Greece Cheese Tours: The 15 Best Days Out

1.Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 490 reviews · 7 hours · from $49Our pick

Spend seven hours exploring rural Crete from Chania, with hotel pickup, a visit to the 3,000 to 5,000-year-old Olive Tree of Vouves, bakery treats, cheese, honey, olive oil, and wine tastings. Guides such as Linda and Electra bring the island’s food traditions to life, while the family winery offers up to 20 local wines to sample.

“Linda was very engaging and entertaining and courteous. The trip was very interesting and informative, travel was comfortable and sights were beautiful. Would recommend as a day trip”

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2.Acropolis Wine Tasting with Cheese and Olives

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 337 reviews · 1 - 1.5 hours · from $44

Join an English or Greek speaking wine expert for a 1 to 1.5 hour tasting beneath the Acropolis. You’ll sample five Greek wines, five cheeses, olives, and bread rusks while a virtual tour explains Attica vineyards, grape varieties, ancient wine making, and food pairings. Small groups usually have eight to ten people.

“what a lot of fun. our guide was knowledgeable and we just had a great time tasting Greek wines. would highly recommend if u like wines!”

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3.Crete: Farm Visit with Cheese Tasting and Milking Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 109 reviews · 1h 30m · from $29Best value

Spend 90 minutes at Arkadianos Farm near Rethymno with guide Michaelis and his family. Feed animals, try hand and machine milking, watch and help make fresh Cretan cheese, then taste feta, graviera, Tyromalama, yogurt, desserts, wine, and raki. Children also have a safe playground and room to explore.

“The visit to the farm was absolutely fantastic! The owner and his team are very dedicated to showing visitors around the entire place. It was a real pleasure to experience farm life, even if just for a while. The cheeses were delicious, as were the yogurts. I highly recommend everyone visiting Crete to come here!!!”

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4.Cheese & Wine Trails – Naxos

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 29 reviews · 5 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $330Top rated

Spend about five and a half hours exploring Naxian food traditions with a local guide such as Alex or Eleni. Visit a family farm, help make arseniko cheese, feed the animals, enjoy a homemade brunch, then tour a vineyard and taste three wines, grape spirits, cheeses, and local specialties.

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5.Rethymno 4×4 Safari: Tastes & Farm Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 23 reviews · 7 hours · from $128

This 7-hour semi-private 4x4 tour takes you from Rethymno to Klados Winery, Melidoni Olive Oil Mill, Halepa Monastery, and a mountain shepherd’s mitato. You’ll taste local wine, olive oil, and cheese, watch cheese-making, and finish with a Cretan lunch in Axos. English and German-speaking driver-guides lead groups of up to 6 or 8 per vehicle.

“Toller Ausflug in einer Kleingruppe! Der Guide war humorvoll und hatte viele spannende Insights für uns! Klare Weiterempfehlung! :-)”

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6.Beer Tasting Evening Experience in Athens with Greek Cheeses

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $50

Meet a Greek beer connoisseur at 8:30 pm for five local beers, five regional cheeses, olives, and rusks. You’ll learn how malt, hops, and grains affect flavor, play a tasting game, and finish in central Athens with tips and optional bottles to take home.

“Our guide was exceptionally knowledgeable and prepared. She did a great job walking us through what we were looking for while tasting, and picked a variety of beers for us to try”

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7.Cheese and Wine Tasting (Guided Tour INCLUDED)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $57

At Diaseli Traditional Cheesery, a guide leads you through a 20-minute folklore museum visit, then serves about nine cheeses, honey, fig marmalade, wine, liqueur, dried fruit, breadsticks, and tomatoes with olive oil. Helen may guide the tasting, which also includes time to walk around the farm and enjoy the views.

“Wonderful experience learnings about the history of Ios! Helen made us feel at home and gave great insight about the island. Delicious cheeses and wine!”

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8.Naxos Mythology & Ancient Sites Tour with Cheese & Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $234

Spend four hours exploring Naxos sites tied to Demeter, Dionysus, Apollo, and ancient sculpture. A licensed guide such as Maria, Katia, Labrina, or Evdoxia leads the stories, while private transport, entrance fees, and a local cheese and wine brunch are included. The small group size is capped at 12.

