Kournas Lake Exploration: Olive Oil Factory Visit with Wine Tasting Experience
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Kournas
Explore Kournas Lake, the only freshwater natural lake in Crete, and enjoy a coffee break in a local taverna. Visit an olive oil factory for a tour and tasting, then head to a winery for a botanical garden tour and wine tasting experience.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lake Kournas - Have fun in Kourna’s Lake by riding a pedalo through the natural freshwater lake and admiring the beauty of nature
  • Vryses - Olive oil factory tour and tasting
  • Winery Dourakis - Wine tasting in a traditional family winery
What's Included
  • Bottled water included
  • Travel in style with VIP Mercedes V class or Jeep Renegade for smaller groups
  • Complimentary snacks
  • Experience olive and raki tasting
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Tea and coffee
  • Pedalo riding
  • Wine tasting (14 euros per person for 5 wines)
Additional Information

Experience the uniqueness of Crete’s only freshwater lake, while unwinding at a traditional local taverna with some coffee. Savor the stunning local fauna by taking a pedalo ride or, for the audacious visitors, by swimming in the lake alongside ducks and turtles. Subsequently, tour an olive oil manufacturing unit, fully elucidating the process of production and offering tastings of local products. Rounding off the visit is a scenic winery nestled in a courtyard, featuring a botanical garden. Get a deep dive into the winemaking process, from the production to storage area, understanding all its intricacies. The cherry on top is a wine tasting session, where you can sample five local wines (and have lunch if you wish).

Location
Lake Kournas
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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The5gfamily
May 26, 2024
Wonderful tour! - Wonderful tour. Aggeliki makes you feel like friend or family when she drives you around. She knows the island and its history in great details and she always has a fun fact to share. Aggeliki has rare listenings skills and is eager to match your needs (we wanted to visit quiet spots and avoid crowd: she took us exactly to the right places). She also perfectly adjusted the planning according to the cloudy slighlty rainy weather that day. Aggeliki speaks perfect English and German. Her car is extremely comfortable and she drives very safely. Highly recommend Aggeliki Kourou VIP Tours.
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Jessica_g
May 13, 2024
BOOK ANGIE! - Angie was such an incredible guide. She was funny, friendly, patient, and fun! She was flexible to our needs and wants. Even though this was a half-day trip, she took us on the trip for the whole day. My family (mom and two aunts) found her hilarious and so welcoming. I would book her in a heartbeat for future trips to Crete. I would recommend her separately from the Viator website.
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Marvin_u
Apr 29, 2024
Olive oil and wine tasting in Crete—Kournas lake region - This is an excellent and must do tour when visiting Crete. We were met at the port of Souda by our tour guide, Angi, promptly the morning of the tour. She was a lovely and delightful young lady who was articulate and well-educated. She speaks five different languages and is well versed in the history of her country and the region that we toured. We visited a splendid winery and had lunch. The wine was excellent and the food was superb. We also visit a wonderful olive oil processing facility which very clean and staff was very friendly and accomadating. Kournas lake was beautiful and calming surrounded by the mountains. Angi did a fabulous job of taking care of us by surprising with small treats throughout the trip from her region. The van was very comfortable and she did an excellent job of showing the region, educating us on the culture. Overall, a great trip that I would highly recommend for anyone visiting Crete!
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Amanda_b
Apr 25, 2024
Fantastic Family Experience With Something for Everyone - My family and I had such a wonderful time on this tour, especially with Angie as our guide. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast on the shore of the lake and a walk around it (although you can also swim or take a peddle boat out on the lake). The views were gorgeous and the water was so clear! Angie took us to a great spot overlooking the lake first to take photos and was happy to take photos of my family together. The wine tasting was fantastic and we opted to try several local cheeses along with our wine. The service was excellent and our server took the time to explain our wines and cheeses. The cellar tour was also pretty cool. We especially loved how much they also looked after stray animals. We learned the proper way to taste olive oil at our last stop and really enjoyed the olive oils and balsamic we tried there. We also appreciated the opportunity to try honey raki at the end. We definitely walked away with a few new delicious items for our kitchens. The real star of the tour was Angie though. We learned a lot of interesting things about Crete along the way from her narration and she had such a great personality interacting with my family. Communication in advance to determine pick up times, locations, etc. was very easy and clear. She even arranged with our private taxi across the island to pick us up at our final location, saving us a lot of time and effort. Her vehicle is very comfortable and well-equipped and we were all impressed with her safe and expert driving. She left us with many excellent recommendations for our next stop in Iraklio. I would recommend this tour with no reservations!
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Tklovestravel
Dec 19, 2023
Angelina is the best! - We loved this tour! The winery's setting was rustic and quaint and of course we enjoyed the wine! However, the best part of the tour was our charming guide, Angelina! We could tell the owners and staff all knew her personally and were very fond of her! We felt the same way and by the end of the day we knew we had made a new friend! TAKE THIS TOUR! Ask for Angelina!
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Eny_k
Dec 12, 2023
First time in Crete - Angie was delightful. Great energy all around. While weather wasn’t the best on the day of our tour, she was able to make accommodations and provide a different experience from the original plan. To Angie: when (not if) I return to Crete, would love to connect again :)
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500reneet
Dec 4, 2023
Amazing! - This woman! She has an amazing personality, she provides an absolute wonderful service and experience. She created a private tour with 3 activities: olive farm, horseback riding and a wine tasting! During the car drive from activity to activity she gave a lot of information about Crete, she spoiled us with goodies and made us feel so relaxed! She made us try a special Crete dish and did she share her must do restaurants and other activities on the island! I can go on and on about her! Do yourself a favour and book any trip with her!
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758philippaj
Oct 23, 2023
Beautiful scenery, VIP experience & Amazing local produce - could not be better! - My partner and I had the most amazing tour with Angie. She was a friendly and accommodating guide, we were the only people on the tour and Angie made us feel like VIPs! She went the extra mile to make sure our trip was special, including sourcing a cake and singing Happy Birthday to me within hours of finding out it was my birthday! The locations we visited were beautiful. We would highly recommend hopping on a pedalo on Lake Kournas - we were lucky enough to see the turtles and swimming in the middle of the deep lake felt magical. The people at the Olive oil factory and vineyard were very friendly and informative. Everything we tasted was amazing! Not to mention the setting of the vineyard looked like something out of a movie! Overall, we could not recommend this tour enough. Treat yourself - you won't regret it!
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Bonnie_d
Sep 16, 2023
Great Private Tour of Crete - Angie was very personable and knowledgeable about the island! So friendly, took us to great locations, wonderful wine tasting and lunch. We really enjoyed our day. It was great!!
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L6506gdstephaniej
Sep 11, 2023
Amazing tour with a great guide! - We would highly recommend this tour - and any tour with Angie! She is warm, easy going, wants to make sure you’re cared for and creates a personable and comfortable environment! We were able to see the lake, learn about the production of olive oil, did olive oil and honey tasting and then ended our day at the winery where we went on a wine tour and did tastings at a beautiful family owned winery. It was a fantastic way to spend the day and felt like we were spending it with a friend! Book this tour!
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