4.5 Hours
Daily Tour
1 person
English
We begin our journey heading east through a route full of tradition and natural beauty. Our first stop is a working olive mill, where we’ll learn both the old and new methods of olive oil production. We continue to the birthplace and student years of Pope Alexander V, visit the 17th-century Monastery of Xera Xyla hidden in the hills, and end the day at the village of Kounali, where we’ll enjoy raki, traditional meze, and panoramic views of the Cretan countryside.
Through this route we head east. Initially we will visit a traditional olive mill where we will be presented the traditional way of producing olive oil we will have the opportunity to see the modern way of production and also if we want to optionally buy products from pure olive oil.
Then we will reach the place where Papas Alexander E (1340-1410) was born, we will learn about his life from his childhood until his rise to the highest office of the Roman Catholic Church.
Starting to the mountains we will pass the traditional settlement of Kourounes and then through a beautiful dirt road we will reach the Monastery Xera Xyla which dates from 1635. Then we will visit the place where Papas spent its student years and we will see the ruins of its school infrastructure.
Then we reach the traditional village of Kounali, where we will gather from the wonderful view and have the opportunity to take amazing photos. In this village, we will have the opportunity to enjoy the famous drink of Crete (raki) with traditional delicacies in a traditional cafe.
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