eumelia

Olive Oil Immersion
2023-10-27 - 2023-11-01 | Eumelia Organic Agrotourism Farm, Gouves, Gouves, Laconia, 23051, Greece
Olive Oil Immersion Tour – October 27- November 1, 2023 –
HIGHLIGHTS
Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Olive Harvest | Olive Oil Tasting | Cooking Class | Walking in an ancient grove | Healthy living | Natural Wine | Organic Plant-Based meals
DESCRIPTION

A transformative Olive Oil Immersion Tour in the Peloponnese

Are you ready to take control over your health and introduce Mediterranean nutrition to your life?
eumelia with over 30 years of collective knowledge and experience offers a unique opportunity to introduce food pleasure and increase your health defense.
We provide the tools to become an excellent conscious plant-based cook while mastering the number one ingredient of the Mediterranean nutrition: extra virgin olive oil (EVOO).
Experience hands-on the transformation of the olive to a premium extra virgin olive oil from an ancient farm directly to the bottle.
Master three Greek olive oil varieties, learn all the secrets of food pairing and cooking with extra virgin olive oil and let it be the star of your dishes.
As Hippocrates might have said, let nutracutical EVOO be your medicine, adopt healthy EVOO habits that will boost your immune system and protect your health forever.
Walk, reconnect with nature and meditate on current concerns of humanity and our relationship with mother Earth.
And since Mediterranean is not only about nutrition, immerse yourself to the slow lifestyle of Greeks:
– Let a rooster wake you up in your own eco-farm house
– Have endless dinner chats under the stars with the companion of a curated selection of natural Greek wines and like-minded people
– Meditate under a 2000 years old olive tree and relax with high phenolic EVOO massage.
– Encounter our ancestors in ancient Sparta and get inspired by their lifestyle.
– Visit picturesque locations
EXTRA BONUS!
Whatever Greeks build, lasts for a life!
Our wish is to build a lifelong friendship with you. We also wish that your family and friends will also taste what you harvested!
As a gift for your initiation into the Greek olive oil world, we will send you, right to your doorsteps, 6 bottles of the extra virgin olive oil that you harvested, tasted and cooked!
And don’t forget to offer your beloved ones an EVOO tasting evening with Greek food, there is no better way to share with them your life changing trip!
And let’s keep in touch…
The following spring we will arrange a virtual gathering with more cooking! All participants will participate for free in a virtual gathering and cooking class for even more EVOO tips.
There is more…
Recipes e-books, tempting discounts for you and your friends, exclusive early bird for our future events and a global virtual community are also included in this retreat to make it last forever!
THE TEAM
eumelia a leader in the field of Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Oleotourism & Agrotourism brings this unique experience.
A unique regenerative agritourism & ecotourism farm that hosts tours on olive oil, wine and gastronomy. Multi-awarded for hotel design, product design, sustainability and eco-consciousness and culinary experience. It has been featured in hundreds of international media outlets like NYT, The Guardian, Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler, Travel & Leisure Magazine, Wine Enthousiast, Food & Wine Magazine.
Frangiskos Karelas is eumelia’s visionary, MA in International Relations & Crisis Management (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University. After working for the European Parliament, the Council of Europe & UNHCR he returned to the land of his great-grandfather to create eumelia regenerative farm. He has a Permaculture Diploma with more than 20 years of experience in sustainability, agritourism & ecotourism and has trained and inspired thousands of people from around the world. Certified Olive Oil & Olive Sommelier Kalamata Olive Oil Taste Laboratory T.E.I. Peloponnese. Speaks English, Italian, French, Greek
Marilena Karadima left Athens and office work to ground herself in farm life, healthy living and conscious cooking. She is the main chef in eumelia and leads the farm to table cooking classes and olive oil and wine tastings. Certified Wine Sommelier WSET Diploma (Level 3), Certified Olive Oil & Olive Sommelier Kalamata Olive Oil Taste Laboratory T.E.I. Peloponnese. Speaks English, French, Greek.
LOCATION
eumelia is a unique regenerative agritourism & ecotourism farmstay accommodation. Stay and experience our organic farm or visit us for the day. Enjoy olive oil tastings, wine tastings, farm to table cooking classes. Taste our famous zero kilometer starlit organic dinners. We host tours on olive oil, wine and gastronomy. We are natural wine & organic olive oil producers. Guests participate in olive picking, grape harvest & other agricultural activities. Join our yoga retreats as well as workshops and events for well-being or host your life event.
Our organic farmstay is designed along the principles of biodynamic farming & permaculture and our hotel facilities use entirely eco-friendly materials and eco-technologies, making eumelia the most ecological & green, farm and hotel in Greece. We recycle, create compost, use geothermal heating, solar water heating and recycle water with the natural root method. Located in the Peloponnese, in the region of Laconia near the village of Gouves, we welcome guests from around the world throughout the year.

