Galilee Culinary Day Tour: Cheese, Wine & 3000-Year-Old Olives

Eight hours tasting goat cheese, wood-fired bread, award-winning wine and Israel's oldest olive trees

This eight-hour culinary day tour of the Galilee takes you through the region's food and wine producers (a goat cheese dairy, traditional mills, boutique wineries and a 3,000-year-old olive grove) with lunch in a village home and tastings of local sweets. The tour runs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with the option to add a market visit on those days. A live English-speaking guide leads groups of up to eight people.

Options for this experience

2 options

From US$ 287.18 per person, depending on the option and date you choose.See dates & book

Galilee food and wine experience 09:30 Guide in English Up to 10 per booking We visit a range of local producers making olive oil, Arabic coffee, local sweets, and goat's milk cheeses, along with as many local wineries as you like. The number you visit is up to you.

Market visit and culinary tour 09:30 Guide in English Up to 8 per booking The local markets operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Step-by-step itinerary

Culinary and cultural Galilee tour

• Taste knaffeh and baklava sweets
• Visit family-run goat's cheese dairy
• Hear farm and area explanation
• Visit traditional flour and bulgar wheat mill
• Taste fresh wood-oven baked pitta bread
• See Israel's oldest olive trees

What’s included

• Tastings of regional sweets, goat cheese from an award-winning dairy, fresh wood-oven baked pitta bread, olive oil from a traditional press, wine from boutique wineries, and a full lunch in a village home.
• all activities and visits.
• a live English-speaking guide.

Times

• Every day 09:30

Before you book

Group Private

Live guide English

Meeting point and pickup No hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Ages Adult (8 to 80 years) · Under 8: can't be booked

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

Confirmation Confirmation within 48 h

Good to know

Low physical effort Stroller-friendly Public transport nearby

Operated by Galileat

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The experience

The day starts with the sweets that define the region: knaffeh and baklava from the North's best makers. From there you move into the working side of Galilee food: a family-run, internationally award-winning goat cheese dairy where you taste their cheeses and hear how the farm and the surrounding area operate. The stops are built around what people actually make here, not what tourists usually see.

A traditional flour and bulgur wheat mill comes next, where you taste fresh, wood-oven baked pitta bread straight from the heat. Then you walk among Israel's oldest olive trees, three thousand years old, and see the press that turns them into oil. Lunch happens in a village home, cooked by someone who lives there, and the meal ties together everything you've tasted that morning. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, you can add a market visit to the itinerary at checkout, which shifts the day toward the vendors and the produce they sell.

The tour runs eight hours with a guide who speaks English and knows the producers personally. Groups stay small, a maximum of eight people, so the pace stays unhurried and the conversations at each stop actually happen. Vegetarian options are available if you let the operator know when you book. A pram or stroller works for infants and small children, and the physical demands suit all fitness levels.

Top questions

What's the difference between the two options I can book?

Food and Wine in the Galilee is the standard tour with tastings at the dairy, mill, olive grove and village lunch. Culinary Tour and Market Visit adds a stop at the local market on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday, letting you see the produce and vendors alongside the producers you visit on the main route.

Is lunch included in this tour?

Yes, lunch is included as part of the tour. It's served in a village home and built around the foods and flavors you've tasted earlier in the day.

What exactly are the 3,000-year-old olive trees, and can I see them being pressed?

Israel's oldest olive trees grow in the Galilee, and the tour includes a visit to the grove where you can walk among them. You also visit a traditional olive press where you see how the oil is made from olives grown in the region.

How many people typically go on this tour?

Groups are capped at a maximum of eight people per booking, which keeps the experience intimate and allows real conversation at each stop.

Can I do this tour if I'm vegetarian?

Yes, vegetarian options are available. Let the operator know your dietary preference when you book, and they'll arrange the meals and tastings accordingly.

What time does the tour start and end?

The tour runs for eight hours total. Confirm the exact start time with the operator when you book, as departure times may vary by day.