Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries

Seminars Celebrating Historic Food and Wine Routes

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Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Seminar:

Historic Food and Wine Routes from the Minoan Period to Today
Available Dates:  June 6 to 14, 2011

A fantastic 8-day program designed for professional researchers and serious enthusiasts of archaeology,
agroecology, botany and cuisine. Explore Crete's cultural and natural treasures with resident specialists.  Enjoy low
and medium-level hiking during the journey, just as our ancestors traveled. Stay in lodging in the regions we will
explore to support community-based sustainable tourism. Discover a taste of Crete’s fascinating heritage while
supporting important grassroots initiatives of the present. Our professionally guided tours, presentations and hikes
are private and customized for our small group of 12 attendees.

Program Highlights :

History:  

*  Join resident licensed historians for private tours of the Historic Sites of Knossos, Festos and Gortyna
*  Join Professor Donald Haggis at the archaeological site of Azoria where excavation work is in progress

Music:  Visit the Labyrinth Traditional Musical Instrument Museum and enjoy casual local musical performances

Traditional Cuisine:  Dinners and demos featuring regional specialties from wild and cultivated sources. Crete is
the original location for Mediterranean Diet studies. The CCS team of resident specialists will cover this in detail

Organic Wine:  Visit several gorgeous organic vineyards for presentations on indigenous varietals

Botany and Geology:  Explore Crete's beautiful and wild countryside with resident ecologists

Locations:

Days 1 and 2:  Heraklion Area, North-Central Crete
A taste of Minoan culture, traditional music, botany, organic food and wine.

Days 3 to 5: South-Central Region and Coast
Visit the ancient sites of Festos and Gortyna, organic farms and a fantastic organic winery.

Days 6 to 8:  Eastern Mountains and Coast
Explore the Azoria Project, an archaeological site- excavation in progress, and other historic sites, farms, vineyards
and hamlets with Professor Donald Haggis and the research team.

Day 9:  Travel day.  

Seminar Fees per person: from 2,200 Euos (partial sponsorship has reduced fees for this program). Advance
reservations are required. Contact us for more information. Scholarships available for professional researchers
and students focusing on sustainable tourism, sustainable organic agriculture and interrelated topics (listed
above) in addition to nutrition-health, anthropology, cultural and natural heritage preservation.

Seminar Fees include: Accommodation, expert guide fees, museum/site entrance fees, transportation to/from
scheduled tours, all scheduled food and wine tastings, daily breakfasts (simple, continental), and most lunches
and dinners. Menus are preplanned, family style, featuring an array of traditional Cretan dishes using fresh, local
and organic ingredients whenever possible, to sample as part of the seminar, and local wine during dinner (2
glasses per person) or another local beverage. Accommodation in Heraklion is in a 3-star hotel; accommodation in
other regions is in unique self-catered apartments or cottages run by members of the community.
Community-based tourism in action.

Seminar Fees do not include: Travel to Crete or any other transportation, lodging, food or drinks not listed above.
See our links section for general travel advice. Note:  Level of hiking is low to medium impact, depending on the
day.  All attendees must enjoy walking an average of 3 to 4 hours a day in sometimes rocky and steep terrain.  
Schedule subject to change due to attendee interests, weather and other unforeseen conditions.
CCS Slide Show
Highlights of Historic Food and Wine Routes Seminar