2150 euro per person (private house 1-4 people)
*including all taxes & transportation for activities
*Prices do not include transportation to & from eumelia (venue site)

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Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1:
• Arrival at eumelia farm
• Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies to form a unique gastronomic experience
Day 2: The transformation begins
• Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such seasonal pies, freshly handmade bread and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
• Sustainability tour of the organic farm and hotel facilities, learn and come in contact with the Greek agricultural landscape. Our aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability, and progressive educational tools
• Olive picking, join our picking crew and learn how to prepare the harvest nets, pick the olive trees and get the olives ready for the olive mill. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
• Lunch
• Olive Oil tasting: Why EVOO is the superior category of olive oil? Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil and how to store your olive oil properly
• High phenolic EVOO massage (half of the group) – Free time: After a tiring day relax your muscles with qualified physiotherapist and of course nourish your body with nutracutical EVOO infused with wild herbs from the farm
• Farm to table dinner and wine pairing from our curated list of natural wines of Greece
Day 3: Encounter our ancestors
• Organic healthy handmade breakfast
• Ancient Sparta: Guided tour to the ancient civilization world known for discipline, endurance and minimalism
• Greek Olive Oil and Olive Museum A tour of the Olive Oil Museum in Sparta, one of nine in the world, learn how ancient Greeks made olive oil and how it has evolved in the last 4-5 thousand years
• Lunch in En Hatipi: Taste the local slow food culture and try recipes that date back to antiquity
• Take a guided tour of the olive mill, witness the whole process of making olive oil and taste fresh olive oil with toasted bread
• Farm to table dinner and wine pairing from our curated list of natural wines of Greece
Day 4: The Mediterranean living immersion
• Organic healthy handmade breakfast
• Olive Oil Tasting: Master 3 Greek varieties and how to pair them with food
• High Phenolic EVOO massage (half of the group) – Free time
• Lunch
• Farm to table Cooking class & EVOO health tips: Local cuisine with a twist, healthy and conscious cooking with EVOO. Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make the famous local pitas. – “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” -Hippocrates-
Day 5: Nature’s goods last forever
• Organic healthy handmade breakfast
• Kalamata Olive Harvest – sorting and curing: The art of preserving the fruits of nature
• Picnic in the grove: enjoy a field worker’s lunch
• Olive Oil Soap making: Nourish your body with EVOO, make it last forever. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method
• Table olive tasting: The different varieties and styles of Greek table olives
• Farm to table dinner and wine pairing from our curated list of natural wines of Greece
• Outdoor cinema
Day 6:
• Organic healthy handmade breakfast
• Departure

Greek Easter Culinary Week
2021-04-27 - 2021-05-04
Experience Easter in Greece – Greek Easter Culinary Week – April 27 – May 04, 2021 –
Experience Easter in Greece, Spring on a farm! Traditions, spirituality, nature and gastronomy unite together the holy week of Greek Orthodox Easter. Join us for a unique insight into the most impressive religious week and wittiness the mystic religious ceremonies of the “Epitaph” and “Resurrection”. Learn the gastronomic traditions, bake Easter pastries and cook “ladera” and “nistisima” the Easter week specialties. Learn culinary Greek and join an olive oil tasting. Watch the epitaph ceremony as it progresses along the seaside town of Gytheio. Visit a church built on top of an ancient temple and experience the ceremony of the resurrection of Christ. Everything the holy week leads to the culmination of the Easter Sunday feast. Out in the vibrant nature, a traditional feast to celebrate life, Spring and human relationships with music, food and drinks.
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at Eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape
Local cuisine cooking class and lunch: “ladera” the dishes using olive oil and “nistisima” the fasting dishes. Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class, learning the Easter traditional gastronomy: “Easter eggs”, “tsourekia” and “koulourakia”
Farm to table lunch
Basic Greek culinary language class: Learn basic culinary Greek and know your way around a Greek kitchen, when you order your food at a taverna or shopping for food in a local market.
Easter Traditions
Farm to table dinner

