group honey and extra-virgin olive oil-tasting tour. Visit a local manufacturer and see where and how these fine ingredients are made, from start to finish. Then, get a chance to sample some honey and olive oil for yourself. This is a great way to learn more about local culture through its cuisine.

Discover the flavors of Zakynthian culture during a half-day cooking class complete with lunch. Learn the secrets behind traditional Greek fare over the course of a hands-on, small-group class that includes dishes such as spinach and feta pie with filo pastry, stifado, and other local specialties. Learn about the history of the island while you cook and feast on everything you prepare in a shady garden over lunch.

A souvenir that you’ve made yourself is one of the best ways to remember a trip. In this private crafting experience, visit an Athens workshop and learn how to create custom Greek sandals. Design your shoes and pick out your favorite leather colors before making a pair for yourself. You can even wear the shoes home.

Take advantage of Syros’ beautiful scenery and agricultural bounty—and learn a traditional approach to local cooking—when you sign up for this intimate, private class. Following morning pickup at your hotel (if option selected), transfer to your instructor’s house in southern Syros. Stroll through her garden, learn about the plants that grow there, and pick fresh herbs and other ingredients. Then, head to the kitchen to prepare a multi-dish feast, with your guide’s instruction, before sitting down to a hearty lunch.

While most travelers only experience restaurant cuisine, this small-group class in Naxos offers a taste of authentic home cooking. Hosted at a family-run tavern, learn how to make traditional dishes with recipes handed down for three generations. Afterward, enjoy a stroll around the local village before sitting down to enjoy the fruits of your labor on the terrace overlooking the Melanes Valley.

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

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.

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 make one of Greece's world-famous foods in this hands-on, private Greek yogurt-making class, where you’ll make rich, creamy yogurt from scratch. Guided by an expert, you’ll turn organic milk into fresh yogurt, then transform it into tzatziki, smoothies, dressings, and desserts - just as generations of Greeks have done at home. Enjoy local flavors and take home practical tips from an unforgettable culinary experience.

Make ancient history a little more engaging for younger travellers with this private tour of the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology and an ancient tech workshop. Learn about the ancient Greeks' key innovations as your personal guide leads you through the museum's highlights and the National Garden, providing insight you might miss if exploring solo. Then enjoy a hands-on workshop to assemble an "Antikythera computer," a calculation device.

Starting from the port of Katakolo, embark on a journey into history with a visit to the Archaeological Site and Museum of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games. Explore ancient monuments, feel the spirit of the Stadium, and admire artifacts that reveal the glory of Greek civilization. Afterward, enjoy free time in the town of Olympia for shopping, lunch, coffee, or ice cream. Continue to the OILYMPIAN KOUFOLIAS – Olive Oil Mill, where the family introduces you to the art of olive oil making. Learn the process, discover the cultural importance of the olive tree, and taste different olive oil varieties in an authentic setting. Finally, relax at the seaside village of Agios Andreas, known for its charm and crystal-clear waters. Enjoy local flavors by the sea, a walk along the harbor, or even a refreshing swim. This half-day tour blends culture, gastronomy, and relaxation for an unforgettable experience.