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9.Cretan Farm Tour with Cheese-Making, Olive Oil Tasting & Picnic

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $72

Spend about three hours at a family farm near Moires with a local host, Mama Stela, and perhaps other relatives. Walk through olive groves and greenhouses, learn about sustainable growing, taste extra virgin olive oil, watch fresh Cretan cheese being made, and share a picnic of homemade food, juices, and raki. Groups are capped at 12.

“Excellente expérience à vivre. On ressent clairement la passion pour leur terroir. Guide très accueillante et très attentive envers ses "invités", le repas dans le champ d oliviers est un "must" c est une histoire de famille : on se promène dans les cultures de l oncle, la mère et la grand mère sont au fourneau et notre guide nous emmène avec de nombreuses explications en restant très vivantes. À recommander absolument !!!”

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10.Farm Tour with Cheese-Making, Olive Oil Tasting & Picnic

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $60

Marianna Papagrigoriou and her family welcome you to Cretan Vibes Farm for a 2.5-hour visit through olive groves and greenhouses. You will taste extra virgin olive oil, watch a harvest video, see Mama Stela make mizithra cheese, and share home-cooked food, handmade refreshments, and raki beneath a wooden roof.

“Hôtes très agréable, ambiance sympathique. Je recommande !!”

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11.Wine, Oil, & Cheese Tasting in Nemea & Argolis

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 7 reviews · 13 hours

Spend 13 hours tracing the Peloponnese food trail with an English-speaking driver such as Alex or Andreas. Taste local cheese, olive oil, country snacks, and Nemea wine, then visit Epidaurus and the Asclepion before sunset at Corinth Canal. This is a private trip for up to four, with tasting fees and site admission paid separately.

“Everything was amazing! Each experience was well done and well thought out by our guide Alex. We highly recommend this flit really understand life outside of Athens.”

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12.Orange & Natural Wines Of Greece with Cheese & Olive Oils

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 1 hour · from $41

Spend one hour with sommelier Anton tasting six organic, biodynamic, natural, and orange wines from Greece. Pair them with cheese, ancient-style nibbles, herbs, spices, grape must, and extra virgin olive oils while learning how indigenous grapes and traditional winemaking shape each glass.

“Anton was super informative and we learnt so much about Greek natural wine. He tailored the experience to us and gave recommendations for other wineries for the rest of our trip. Would 100% recommend it was amazing”

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13.Cheese and Wine Tasting Tour From Chania

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $42

Spend about seven hours tasting Cretan food and wine, visiting the 3,000 to 5,000-year-old olive tree at Vouves, a local bakery, an olive grove, and Pnevmatikakis Winery. Pickup from your hotel or a nearby point is offered, with guides such as Linda adding local context. Bring cash for bakery purchases.

“This was an incredible experience! Our tour guide taught us so much about Chania. Bring cash for the bakery or you won’t be able to buy anything (that was unfortunately us!). The cheese, wine, & honey were amazing!”

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14.Culture & Taste Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $107

Ride an included bicycle with George from Ios Adventure, pass the ancient site of Skarkos, and visit Diaseli Traditional Cheesery with Helen. You will learn about island traditions, see olive and fig cultivation, and taste local cheese. The private tour lasts about four hours, with a moderate fitness level required.

“George gave us an experience that you won't find amongst your typical tourist activities in Greece. He took us on a ride which encapsulated the beauty and historical aspects of Ios. He knew so much about the local landscape, the history of the island, key landmarks that helped shape the island and other features. He was patient, encouraging and looked after us the whole way. A truly incredible experience that we highly recommend to anyone visiting Ios. Thank you George for a unforgettable experience!”

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15.Ios: Cooking Experience with Cheese and Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $154

Spend 2.5 hours at Diaseli Traditional Cheesery with Thia Froso and Helen, preparing a surprise local recipe in a stone stove, visiting the farm and rural-life museum, then tasting nine cheeses, honey, fig marmalade, wine, and homemade liqueur. Your cooked meal goes home in a box.

“This experience was by far one of our favorite from our Eurotrip! We got a tour of the grounds, picked our own ingredients and started the cooking fun! The views were amazing, everything was so beautiful and well kept! Helen was so knowledgeable, patient, funny and kind! We cooked and ate and drank some yummy wine! This was one of the most authentic experiences we had during our trip! 10/10 recommend!”

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