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety.
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni.
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon coffee, a visit to the local history museum with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port.
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Epitaph Ceremony
Return to eumelia

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class: making the famous dish of “magiritsa”
Farm to table lunch
Resurrection dinner
Resurrection Ceremony

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Easter Sunday traditional feast (Music, Dance)

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Head to the seaside Byzantine Castletown of Monemvasia.
Liqueur tasting, local fermented honey and other local specialties tasting with a view of the sea and surrounded by Byzantine architecture.
Lunch in Monemvasia in the best restaurant in the castle with a culinary history of over 50 years
Return to eumelia
Farewell drinks

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & departure

New Year's Family Retreat
2020-12-28 - 2021-01-02
New Year’s Family Retreat – December 28, 2020 – January 2, 2021
New Year’s Holidays have never been so authentic! Experience a slow travel and culinary retreat where the whole family will be cared for to the last detail. When the holiday spirit warmly covers our organic farm, magic happens: starlit perennial olive trees, smells of freshly baked holiday sweets, warm fireplace with open view to the ancient olive grove and surrounding mountains. hot chocolate & warm wine, board games, open fire-pit cooking, exploring the nearby cobble stone villages. Farm to table cooking classes, olive oil tasting and amazing organic meals infuse the family holiday retreat with a unique culinary experience that brings the whole family together. Experience our New Year’s Family Retreat!

Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at Eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of Eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and guesthouse, learn and come in contact with the Greek agricultural landscape
Hot tea, hot chocolate and board games by our open view fireplace
Farm to table lunch
Making traditional Greek holiday sweets
Farm to table dinner
Classic holiday movies by the fireplace

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive Oil Tasting
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method
Farm to table lunch
Yoga
Hot tea, hot chocolate and board games by our open view fireplace
Farm to table dinner
Greek dancing class

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Daily trip excursion to Mount Parnonas and the villages of Geraki and Kosmas. We will visit the castle of Geraki and head to the coble stone village of Kosmas where you will have lunch at a traditional mountain taverna
Return to eumelia
Relaxation time
New Year’s Eve dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from Eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Movies, hot chocolate, tea and board games
Outdoor cooking & hot wine

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells and departure

Christmas Family Retreat
2020-12-22 - 2020-12-27
Christmas Family Retreat – December 22-27, 2020 –
Christmas Holidays have never been so authentic! Experience a slow travel and culinary retreat where the whole family will be cared for to the last detail. When the holiday spirit warmly covers our organic farm, magic happens: starlit perennial olive trees, smells of freshly baked holiday sweets, warm fireplace with open view to the ancient olive grove and surrounding mountains. hot chocolate & warm wine, board games, open fire-pit cooking, exploring the nearby cobble stone villages. Farm to table cooking classes, olive oil tasting and amazing organic meals infuse the family holiday retreat with a unique culinary experience that brings the whole family together.
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and guesthouse, learn and come in contact with the Greek agricultural landscape
Hot tea, hot chocolate and board games by our open view fireplace
Farm to table lunch
Making traditional Greek holiday sweets
Farm to table dinner
Classic holiday movies by the fireplace

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive Oil Tasting
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method
Farm to table lunch
Yoga
Hot tea, hot chocolate and board games by our open view fireplace
Farm to table dinner
Greek dancing class

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Daily trip excursion to Mount Parnonas and the villages of Geraki and Kosmas. We will visit the castle of Geraki and head to the coble stone village of Kosmas where you will have lunch at a traditional mountain taverna
Return to eumelia
Relaxation time
Christmas Eve dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from Eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Movies, hot chocolate, tea and board games
Outdoor cooking & hot wine

