Experience Kefalonite Culture in Greece with Wine Tasting Tour

4 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered

Discover the tradition, culture and flavors of Kefalonia through a unique excursion that offers tasting and exploration. Find the crypt of Agios Gerasimos, relive history by walking among the buildings of another era to Valsamata village and enjoy the flavors of Kefalonia to the winery-distillery.

What's Included

Private transportation
Fresh handmade bread with olive oil and olives.
wine, traditional liqueurs
Entrance fee to Melissani lake

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Your guide will be outside of the cruiseship with a board with your name on it.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    Then explore Distillery-Vasilaki winery functions as an exhibition of wines - drinks and traditional Heptanasian products that are produced with a lot of love and passion by the family itself. In the area are the mountainous vineyards of the Vasilakis family, in which the finest variety is Robola. Robola is a type of grape that occupies a prominent position in Greek vineyards, it gives wine that has been identified with Kefalonia and has rightly made our island known worldwide. Try for free the wines, liqueurs, sweets, honey, olive oil, perfumes.

    1 hour 30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2

    The monastery is considered one of the most sacred pilgrimages in Kefalonia hosting a great number of visitors. A small church to Agios Gerasimos has been built above the tomb and the cave of the saint. The Saint also had planted a plane tree which is still preserved at the monastery. On his feast day, August 16th, there is a grand litany for the commemoration of the saint's death in which his sarcophagus is paraded and laid under the plane tree. 90 minutes

    1 hour 30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3

    The cave of Melissani is located near Karavomilos on the island of Kefalonia. It is a lacustrine cave of unique beauty and fully developed cave, which is 3.5 km long, 40m wide and 36m high. Melissani cave constitutes a unique geological phenomenon. It was created by a mechanical and chemical process called karstikopoiisi (dissolution of rocks) during which water enters the calcareous rocks, erodes them and creates hollows.

    1 hour Admission ticket not included

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wine tasting or any alcoholic drink is allowed to customers 18 years old and above only
Supplied by KOULOUMPIS TRAVEL

Tags

Wine Tastings
Half-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Ports of Call Tours
Wine Tours
Shore Excursions
Food & Drink
Spring Break
Additional fees
Zombie
Zombie Slice
Port Pickup
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

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

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