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By Amnisiades Park - Minoan Theater

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Price is $62 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
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Overview

    • Discover the roots of the Cretan diet in the Minoan civilization
    • Learn how to cook and taste Cretan food in a cooking class
    • Prepare and taste ancient legumes mixed with honey and herbs
    • Experience the traditional dishes served in every Cretan home
    • Get to know the utensils that were used to cook in the Minoan era

Activity location

    • Minoan Theater
    • Karteros, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Φιλίππων 2, Καρτερός 715 00, Ελλάδα | The entrance of Amnisiades Park is next to the AVIN gas station.
    • Καρτερός, Greece

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Crete: Minoan Cooking Class with Meal

  • Earn $3.71
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 1:30PM
Price details
$61.76 x 2 Adults$123.52
Total
Price is $123.52
Until Thu, Oct 22

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Guided tour of the estate
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    Cooking experience with ancient recipes
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    Meal with traditional Cretan dishes
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    Information about Minoan culture and diet
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    The duration for the cooking lesson is 2 hours and includes:
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    Homemade ice tea with local herbs
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    Minoan pie-bread that we will bake in Minoan utensils accompanied with Cretan
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    olives, olive oil and aromatic oregano to give it a special taste
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    Dakos – Cretan rusk with fresh tomato and feta cheese
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    Minoan Salad - Panspermia ( five different types of legumes with nuts, parsley and dill )
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    Briam – traditional Cretan "ladero" cooked with olive oil in the Minoan oven with a variety of vegetables
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    Dessert pies with cheese and honey and Raki ( traditional Cretan spirit )
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    Local wine
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    Spring Water
  • Exclusions
    Transportation to the estate

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Smoking
    • Not suitable for: Children under 12 years, Pregnant women

What you can expect

  • Travel back over 4000 years to discover the roots of the Cretan diet in the Minoan civilization. Cook and taste Cretan food and learn about the utensils used to cook it.

    From ancient legumes mixed with honey and herbs to the traditional dishes served in every Cretan home, experience how little has changed and how much heart remains the same.

    The Cretan diet, as it is known, is one of the healthiest diets in the whole world and has roots from the Minoan era. The basic ingredients are exactly the same. Oil, wine, honey, cereals, herbs, legumes, and meat were and are the main characteristic elements of the Cretan and Minoan diet.

    Get to know the utensils that were used to cook, most of which are copies of archaeological finds. All utensils are made from clay and suitable for a wood fire.

    The location where you will have the experience of your Minoan meal is a very special energy location, constructed and appropriately decorated. Start with a small guided tour of the estate and information about everything you will see.

Location

Activity location

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    • Minoan Theater
    • Karteros, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Φιλίππων 2, Καρτερός 715 00, Ελλάδα | The entrance of Amnisiades Park is next to the AVIN gas station.
    • Καρτερός, Greece