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells and departure

Olive Oil Immersion
2020-11-11 - 2020-11-15
Olive Oil Immersion Tour – November 18-22, 2020 –
Immerse yourself in the amazing world of liquid gold “olive oil”. Live in an ancient olive grove with perennial trees more than 2000 years old. Pick olives and learn how olive oil is made. Cook with the healthiest oil there is and make natural soap with it. Learn the great qualities and history of this nutritious oil. Touch, smell, taste, and cook in one holistic experience that will forever make you fall in love with olive oil.
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and guesthouse, learn and come in contact with the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish are to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability, and progressive educational tools
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make the famous local pitas
Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake, and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive picking, join our picking crew and learn how to prepare the harvest nets, pick the olive trees and get the olives ready for the olive mill
Farm to table lunch
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method
Farm to table dinner

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Take a guided tour of the olive mill, witness the whole process of making olive oil and taste fresh olive oil with toasted bread
Lunch at a local tavern that uses olive oil in their cooking with mastery
A tour of the Olive Oil Museum in Sparta, one of nine in the world, learn how ancient Greek made olive oil and how it has evolved in the last 4-5 thousand years
Return to Eumelia
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Departure eumelia

Culinary Tour
2020-10-10 - 2020-10-17
Laconia Culinary Tour – October 10-17, 2020 –
Live in an organic farm and venture into the gardens to pick vegetables to cook your farm to table meals. Learn about the local cuisine, delicacies, and their culinary history. Taste natural wines and feel the love that created them. Learn about olive oil, the liquid gold and its health benefits. Dance to the ancient rhythms. Speak as a Greek and learn how to order or shop for your food. Travel in the steps of Leonidas and the last Byzantine emperor in Laconia, a diverse destination in the Peloponnese in southern Greece that includes a vast range of ancient sites, culture, historical monuments, museums, beaches, and picturesque villages on the mountains or by the sea side. Enjoy a week-long Laconia culinary tour in one amazing vacation package!
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at Eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools.
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products.
Basic Greek culinary language class: Learn basic culinary Greek and know your way around a Greek kitchen, when you order your food at a taverna or shopping for food in a local market.
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Set off on your first daily trip towards sea side town of Neapoli and head towards Kastania Cave: One of the most impressive caves of Greece can be found near the village of Kastania on the southern tip of the Peloponnese. The route follows the winding mountain road leading to the forest-covered eastern slopes of Mt. Parnon. Rich in density and variety of shapes, colors and figures, Kastania Cave is classified as second of its kind in Europe. Nature needed three million years to create this fantasyscape with its unparalleled décor and numerous impressive formations.
Cooking expo and lunch at Neraida (Neraida means fairy in Greek), which is deservedly considered among the best and most special taverns of Laconia and the whole Peloponnese. A very sophisticated space emanating an air of a familiar bygone era, a genuine, warm hospitality and of course an inspired cuisine with most of the ingredients produced by the owners. They make with their own hands the basics (bread, olive oil and wine), as well as other products such as syglino (a sort of smoked ham), olives, various liqueurs, yogurt, pies and all the sweets and all the other ingredients are carefully selected and sourced from local producers.
Head to the seaside Byzantine Castletown of Monemvasia.
Liqueur tasting, local fermented honey and other local specialties tasting with a view of the sea and surrounded by Byzantine architecture.
Dinner in Monemvasia in the best restaurant in the castle with a culinary history of over 50 years
Return to eumelia

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow.
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your second daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety.
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni.
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon drink with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port.
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Return to eumelia

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method.
Farm to table dinner

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Departure from Eumelia
Visit Ancient Sparta and have a guided tour by an archeologist of the city state that inspired millennia of history.
Visit one of the nine olive oil museums in the world and see the history and tools used throughout the centuries to produce the liquid gold.
Lunch at one of most unique tavernas in Laconia.
Farewells & departure

