8 Day Cooking Holiday on Milos Island, South Aegean

Facilities

First day: Arrival

• Arrival in Milos
• Dinner on your own
• Overnight

Second day: First cooking class

• Buffet breakfast
• Introduction to Milos cooking with Chef Vassilis
• Cooking class starts
• You first get what you need from the garden
• You will be taught to prepare local specialties
• Lunch: You will eat the fruit of your labour with wine
• Afternoon free
• Dinner on your own
• Overnight

Third day: Excursion to Kimolos

• Breakfast
• After breakfast, you will go to Kimolos
• Lunch on your own in Kimolos
• Return to Milos at 6 p.m.
• Dinner on your own
• Overnight

Fourth day: Second cooking class

• Buffet breakfast
• Go for a cooking class with Chef Vassilis at his house
• He has a great garden with veggies you can pick for the cooking class
• You will cook lots of side dishes
• At the end of the lesson, enjoy the fruit of your labour with him (and wine)
• Afternoon free
• Dinner on your own
• Overnight

Fifth day: Free day

• Free day at leisure
• Lunch and dinner on your own

Sixth day: Geology tour

• Breakfast
• Geology tour
• Dinner on your own
• Overnight

Seventh day: Wine tasting

• Breakfast and free morning
• Visit a winery and have a wine tasting with a variety of local wines
• Lunch on your own
• Afternoon free
• Dinner on your own
• Overnight

Eighth day: Departure

• Breakfast
• Transfer to Milos Island National Airport (MLO) or port

Excursion to Kimolos

After breakfast on the third day, you will go to the neighbouring island of Milos, called Kimolos: a dream island where one has the feeling that times has stopped. You will catch the morning ferry (takes only 30 minutes to cross) and explore the most important sites of Kimolos.

Geology tour

On the sixth day, scrape the surface of the volcanic island of Milos and explore the geological wealth and history of this mesmerizing island. Milos is one of the four volcanoes in Greece and thanks to its volcanic history it constitutes an open geological museum offering the chance to witness some unique geological phenomena.

This five-hour tour will take you on a fascinating journey through more than 10,000 years of mining history and volcanic activity, around colourful landscapes of the Aegean. The tour takes your breath away and includes light lunch.

Most people know the island as the place where the famous statue of Venus, or Aphrodite, now in the Louvre Museum in Paris, was discovered. It is only recently that tourism has noticed the beautiful beaches of this Cycladic Island, with its rocks, clear waters, and landscapes.

Milos Island is "the Island of Colours" thanks to its splendid, manifold beauties of volcanic origin. Milos is the most Western island of the Cyclades, in Greece. It has 4,966 inhabitants scattered over seven small towns (like Adamas, Plaka, and Tripitì). The island is ample, due to the very large and beautiful gulf is in the very middle of it, which gives the island a horseshoe shape, for 151 kilometers square.

There are more than 70 beaches, each one with its own characteristic and beauty. Milos does offer an interesting and unforgettable vacation. The months of April and May are ideal to see the island blooming, to smell its keen perfumes, and to ride around to see exceptional wild landscapes.

In September and October, the colour of the sea, the beautiful sunsets, and a gentle breeze give Milos Island a calm atmosphere and allow you a very restful vacation.

Besides its history and natural beauty, the heart and soul of the island is its flourishing gastronomy; from traditional local recipes that date decades ago to the modern impressive wide range of restaurants that offer top notch flavours and quality services, without diverging from the spirit of the local production.

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The price of the retreat includes daily breakfast at the hotel and two lunches that you will cook yourself during your two cooking classes.

• 2 cooking classes
• 1 excursion to Kimolos
• 1 winery visit and tasting
• 1 geology tour (with light snack)
• All transfers to and from activities
• Daily breakfast and 2 lunches
• 7 nights accommodation
• Transfers to and from Milos Island National Airport (MLO) or port on a modern mini bus or taxi

• Flights
• Tips
• Travel insurance

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 28 days before arrival.