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CRETACTIV

Our travel agency CRETACTIV is a family-run business near Heraklion that specializes in active tourism. Our goal is to introduce visitors to Crete, its people, products, cuisine and history in a sustainable way with a minimal ecological footprint. Therefore we organize gentle, environmentally friendly activities such as hikes, e-bike tours, kayak trips or combinations of these experiences. All our excursions are carried out exclusively by electric bikes which often use electricity generated on site using photovoltaic panels; alternatively they take place by kayaks or walking. As a result, the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from our activities amount almost zero. Vehicles are only used for transporting luggage and guests.

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Day Ebike Wine Tasting Tour

A half-day E-bike Wine Tasting tour to the village of Dafnes, Crete’s wine capital. Starting at Pankrition Stadium (west of Heraklion), you ride through vineyards and olive groves with views of Mount Yiouktas and Mount Ida (Psiloritis), passing villages like Gournes and Athanati before reaching Dafnes. There you enjoy a tasting of five wines, paired with Cretan cheese, rusks, and olives. Total distance 24 km, 390 m elevation gain, net cycling time about 1.5 hours, duration about 4 hours.

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Day Ebike Cheese Tasting Tour

A guided Cretan Cheese Tasting e-bike day tour (English & German) that takes you from Vori (Messara plain) up into the foothills of Mount Psiloritis, ending with a visit to a shepherd’s home in Kamares to taste family-made cheeses and local meze. Along the way you’ll ride on asphalt past the historic Koules in Magarikari, roadside chapels, and the Kamares Gorge. Saturday, 10:00–12:00, 40 km, 600 m elevation gain. Cost: €130 per person, minimum 4 participants.

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Culinary e-bike tour on Crete

The "Star Tour Culinary" is a multi-day, pleasure-oriented e-bike tour with locations (star rides), where you can experience Crete intensively both scenically and culinarily: After a brief introduction, each day's varied stages take you through vineyards and olive groves, across the Mesara plain, up to the Asterousia Mountains all the way down to the Libyan Sea - including swimming breaks and typical Cretan cuisine (including lunch at tavernas). Along the route there are highlights such as Roman tombs near Agios Thomas, the monastery of Agarathos, Lake Zaros, mountain villages like Voritsa / Kamares (with Minoan cave) as well as coastal towns like Lentas / Dyskos and Aghia Galini on the program; concluding with a shared farewell dinner.

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