Parasties Cook with Us ★ 4.5
A market walk from Lions Square at noon into the Heraklion Agora, then cooking at Parasties: salad, dakos, grilled vegetables, cheese saganaki, hand-made spinach pie dough and grilled fish or meat, eaten family style.
Hands-on cooking classes in Heraklion that teach you something you will actually make again at home.
Classes worth booking
Baxes Cretan Experience ★ 4.4
Four hours in the village of Krousonas outside Heraklion: a welcome drink, a museum and garden tour, harvesting vegetables from the taverna's own beds, then cooking and eating the results under the grapevine.
Peskesi Culinary Roots of Crete ★ 4.3
A two-hour guided session at Peskesi in Heraklion that works through the building blocks of the Cretan table, why olive oil is treated as medicine, how wild greens became daily food, and why honey meets cheese.
Peskesi Olive Oil Tasting and Food Pairing ★ 4.1
Two hours on extra virgin olive oil at Peskesi in Heraklion, tasting through oils and pairing them with food so you can tell quality and defect apart before you buy a tin to take home from the island.