Private Walking Tour Chania Old Town: Wine Tasting with Sommelier

Four thousand years of Cretan wine in a single afternoon, tasted with someone who knows them.

A private walking tour of Chania Old Town in Crete with a local English-speaking guide, wine tasting of four indigenous Cretan varieties led by a sommelier, lunch at a local restaurant with traditional dishes, and hotel pickup from anywhere within 10km of the city. The tour runs 4 to 5 hours and keeps the group to a maximum of 10 people at the wine tasting. Children from age 6 are welcome, though wine tasting requires a minimum age of 18.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Chania with wine and lunch

• Pick up and visit café with sea view
• Wine tasting with 4 local Cretan wines
• Tour Chania Old Town and Venetian harbor
• Lunch with traditional Cretan products

The experience

The day starts outside the city at a hilltop café with views across Chania and the Aegean Sea: a cup of local mountain tea or coffee sets the pace before you head into the old town itself. This opening stop is where you get a sense of how the place sits in the landscape, and it gives the guide a chance to explain what you're about to walk through: the 700-year-old Venetian harbor, the lighthouse from 1599, the narrow streets where locals still shop and eat.

The wine tasting happens at the Wine Center of Crete with a sommelier named Maria, who pours four wines made from grapes that grow only here: varieties shaped by the warm climate and sun that mainland Greece doesn't have. These are the wines Cretans have been making for over 4,000 years, not international grapes planted elsewhere. You taste what the island actually produces, and the sommelier explains the difference. After that, lunch at a local restaurant means pasteli, kalitsounia, graviera, mizithra, Cretan salad, local olives, boureki, pastitsio, dolmathes, meat and zucchini balls, thyme honey, and wine: the foods locals order, not a tourist menu. You eat with the guide and talk with people at the restaurant. The point is to see how the day actually unfolds for someone who lives here.

Hotel pickup is included from anywhere between 3 and 10 miles from Chania, so you don't arrange transport yourself. The tour operates in all weather, so bring layers. Bottled water and liability insurance are included. Children from age 6 can join the walking part. Only those 18 and older participate in the wine tasting.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup within 10km of Chania.
• a cup of coffee or local mountain tea at the opening café.
• wine tasting of four indigenous Cretan varieties led by a sommelier.
• lunch at a local restaurant with traditional Cretan dishes and wine.
• a local English-speaking guide for the entire tour.
• bottled water.
• liability insurance.

Before you book

Days and timesNext departure: 19 Jan 2027

Book up to4h before

AgesAdult (13 and older) · Child (6 to 12 years) · Under 6: can't be included in the booking

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by CHANIA ADVENTURES SINGLE MEMBER P.C

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you're staying in Chania without a car: pickup from your hotel means you skip arranging transport, and the private format lets you move at your own pace through the old town with someone who actually lives there and knows which restaurants locals eat at.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (6 to 12 years). Under 6: they can't be included in the booking.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What Cretan wines will I taste on this tour?

The sommelier pours four wines made from indigenous grape varieties that grow only in Crete: grapes shaped by the island's warm climate and sun. These are the varieties Cretans have been producing for over 4,000 years, not international grapes planted elsewhere.

Where does the tour pick me up, and how does that work?

Hotel pickup is included from anywhere between 3 and 10 miles from Chania city center. The guide collects you from your accommodation, so you don't need to arrange your own transport to the starting point.

What will I eat during the lunch part of the tour?

Lunch happens at a local restaurant in Chania Old Town and includes traditional Cretan dishes: pasteli, kalitsounia, graviera, mizithra, Cretan salad, local olives, boureki, pastitsio, dolmathes, meat and zucchini balls, thyme honey, and wine. You eat what locals order, not a tourist menu.

How long does the entire tour take?

The tour runs between 4 and 5 hours, starting with coffee or tea at a hilltop café outside the city, moving into the wine tasting, then the walking tour and lunch in the old town.

Is this tour private, or will I be with other travelers?

The tour is private. You book it as a group. The wine tasting at the Wine Center is shared with a maximum of 10 people, but the walking and lunch portions are your group alone with the local host.