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Psiloritis: Hands-on Milking goats and Cheese Workshop

By The Shepherd's Shelter
10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €25 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Savour the flavours of Crete as you taste your homemade cheese and raki
  • Learn how to make fresh cheese and Cretan kalitsounia
  • Meet friendly farm animals and explore a garden with organic vegetables
  • Discover the traditional Cretan way of milking goats by hand
  • Enjoy a warm welcome and learn about the life of shepherds in the area

Activity location

    • Zoniana
    • Zoniana, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Unnamed Road, Milopotamos 740 51, Ελλάδα | Next to the big stonebuilt building.
    • Rethymno, Greece

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Warm welcome and introduction to shepherd life and area history
  • Inclusions
    Tour of farm and meeting hosting animals
  • Inclusions
    Visit to the garden with biological vegetables
  • Inclusions
    Hands-on goat milking experience
  • Inclusions
    Hands-on cheese-making workshop
  • Inclusions
    Kalitsounia making process
  • Inclusions
    Cheese tasting
  • Exclusions
    lunch or dinner

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: People with animal allergies, People with lactose intolerance, People with mobility impairments
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Begin your activity with a warm welcome and learn about the life of shepherds and the history of the area. Then, take a small tour of the farmland to meet the hosting animals and pass by the garden with the biological vegetables.

    Next, milk some goats by hand, the traditional Cretan way. Then, take the milk for the hands-on cheese workshop inside the old stone building. Make fresh cheese together with the shepherd.

    Then, learn to make the famous Cretan Kalitsounia (traditional pies) with the fresh cheese you have made before, also a hands-on activity. At the end, have a cheese tasting process and accompany it with some raki, the local spirit.

Location

Activity location

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    • Zoniana
    • Zoniana, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Unnamed Road, Milopotamos 740 51, Ελλάδα | Next to the big stonebuilt building.
    • Rethymno, Greece