Naxos Kitron Distillery: Citrus Tasting & 1-Hour Tour

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Inside a 110-Year-Old Citron Distillery on Naxos

You spend an hour inside a working Kitron distillery founded in 1915, learning how the famous citron leaf liqueur is made, then taste it alongside Naxian ouzo, raki, local sweets, and appetizers in the garden courtyard. Sofia, the fourth-generation owner, leads the tour herself. The whole experience — production floor, tasting, and food — fits into 60 minutes, and you leave knowing exactly why this drink matters on the island.

Step-by-step itinerary

Citron tasting and distillery tour

Arrive at Probona Distillery courtyard
Taste local citrus products and liqueurs
Sample traditional sweets and marzipan
Enjoy Naxian ouzo with olives and bread sticks
Taste local Rakomelo and citron-flavored raki
Learn secrets of distillation process

The Experience

You walk into the courtyard and the smell hits you first — not what you'd expect from a distillery. It's citrus and something floral, mixed with the warmth of stone that's been sitting in the sun for decades. The Probona Distillery has been making Kitron, the famous citron leaf liqueur, since 1915, and Sofia, the fourth generation of the family, is the one showing you around. She moves through the space like she knows every corner, which she does — her family's been here the whole time.

The tour lasts an hour, and it's split between the actual distillery floor and the tasting courtyard. You'll see how they work with the citron leaves, the equipment that's been refined over more than a century, and then you move to the garden area where the real part starts. Sofia sets out glasses and begins pouring. There's the Kitron itself — smooth, herbaceous, nothing like the syrupy liqueurs you might have tried elsewhere. Then comes the Naxian ouzo, which tastes completely different from the mainland version. You taste it with olives, bread sticks, and a local snack called ntakos. The citron-flavored raki arrives with Naxian figs and nuts. There's also homemade lemonade if you want something without alcohol, and a selection of traditional sweets — marzipan covered in dark chocolate, halvadopita flavored with citron, dried citrus fruit.

What's strange is how much of this tastes handmade in a way that's almost disappeared. The preserves, the chocolates, the way Sofia talks about ratios and timing — it's clear this isn't a factory tour dressed up as a family business. It's an actual family business that happens to let people in. The whole thing, tour and tasting, wraps up in 60 minutes, which sounds short until you realize you've moved through four generations of recipes and you're holding a glass of something that tastes like nowhere else you've been.

What’s included

Your hour includes entry to the distillery and production area, a guided tour led by Sofia, tastings of Kitron liqueur, Naxian ouzo, citron-flavored raki, and homemade lemonade, a selection of local appetizers and snacks including olives, bread sticks, ntakos, fruit preserves, and traditional Naxian sweets such as marzipan with dark chocolate, halvadopita, and dried citrus fruit.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomeInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Promponas Distillery

Is this one for you?Right for anyone visiting Naxos who wants to understand where the island's most famous product comes from and taste it the way locals do — no need to hunt for the distillery or figure out what to order, since Sofia handles both the story and the pour.