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Crete Raki Tour

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A copper raki still on a stone hearth in Crete, with a wood fire burning below the kettle.

A Crete raki tour visits the farms, stills and villages where tsikoudia, the grape spirit of the island, is made and poured. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, tsikoudia, the kazani, the distilling season, serving, rakomelo, related spirits, the rules, … Read more

Amorgos Food: Traditional Dishes and What to Eat

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The whitewashed mountain village of Tholaria on Amorgos, famous for its traditional tavernas

The food of Amorgos is hearty, rustic and rooted in the island’s rugged land and long tradition of livestock farming. Meat is at its core, above all the slow-cooked goat stew patatato, alongside home-made cheeses, the island’s own fava, cured pork and sausages, wild-herb honey and the famous psimeni raki. It is a cuisine of … Read more