Culinary Tour
2020-09-19 - 2020-09-26
Laconia Gastronomy Tour – September 19-26, 2020 –
Live in an organic farm and venture into the gardens to pick vegetables to cook your farm to table meals. Learn about the local cuisine, delicacies, and their culinary history. Taste natural wines and feel the love that created them. Learn about olive oil, the liquid gold and its health benefits. Dance to the ancient rhythms. Speak as a Greek and learn how to order or shop for your food. Travel in the steps of Leonidas and the last Byzantine emperor in Laconia, a diverse destination in the Peloponnese in southern Greece that includes a vast range of ancient sites, culture, historical monuments, museums, beaches, and picturesque villages on the mountains or by the sea side. Enjoy a week-long gastronomy tour of the region in one amazing vacation package!
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at Eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools.
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products.
Basic Greek culinary language class: Learn basic culinary Greek and know your way around a Greek kitchen, when you order your food at a taverna or shopping for food in a local market.
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Set off on your first daily trip towards sea side town of Neapoli and head towards Kastania Cave: One of the most impressive caves of Greece can be found near the village of Kastania on the southern tip of the Peloponnese. The route follows the winding mountain road leading to the forest-covered eastern slopes of Mt. Parnon. Rich in density and variety of shapes, colors and figures, Kastania Cave is classified as second of its kind in Europe. Nature needed three million years to create this fantasyscape with its unparalleled décor and numerous impressive formations.
Cooking expo and lunch at Neraida (Neraida means fairy in Greek), which is deservedly considered among the best and most special taverns of Laconia and the whole Peloponnese. A very sophisticated space emanating an air of a familiar bygone era, a genuine, warm hospitality and of course an inspired cuisine with most of the ingredients produced by the owners. They make with their own hands the basics (bread, olive oil and wine), as well as other products such as syglino (a sort of smoked ham), olives, various liqueurs, yogurt, pies and all the sweets and all the other ingredients are carefully selected and sourced from local producers.
Head to the seaside Byzantine Castletown of Monemvasia.
Liqueur tasting, local fermented honey and other local specialties tasting with a view of the sea and surrounded by Byzantine architecture.
Dinner in Monemvasia in the best restaurant in the castle with a culinary history of over 50 years
Return to eumelia

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow.
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your second daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety.
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni.
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon drink with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port.
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Return to eumelia

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method.
Farm to table dinner

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Departure from Eumelia
Visit Ancient Sparta and have a guided tour by an archeologist of the city state that inspired millennia of history.
Visit one of the nine olive oil museums in the world and see the history and tools used throughout the centuries to produce the liquid gold.
Lunch at one of most unique tavernas in Laconia.
Farewells & departure

Culinary Tour
2020-06-12 - 2020-06-19
Laconia Gastronomy Tour – June 12-19, 2020 –
Live in an organic farm and venture into the gardens to pick vegetables to cook your farm to table meals. Learn about the local cuisine, delicacies, and their culinary history. Taste natural wines and feel the love that created them. Learn about olive oil, the liquid gold and its health benefits. Dance to the ancient rhythms. Speak as a Greek and learn how to order or shop for your food. Travel in the steps of Leonidas and the last Byzantine emperor in Laconia, a diverse destination in the Peloponnese in southern Greece that includes a vast range of ancient sites, culture, historical monuments, museums, beaches, and picturesque villages on the mountains or by the sea side. Enjoy a week-long Laconia gastronomy tour in one amazing vacation package!
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at Eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools.
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products.
Basic Greek culinary language class: Learn basic culinary Greek and know your way around a Greek kitchen, when you order your food at a taverna or shopping for food in a local market.
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Set off on your first daily trip towards sea side town of Neapoli and head towards Kastania Cave: One of the most impressive caves of Greece can be found near the village of Kastania on the southern tip of the Peloponnese. The route follows the winding mountain road leading to the forest-covered eastern slopes of Mt. Parnon. Rich in density and variety of shapes, colors and figures, Kastania Cave is classified as second of its kind in Europe. Nature needed three million years to create this fantasyscape with its unparalleled décor and numerous impressive formations.
Cooking expo and lunch at Neraida (Neraida means fairy in Greek), which is deservedly considered among the best and most special taverns of Laconia and the whole Peloponnese. A very sophisticated space emanating an air of a familiar bygone era, a genuine, warm hospitality and of course an inspired cuisine with most of the ingredients produced by the owners. They make with their own hands the basics (bread, olive oil and wine), as well as other products such as syglino (a sort of smoked ham), olives, various liqueurs, yogurt, pies and all the sweets and all the other ingredients are carefully selected and sourced from local producers.
Head to the seaside Byzantine Castletown of Monemvasia.
Liqueur tasting, local fermented honey and other local specialties tasting with a view of the sea and surrounded by Byzantine architecture.
Dinner in Monemvasia in the best restaurant in the castle with a culinary history of over 50 years
Return to eumelia

