Private Crete Wine & Olive Oil Tour: Lyrarakis Winery with Lunch

Taste five wines straight from the cellar, then eat lunch where locals do

A private tour of rural Crete starting at 09:30, visiting a soap workshop, family olive mill and Lyrarakis Winery for a guided vineyard and cellar tour with five-wine tasting, then ending with traditional Cretan lunch in Peza Village. Your driver handles the route through the countryside. You follow the olive from fruit to bottle and taste what each stop makes.

Step-by-step itinerary

Soap, Olive Oil, Winery, and Lunch Tour

• Depart coast at 09:30
• Visit soap workshop
• Tour family olive mill
• Taste fresh extra virgin olive oil
• Guided tour of Lyrarakis Winery
• Taste five wines
• Enjoy traditional Cretan lunch in Peza Village
• Return through countryside

The experience

What makes a day in Crete stick with you: the small places where the work still happens by hand. This tour leaves the coast at 09:30 and heads into the quiet roads where a soap workshop shapes olive oil and herbs the way it has for years. Then comes a family olive mill, where you follow the path from fruit to what locals call "liquid gold": tasting fresh extra virgin olive oil at the moment it matters most, before it ages in a bottle.

Lyrarakis Winery sits surrounded by vineyards old enough to carry their own history. A guide walks you through the vines and down into the cellar, then pours five wines, each one carrying the character of its ancient grape variety. The winery is selected upon availability on your travel date (it may be Lyrarakis, Titaki or Digenaki), so the exact vineyard shifts, but the depth of the tasting stays the same. After the cellar, the day closes in Peza Village with a traditional Cretan lunch at Peteinos Alaniaris: honest dishes, generous portions, the kind of meal that tastes like someone cooked it for people they know.

Your driver brings you back through the countryside afterward, an unhurried finish. The whole day runs three to four hours from start to finish. Bottled water travels with you. The vehicle is air-conditioned and private. Vegetarian menus are available on request, and the lunch portions scale to your party size.

What’s included

• Soap workshop visit with soap-making demonstration.
• olive mill tour and fresh extra virgin olive oil tasting.
• Lyrarakis Winery (or Titaki or Digenaki, by availability) with guided vineyard and cellar tour and five-wine tasting.
• traditional Cretan lunch in Peza Village.
• bottled water.
• air-conditioned private vehicle.
• hotel pickup and return.

Before you book

Days and timesFridayDeparts at 09:30Last departure this season: 30 Oct

Book up to1h before

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Under 18: can't be booked

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effort

Operated by LocalTrips4U "Experience True Crete"

Is this one for you?This is a private tour, so the route, timing and stops stay the same whether you travel alone or with others in your party: no shared van, no strangers at the lunch table. The pace is unhurried and built around tasting and learning at each stop rather than rushing through a list, which suits anyone who wants depth over distance.

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Top questions

How does the olive oil tasting work at the mill?

The family olive mill opens its process from fruit to bottle, and you taste fresh extra virgin olive oil in its purest form: the moment before it ages or travels. It is a direct look at what the mill actually produces.

Which winery will I visit? Lyrarakis, Titaki or Digenaki?

The winery is selected upon availability on the date you travel, so it shifts by booking. All three offer a guided tour through vineyards and cellar with a tasting of five wines from ancient grape varieties grown on the property.

What is the lunch like in Peza Village?

Lunch is a traditional Cretan meal at Peteinos Alaniaris, built around honest dishes and generous flavors: the kind of hospitality that lingers. Vegetarian options are available on request, and portion sizes adjust for groups of two or four.

Does the tour include hotel pickup?

Yes, pickup is included. Your driver collects you and returns you at the end of the day in an air-conditioned private vehicle.

What is the soap workshop visit?

The soap workshop is a small operation where olive oil and herbs are shaped by practiced hands. You see the soap-making demonstration and understand how the craft works before moving on to the olive mill.