Agenda Zorbas Island, Crete – Season 2024: Every year we have an extensive excursion programme on Crete with several regular excursions as well as new ones. You are probably curious to know what activities we will organise at Zorbas Island in the coming season. In this agenda for Crete, we give an overview of some activities that we think will interest you. Especially special excursions and activities we will highlight here. By this we mean, for example, multi-day excursions such as cooking weeks and hiking weeks in Crete. You can also find more information about new excursions that we have added to our programme.
Walking weeks are always available on request if the dates listed below are not suitable.
Agenda 2025 is also online now: Zorbas Agenda 2025
September holidays
2 and 3 September 2024 – 2-day sailing trip to Dia and Paxomadi
We sail from the Venetian port of Heraklion to the islands off the coast. There will be time for swimming and snorkelling.
We spend the night on Dia island. The next day we sail back to Heraklion.
5 and 6 September 2024 – Camping in olive grove with 2 hikes
On the first day, we take a walk and end up at the olive grove. Here we will BBQ and enjoy a beautiful starry sky. We sleep in the olive field. After breakfast in the olive field, we take another gorge walk.
23 to 26 September 2024 – Cooking Week – Crete cooking course & Greek cooking workshop (4 days, including an excursion Unknown Crete)
Greek cooking holiday: A full week cooking holiday in Crete, enjoying the outdoors. Cooking workshop in Crete, cooking in olive oil, cooking class in Crete, food recognition, outdoor cooking. We give you an impression of a cooking holiday in Crete on this page. The cooking workshops take place in our own olive field and once at Zorbas by the sea. We also visit a local market. There is also 1 day excursion Unknown Crete. On this page you can read more about cooking holidays: read more
Multi day excursions in October
7 to 10 October 2024 – Island hopping to Naxos
a 4-day trip to Naxos. On Naxos we will do several excursions. There are possibilities to visit other islands, or to do other excursions on Naxos itself. Finally, it is also possible to stay another night on Santorini to explore the island by yourself (before the crowds arrive by ferry).
We leave from the Venetian Harbour of Heraklion with the ferry. We go through the caldera of Santorini, with views on Thera and Ios. Then we pass the lava island Thirasia. From there we continue to Ios and in the end to the beautiful island of Naxos. Read more
Time to hike again
14 to 17 October 2024 – E4 hike
E4 Azogires walking week 2024: A 4-day E4 in south-west Crete. Anidri gorge – Azogires – Rodovani – Ancient Lissos – Koustogerako – Omalos Plateau
For 2024, we have put together an entirely new E4 route. We will go to south-west Crete for 4 days to do 4 different walks. We will organise this week three times: in April, May and October. There are 2 different E4 routes in 2024.
From each location, we will have completely new walks! Even if you have been along to Sougia before, these are completely new walks.
Each hiking day is open to everyone and has different options in terms of kilometres and altimeters. The walks are in the shape of a cloverleaf, so it is quite possible to walk more or less kilometres. Read more.
4 November 2024 – Olive harvest
The time of olive harvesting in Crete has come again. From early November until the end of January, olives are taken from the trees all over the island for olive oil production. Crete is known for its high quality olive oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil. At Zorbas Island, we use olive oil for all our dishes, which we produce ourselves every year. So it’s time again to put on work clothes and go out into the country with the whole Zorbas team. Guests help too! Want to harvest olives with us sometime? Please send us an email: zorbasisland@gmail.com.
More information
Excursions on Crete 2024: The above agenda for Crete is only a small example of what can be done on Crete. Our range of excursions that we organize is very extensive. That way we can offer everyone something nice to do. On top of that, if you have special wishes, you can always contact us. We would like to know this well in advance though, so that we can adapt our excursion program. Just send us an email before you come to Crete on holiday.
Holiday information Crete Zorbas Island: For renting apartments and holiday homes, all your excursions and cheap flights to Crete. If you are looking for apartment rental and accommodation on Crete, you have come to the right place. We have a variety of apartments, suitable for families, singles, couples or more people travelling together. We can help you to organize your holiday on Crete Greece to your wishes. An active outdoor vacation, active holidays, a beach holiday, or a combination of both we can all realize for you.
In case you like more information, please send an email to zorbasisland@gmail.com