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow.
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your second daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety.
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni.
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon drink with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port.
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Return to eumelia

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method.
Farm to table dinner

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Departure from Eumelia
Visit Ancient Sparta and have a guided tour by an archeologist of the city state that inspired millennia of history.
Visit one of the nine olive oil museums in the world and see the history and tools used throughout the centuries to produce the liquid gold.
Lunch at one of most unique tavernas in Laconia.
Farewells & departure

Culinary Tour
2020-05-09 - 2020-05-16
Culinary Tour – May 9-16, 2020 –
Live in an organic farm and venture into the gardens to pick vegetables to cook your farm to table meals. Learn about the local cuisine, delicacies, and their culinary history. Taste natural wines and feel the love that created them. Learn about olive oil, the liquid gold and its health benefits. Dance to the ancient rhythms. Speak as a Greek and learn how to order or shop for your food. Travel in the steps of Leonidas and the last Byzantine emperor in Laconia, a diverse destination in the Peloponnese in southern Greece that includes a vast range of ancient sites, culture, historical monuments, museums, beaches, and picturesque villages on the mountains or by the sea side. Enjoy a week-long culinary tour of the region in one amazing vacation package!
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools.
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products.
Basic Greek culinary language class: Learn basic culinary Greek and know your way around a Greek kitchen, when you order your food at a taverna or shopping for food in a local market.
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Set off on your first daily trip towards sea side town of Neapoli and head towards Kastania Cave: One of the most impressive caves of Greece can be found near the village of Kastania on the southern tip of the Peloponnese. The route follows the winding mountain road leading to the forest-covered eastern slopes of Mt. Parnon. Rich in density and variety of shapes, colors and figures, Kastania Cave is classified as second of its kind in Europe. Nature needed three million years to create this fantasyscape with its unparalleled décor and numerous impressive formations.
Cooking expo and lunch at Neraida (Neraida means fairy in Greek), which is deservedly considered among the best and most special taverns of Laconia and the whole Peloponnese. A very sophisticated space emanating an air of a familiar bygone era, a genuine, warm hospitality and of course an inspired cuisine with most of the ingredients produced by the owners. They make with their own hands the basics (bread, olive oil and wine), as well as other products such as syglino (a sort of smoked ham), olives, various liqueurs, yogurt, pies and all the sweets and all the other ingredients are carefully selected and sourced from local producers.
Head to the seaside Byzantine Castletown of Monemvasia.
Liqueur tasting, local fermented honey and other local specialties tasting with a view of the sea and surrounded by Byzantine architecture.
Dinner in Monemvasia in the best restaurant in the castle with a culinary history of over 50 years
Return to eumelia

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow.
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your second daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety.
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni.
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon drink with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port.
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Return to eumelia

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method.
Farm to table dinner

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Departure from eumelia
Visit Ancient Sparta and have a guided tour by an archeologist of the city state that inspired millennia of history.
Visit one of the nine olive oil museums in the world and see the history and tools used throughout the centuries to produce the liquid gold.
Lunch at one of most unique tavernas in Laconia.
Farewells & departure

Greek Easter Culinary Week
2020-04-14 - 2020-04-21
Greek Easter Vacation & Culinary Week – April 14-21, 2020 –
Easter in Greece, Spring on a farm! Traditions, spirituality, nature and gastronomy unite together the holy week of Greek Orthodox Easter. Join us for a unique insight into the most impressive religious week and wittiness the mystic religious ceremonies of the “Epitaph” and “Resurrection”. Learn the gastronomic traditions, bake Easter pastries and cook “ladera” and “nistisima” the Easter week specialties. Learn culinary Greek and join an olive oil tasting. Watch the epitaph ceremony as it progresses along the seaside town of Gytheio. Visit a church built on top of an ancient temple and experience the ceremony of the resurrection of Christ. Everything the holy week leads to the culmination of the Easter Sunday feast. Out in the vibrant nature, a traditional feast to celebrate life, Spring and human relationships with music, food and drinks.
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape
Local cuisine cooking class and lunch: “ladera” the dishes using olive oil and “nistisima” the fasting dishes. Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class, learning the Easter traditional gastronomy: “Easter eggs”, “tsourekia” and “koulourakia”
Farm to table lunch
Basic Greek culinary language class: Learn basic culinary Greek and know your way around a Greek kitchen, when you order your food at a taverna or shopping for food in a local market.
Easter Traditions
Farm to table dinner

