Foraging
Walking
Tours
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Vassilis has a life experience foraging and walking tourists around his family farm.
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Also other local and international multi-language tour guides will join the tours.
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Join Us For A Walk On The Wild Side
Castello Taverna Eco Lunch - Foraging Walking Tours is not your average countryside walk. We immerse you in real Cretan nature & food culture while walking through enchanting hidden countryside. Mountains, river streams, farms and the local Minoan Archaeological site.
Local Cretan and international multi-lingual guides show you the enchanting hidden Crete & share with you their ancient food & culture knowledge. You will fully interact with the raw nature, foraging wild herbs, vegetables, fruits and nuts. All products are organic and non GMO as Greece has prohibited GMO crops/seeds.
Learn how to make olive oil, local wine, Raki & cheese at our host farm (season dependent). Get back to unspoiled nature, step back in time & feel the healing affects of the Cretan way of life.
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After a beautiful walk through the mountain-village of Kastellos (north of Rethmynon) and surrounding areas you will return to Catello Taverna and Eco farm to sample the foods you foraged and eat a tasty traditional Cretan lunch. At different times of the year the farm next to the taverna is active in producing local olive oil, wine, milk, cheese, raki and more........
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In September you can be part of the wine making process, harvesting the grapes. Throughout the summer there are an abundance of local fruits i.e. plums, figs, berries that can be collected for jam making or eaten on the spot. Then there is the milk products. The sheep and goats roam free on green pastures and produce excellent organic milk and cheese. Learn how to milk a sheep and see how traditional Cretan Cheese is made.
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Historic Agias Paraskevi Church
WINE NOT?
We'll Start the foraging walking tour after visiting the Somatas Late-Minoan Archaeological site.
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February/March/April: ​
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Picking edible wild Mushrooms, Asparagus, Avronies (looks like asparagus), Thistles, Flowers, Oregano, Thyme, mint and herbs tea.
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Milking Ship, cheese making, collecting eggs in the farm.
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May/June/July:
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Picking edible wild Asparagus, celery, Thistles, Flowers, Oregano, Thyme, mint, figs, black berries and many other fruits and herbs for tea.
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Traditional Cretan bread baking, sheering sheep, collecting eggs in the farm. Lamb roasting lunch.
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August/September/ October:
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Picking wild Black berries, cherries, nuts, figs, quince and many other fruits and herbs for tea.
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Harvesting grapes, wine making and Raki distillation.
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November/December/January:
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Picking Olives, olive oil making. Traditional Cretan bread baking.
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Picking wild herbs, mushrooms, snails, fruits and eggs in the farm
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Obs: Every walking tour will be different depending the time of the year as shown above, but also depending on the route that we walk we may find less or more quantity of the wild vegetables, fruits and nuts etc.​
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Nature's Surprise-Surprise!
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Our Eco Lunch - Foraging Walking Tours starting time: 9:30 till 14:00
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Lunch 14:00 till 17:00.​
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BOOKING OPTIONS:
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Every day tours available and all year round. Winter is also magical in Crete for foraging and walking.
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Groups over 6 persons have 20% discount. Groups have the option to book one week or more package vacation with Breakfast, Lunch, Drinks and accommodation, with options for your group formed by your family, friends or your company employees, to stay at the "Little Farm House" or any other property from our friends which are listed on AirBnB.com/Kastellos:​
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Hotel transfer for individual bookings is included on the price only from Rethymno city. Private Group Tours have hotel transfer available from Chania, Souda Bay, Kalives, Vamos, Georgioupolis, Rethymno, Platanias, Panormo and Bali, Herklion, Hersonissos and Malia. (request prices including hotel transfer information for Private Group Tours)
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Price per person 69 euros. Promotional prices: If you are coming with your own car we can offer 10% off the price and 20% discount for those who are staying at any of Kastellos or Armenoi's Airbnb listed houses and 25% off if you are staying at any accommodation listed on: www.clikar.weebly.com/accommodation.html/
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Price includes: 24% tax, multi-lingual tour guides, cheese maker or wine/raki maker, bread maker, local farmers, brunch and eco lunch with water, wine and raki. Hotel transfers are included only from Rethymno city for the standard price. Price excludes: Hotel transfers outside of Rethymno city. Insurance (Please bring your EU Health Card or Travel Insurance). Please wear comfortable shoes, sun-cream and trousers.​ Terms & Conditions
Place Your Booking​
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Or call Vassilis to reserve your place
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0030 697 280 1688
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Wild Asparagus
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