Village Cooking Class in a family Olive Grove in Messinia Greece
Overview
Make your own bread from scratch along with a Greek mum and bake it in a traditional wooden fired oven. Smell the unbeatable aroma of the freshly baked bread and enjoy it with your lunch! There is also the possibility, instead of bread to make another Greek pastry delicacy like a Greek seasonal pita (pie)!
The traditional Greek mum will show you how to make Greek appetizers and food like gemista (stuffed tomatoes and peppers with rice and fresh herbs), or tyropita (cheese pie), beef, lamb or pork cooked in the stone fired oven, along with Greek salad or other seasonal recipes using the freshest of ingredients and of course there are plenty food choices also for vegetarians and vegans.
At the end you will enjoy a full, delicious lunch with everything you made during the Cooking class!
What's Included
- Tea and coffee Coffee and/or Tea
- Lunch Home-cooked Mediterranean meal such as gemista (stuffed tomatoes & peppers), meat with potatoes in the wood-fired oven, or other seasonal local dishes!
- Snacks Local delicacies
- Alcoholic beverages Local wines white or rose or red from the area
- All Fees and Taxes
- Public Liability Insurance
- Local host-certified tour leader / local chef throughout the experience
- Cooking class with Bread making
- An Olive Oil tasting may enrich your culinary experience! (extra & upon request)
- Transportation services may be provided upon request and at an extra charge
- Personal purchases from the owner's small shop (optional)
- Tips & gratuities (optional)
Meeting and Pickup
10 km pilou kiparisias Korifasio Messinias
Nestor 240 01, Greece
We can arrange and provide to our guests transportation services and pick up services in case they do not have their own vehicle, upon request at an extra charge, after timely coordination. Also, the pick up can be arranged from the place of your accommodation.If you stay at the nearer area of Pylos and you have your own transportation, the meeting point and the address in Google Maps is:Κληρόπουλος - Οικοδομικά Υλικά, Μεταφορές (Kliropoulos - Building Materials, Transportations), 10 km pilou kiparisias Korifasio Messinias, Nestor 240 01, Greece,It is almost 150 metres before the roundabout of: Costa Navarino (on the left) - Gargalianoi village (straight ahead) - Kalamata (on the right).
Mpoumpoulinas 4
Kalamata 241 00, Greece
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
What To Expect
Indulge yourselves with a one of kind Greek cooking class, and an olive grove as your backdrop.
Join us for 3 hour cooking class experience and feast on a mouthwatering full traditional lunch among olive trees!
Visit a beautiful family olive grove of a small village, located in the west of Messinia, just 10 minutes away from Costa Navarino Bay and Nestor’s Palace. It is the ideal backdrop to unravel the history, tradition and ancient myths of this historical place.
The owners will welcome you with homemade local delicacies while they will narrate you the whole story behind their efforts.
Your authentic cooking class in an olive grove is enriched with a unique bread making experience. Find out all the culinary secrets from a Greek mum who will share with you age-old recipes!
You will learn stories in the olden days, how they used to make the hilopites (Greek egg pasta) or trachana (Greek fermented milk pasta) only during summer, to last them all through the winter months.
A memorable, private and personalized experience exclusively for you and your beloved ones, because, once booked for the day no other guests are added in the experience!
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Please notify us of any special dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, flexiterian, etc.) or any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.).
- Notify us of any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.)
- Wear comfortable shoes and a hat as you’ll spend quite a bit of time outdoors.
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- The culinary experience is provided upon request and depending on availability. In case there is no availability for the day you are interested, the experience can be offered the next available date or choose another similar available experience after coordination.
- In order to organize your experience in the best way, the booking and the full payment must be made the latest 2 days before.
- Transportation is necessary to visit the olive grove which is located 1 hour away from Kalamata and 20' away from Pylos. Please inform us if you have your own vehicle. In other case, we can arrange it with our partners at an extra cost.
- Availability: April - October, from Monday to Sunday, excluding Holy Friday - Easter Tuesday & Greek official holidays.
- A guided tour in the archaeological site of Nestor’s Palace can be arranged, upon request and at an extra charge depending on availability.
- The Extra experiences may be provided upon request, depending on availability and at an extra charge
- Family friendly.
- Operated by a business
Frequently Asked Questions
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Activity code: C-184135P1
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- Tea and coffee. Coffee and/or Tea.
- Lunch. Home-cooked Mediterranean meal such as gemista (stuffed tomatoes & peppers), meat with potatoes in the wood-fired oven, or other seasonal local dishes!.
- Snacks. Local delicacies.
- Alcoholic beverages. Local wines white or rose or red from the area.
- All Fees and Taxes.
- Public Liability Insurance.
- Local host-certified tour leader / local chef throughout the experience.
- Cooking class with Bread making.
- An Olive Oil tasting may enrich your culinary experience! (extra & upon request).
- Transportation services may be provided upon request and at an extra charge.
- Personal purchases from the owner's small shop (optional).
- Tips & gratuities (optional).
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Village Cooking Class in a family Olive Grove in Messinia Greece is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Please notify us of any special dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, flexiterian, etc.) or any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.).
- Notify us of any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.)
- Wear comfortable shoes and a hat as you’ll spend quite a bit of time outdoors.
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Village Cooking Class in a family Olive Grove in Messinia Greece will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Destinations. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024What's Included
- Tea and coffeeCoffee and/or Tea
- LunchHome-cooked Mediterranean meal such as gemista (stuffed tomatoes & peppers), meat with potatoes in the wood-fired oven, or other seasonal local dishes!
- SnacksLocal delicacies
- Alcoholic beveragesLocal wines white or rose or red from the area
- All Fees and Taxes
- Public Liability Insurance
- Local host-certified tour leader / local chef throughout the experience
- Cooking class with Bread making
- An Olive Oil tasting may enrich your culinary experience! (extra & upon request)
- Transportation services may be provided upon request and at an extra charge
- Personal purchases from the owner's small shop (optional)
- Tips & gratuities (optional)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Please notify us of any special dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, flexiterian, etc.) or any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.).
- Notify us of any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.)
- Wear comfortable shoes and a hat as you’ll spend quite a bit of time outdoors.
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- The culinary experience is provided upon request and depending on availability. In case there is no availability for the day you are interested, the experience can be offered the next available date or choose another similar available experience after coordination.
- In order to organize your experience in the best way, the booking and the full payment must be made the latest 2 days before.
- Transportation is necessary to visit the olive grove which is located 1 hour away from Kalamata and 20' away from Pylos. Please inform us if you have your own vehicle. In other case, we can arrange it with our partners at an extra cost.
- Availability: April - October, from Monday to Sunday, excluding Holy Friday - Easter Tuesday & Greek official holidays.
- A guided tour in the archaeological site of Nestor’s Palace can be arranged, upon request and at an extra charge depending on availability.
- The Extra experiences may be provided upon request, depending on availability and at an extra charge
- Family friendly.
- Operated by a business
