EXCURSION TO THE INLAND OF HERAKLION｜Greece

STARTING AT 9:00 AM FROM WHERE YOU AND YOUR GROUP ARE, WE WILL HEAD SOUTH OF HERAKLION TO THE VILLAGE OF DAFNES, WHERE WE WILL VISIT ONE OF THE MANY WINERIES LOCATED IN THE AREA. IN ONE HOUR AND THIRTY MINUTES (1:30) YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE PRODUCTION PROCESS BUT YOU WILL ALSO TASTE A VARIETY OF WINES. THE ENTIRE VILLAGE IS ACTIVE IN THE VINEYARD SECTOR AND THE PRODUCTS THAT COME FROM THERE, SUCH AS WINE, RAKI, TABLE GRAPES, AND RAISINS. HOUSEWIVES MAKE DOLMADAKIA (STUFFED VINE LEAVES) FROM THE SULTANINA VINE VARIETY, AS WELL AS SWEETS AND JAMS FROM GRAPES. THEN, A FEW METERS FURTHER DOWN, YOU WILL VISIT THE VENETIAN VILLAGE OF VENERATO, WHERE YOU WILL EXPERIENCE MOMENTS FROM ANOTHER ERA AT THE ANCIENT MONASTERY OF "PANAGIA I PALIANI". WE WILL STAY THERE FOR ONE HOUR (1:00). THEN WE WILL TRAVEL WEST OF THE VILLAGE AND STOP AT THE PICTURESQUE VILLAGE OF ASITES, WHERE WE WILL HAVE FREE TIME FOR COFFEE/SNACKS AND A WALK OF ABOUT ONE HOUR (1:00). AFTER THAT, WE WILL VISIT LOCAL WOMEN WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF TRADITIONAL BREAD MAKING, AND THEY WILL GIVE US A TOUR OF THEIR OVENS. THERE WILL BE TREATS. LEAVING THERE, FULL OF IMAGES, TASTES, AND KNOWLEDGE, WE WILL HEAD NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE KARTEROS AREA, WHERE YOU WILL BE HOSTED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS (2:00) ENJOYING AUTHENTIC CRETAN FOOD MADE FROM LOCAL PRODUCTS. FINALLY, A SOUVENIR WILL BE GIVEN.