Let us show you the traditional way of making bread and let’s bake it together afterwards in the wood oven! It will be the best bread you have ever tasted, for sure. You will then enjoy the bread you made yourselves with an amazing meal that we will prepare for you!
10:00 Meet at the a specific meeting point and start our way to the village Thronos.
10:45 Arriving in the village and enjoy a warm welcome from the owners and the staff of the place, Lambros (the father) Maria and Eleutheria (daughters) , Haroula, Dimitra (staff). Breathe fresh mountain air, feel the energy of nature, relax with the songs of birds and taste a homemade lemonade and of course raki!
11:15Â Place woods in the wood oven so as to be ready for baking the bread.
11:30 We are ready to mix the flour with water and “prozimi”, the Cretan homemade yeast and make our loafs of bread! Women in the past years had to spend about two hours in order to knead the bread for their family! But we are lucky as we have Dimitra, who will show us tricks in order to have perfect loafs! We will then wait for the bread to rise.
12:15 We will watch the procedure of taking the burning woods out of the oven, cleaning the oven and help Dimitra to put the loafs in the wood oven. While the bread is baking, we will visit the Old Byzantine church of the village which has amazing frescos!
12:50 Our bread is ready now and it smells so good! Enjoy fresh warm bread with olive oil!
13:30 Time for a typical Cretan lunch in taverna Aravanes! Enjoy your meal, bread, wine, fruits and desert.
14:50 It’s time to leave Thronos! In order to remember us we will give you a loaf of bread for your friends back home! Don’t worry, homemade bread can be kept in the fridge for a couple of days!
Includes: lunch, wine, fruits, desert.
We can arrange transfer from your hotel and back with a small extra charge.
Minimum participants: 4 persons
Children under 10 years old: free of charge.
Children over 10 years old: 30€
Adults: 55€
For more information please contact us.
Did you know that women in the past used ash to clean and sterilise their clothes? A different way of using ash, olive oil soap, hot water and herbs! Once you have completed your lesson, you will enjoy a tasteful meal with wine!
10:00 Meet at the the specific meeting point and start our way to village Thronos.
10:45 Arriving in the village and enjoy a warm welcome from the owners and the staff of the place, Lambros (the father) Maria and Eleutheria (daughters), Haroula, Dimitra (staff). Breathe fresh mountain air, feel the energy of nature, relax with the songs of birds and taste a homemade lemonade and of course raki!
11:15 It’s time to bring the clothes at the area where women used to wash them in the past! We will need a bid basket with holes and a special thick fabric for the ash. We will start a small fire in order to boil water and to collect the ash from the woods.
12:00 Hot water is ready but first we have to pre-wash the clothes with handmade olive oil soap and water from the spring! Then we will put them in the special basket, and put the ash and the hot water! We will leave the clothes until the water gets cold and we will return back after lunch.
13:00 Enjoy a traditional meal in the family taverna Aravanes
14:00 We will return again to our laundry area and we will take the clothes out of the basket! They are so clean and smell so good! They have been sterilized and they are suitable for people who have sensitive skin!
15:00 After bringing the wet clothes back, we leave them in the sun to get dry. Another natural method of sterilization!
15:30Â It’s time to leave village Thronos, having lived a unique experience, a taste of the past that doesn’t exist any more!
Includes traditional meal with wine fruits and deserts.
We can arrange transfer from your hotel and back with a small extra charge.
Children under 10 years old: free of charge.
Children over 10 years old: 30€
Adults: 55€
For more information please contact us.
Learn how to prepare and cook traditional Cretan recipes using Cretan olive oil and vegetables from Aravanes’ garden, make pies as well as bake in the wood oven! You can then enjoy the meal you have prepared with wine, overlooking the Amari valley.
10:00 Meet at the the specific meeting point and start our way to village Thronos.
10:45 Arriving in the village and enjoy a warm welcome from the owners and the staff, Lambros (the father) Maria and Eleutheria (daughters), Haroula, Dimitra (staff). Breathe fresh mountain air, feel the energy of nature, relax with the songs of birds and taste a homemade lemonade and of course raki!
11:15 Let’s go together to our vegetable garden to collect tomatoes, zucchini and greens!
11:45 Start preparing our lunch, stuffed vegetables or zucchini with eggs in tomato sauce, or Cretan pies.
12:30 The food is ready to be cooked. We will light a small fire to cook it the traditional way.
13:00 In the meanwhile you will have the chance to visit with Lambros the Byzantine church of 11th century, Panagia and admire the rare frescos.
13:00 The food is ready and delicious! Enjoy your food and a variety of local starters, local wine, homemade bread, fruits and desert!
14:30 Our lesson is complete! We hope you enjoyed it! We are more than grateful having met you!
Duration: 3 hours
Children under 10 years old: free of charge.
Children over 10 years old: 25€
Adults: 50€
For more information please contact us.
