Crete Shepherd Experience with Cheese Making and Food tasting
- 4 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
Overview
Sample Menu
Fried lamb liver
A tender, nutrient-dense offal dish characterized by its rich, earthy flavor and velvety texture, served with Cretan rusk
"Ofto" lamb
Ofto (antikritsto), is an ancient Cretan method of slow-roasting meat (usually lamb) around an open fire.
Oftes patates
A potato wrapped in foil and slowly roasted in the embers of a wood fire, developing a rich, smoky flavor and a wonderfully soft texture.
Seasonal salad
Traditional salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and onion
Pasta with anthotyro
Pasta cooked the traditional way, in meat broth with traditional "anthotyro" cheese (salty cheese for pasta)
Anogiano anthogalo
Traditional fresh cream cheese, like sour yogurt
Kritharokouloura
Traditional Cretan rusk
Pites
Traditional cheese pies with honey or sugar (prepared during the workshop), served with raki or Greek coffee, and seasonal fruit
What's Included
- Alcoholic BeveragesWelcome drink with traditional raki. Wine aged at the family shelter or craft beer from local producers. For our little guests we offer orange juice.
- Introduction to shepherd life, the location and its history
- LunchYou can view our traditional Cretan menu, above. To request additional dishes, please contact us.
- Hands-on lamb milking experience
- Hands-on cheese-making workshop
- Sheep shearing demonstration and participation
- Cooking workshop (cretan traditional cheese pies)
- Bottled waterFresh spring water, and bottled water
- Free time to relax and enjoy the fresh mountain air of the Nida Plateau, with amazing views.
- Private transportationTransfer (We will be happy to help you book your transfer to/from the meeting point -for Heraklion and Rethymno visitors. Please contact us after you book your experience)
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 6R4P+P3, Anogia 740 51, Greece
We'll meet you at the meeting point. The road leading to the meeting point is paved. From the meeting point until you reach the hut, the road becomes a mild dirt road. You either follow in your car to the hut, or you walk.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.11:00 am
What To Expect
Nida Plateau
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Please let us know if any of the guests have food allergies
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
Cancellation Policy
$190.12
per personup to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
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