Published on Apr, 2024

Lots of pottery shops - each one seems to have it's own style, so visit them all. Some are tacky, some are whacky, some are upmarket Three had working potters to watch Prices vary from shop to shop Also good to find restaurant - we ate at Taverna Vernada

Published on Sep, 2022

Excellent and varied tour to the countryside (village, monastery and Amari valley) At Patsos gorge, nice hike along the river: depending on your ability, you can have an easy walk to the st anthony cave only or walk further out. Had an excellent lunch at a countryside taverna, excellent meatballs in a fragrant tomato sauce, goat and local cheese pastry with mint and honey desert! I recommend for a day out of the city!

Published on Apr, 2022

Really well organized tour, our guide was excellent, friendly and well prepared. The places were beautiful, Arkadi Monastery with its long history, the village very unique and the hike was the right length, not exhausting, but long enough to create a good appetite for the tavern afterwards. The Food in the tavern was very nice, with classic Cretan Cuisine (also vegetarian dishes available, which is not always standard in Greece). Again, totally recommended for someone who wants to do something different and learn a little bit more about the Cretan history and Cretan way of life.

Published on Mar, 2022

Our tour with Vincent was simply amazing!!! Margarites is such a beautiful village full of pottery art! The history of Arkadi is shocking and it is a place everyone should visit white in Crete We did the winery tour and the tasting was just what we needed. The walk through the gorge was a perfect closing for the tour. We really really suggest you give it a try!

Published on Jul, 2019

I took this trip with my mother on our visit to Crete and it really was a highlight. Our lovely guide Vincent was an excellent careful driver, and even though air con was an option we drove with the windows down so that we could smell the beautiful thyme/pine/herb-y mountain air of Crete. Margarites was wonderful, and Vincent was careful to make sure we arrived in between busloads of other tourists so we had the whole village to ourselves, and the demonstration was done in the best, most traditional pottery in town. We weren't keen on doing the whole gorge hike as we're not very athletic and wanted a chill day, so we stopped off at the Eleftherna museum in addition to everything else. The Arkadi Monastery was incredibly moving, and Vincent told us the history of the place before we went in, which made it all even more meaningful. He's a natural storyteller and makes everything so interesting and emotionally resonate - a really fantastic guide. Last, we did the gorge, including lunch in the most wonderful traditional taverna. You can also visit the little church in the gorge and, if you're spiritually minded, I recommend taking a little something as an offering - or, as we did, some change for the candles. The gorge was shady and full of streams, and we did a short hike that wasn't too taxing but did go fairly high up. I would thoroughly and wholeheartedly recommend taking this tour, and if we had had time to take more tours with this company we would do again. Being just us and the guide was a real luxury as well, as we could follow al our little whims and curiosities about the places we were in without having to rush. Eleven out of ten, what a great day!