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety.
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni.
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon coffee, a visit to the local history museum with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port.
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Epitaph Ceremony
Return to eumelia

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class: making the famous dish of “magiritsa”
Farm to table lunch
Resurrection dinner
Resurrection Ceremony

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Easter Sunday traditional feast (Music, Dance)

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Head to the seaside Byzantine Castletown of Monemvasia.
Liqueur tasting, local fermented honey and other local specialties tasting with a view of the sea and surrounded by Byzantine architecture.
Lunch in Monemvasia in the best restaurant in the castle with a culinary history of over 50 years
Return to eumelia
Farewell drinks

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & departure

Couples Retreat
2020-02-09 - 2020-02-16
Couples Retreat – February 9-16, 2020
a you and your other half retreat…..Mind, body and a unique culinary experience unite in a beautiful organic farm aesthetic ambience. Cook farm to table meals together, taste natural wines and learn about olive oil. Take serene walks in our ancient olive grove and vineyards as you explore eumelia. Enjoy drinks and open fire pit cooking under the starlit sky. Couple’s Yoga will bring you closer and couple’s massage will help you relax. Venture out with us to the romantic castle town of Monemvasia and the seaside town of Gytheio as we explore the Mani region. A week long retreat for you and your other half where all the details and planning have been taken cared of by the eumelia team, all you have to do is bring your smile and sense of adventure.
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

DAY 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. Eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

DAY 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and guesthouse, learn, come in contact with the Greek agricultural landscape
Farm to table lunch
Yoga
Couples Massage
Farm to table dinner

DAY 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Yoga
Couples Massage
Farm to table dinner

DAY 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Visit the most romantic castle town of Greece, Monemvasia. Walk among the cobble stone walkways, an amazing tasting of local products, a romantic dinner and then drinks in this mystical castle

DAY 5

Couples Yoga
Private homemade handmade brunch at your house
Hot wine & Rakomelo at the fire-pit
Private dinner in your house

DAY 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
A romantic day trip to the beautiful region of Mani. Head to the famous Diros caves, an amazing seafood lunch in the picturesque seaside town of Limeni. Then we head to Gytheio and the small island of Kranai where Helen of Troy and Paris spent their last night before heading to Troy. A romantic Valentines dinner by the seaside town of Gytheio and then drinks

DAY 7

Private homemade handmade brunch at your house
Wine tasting
Open fire pit cooking all together

DAY 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & Departure

Learn Greek in a Farm
2019-10-12 - 2019-10-19
Learn Greek in a Farm – October 12-19, 2019 –
learn Greek in a farm…..one of the oldest languages still spoken in the world is taught outside the classroom framework in an experiential manner. Combined with agritourism, wine and gastronomy activities learning Greek becomes fun and easy. Each activity is matched with a module language class that examines it holistically, learning the history and cultural aspects. Farm to table cooking class, olive oil tasting, wine tasting, Greek dances and feasts, combined with a live classless language course that dives deep into the Greek psyche. Join this unique experience, learning the language, the land, history, the people and of course its food.
In cooperation with Peek at Greek: a modern Greek language and culture school, where teachers specialized in the acquisition of Greek as a second/foreign language, rich experience and passion for teaching combine their love for language with their love for every element of history and culture. Language teaching is for Peek at Greek a journey to place and time that this school chooses to do with you. The teachers come, therefore, out of the limits of the standard class and they teach Greek through traveling, hiking or making a historic walk. Peek at Greek addressing students of the Greek language, Greeks living abroad interested in learning the Greek language, lovers of alternative tourism and families wishing to spend creative holiday in Greece.
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
Sustainability tour of the organic farm, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools
Greek Class: Learn the Greek alphabet and get familiar with the Greek sounds and intonation. Read and write simple Greek words relevant to the environment, agrotourism and the Greek culture. Introduce ourselves and talk about our region and our country
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: Learn the Greek alphabet and get familiar with the Greek sounds and intonation. Read and write simple Greek words relevant to the environment, agrotourism and the Greek culture. Introduce ourselves and talk about our region and our country
Farm to table dinner
Star gazing with drinks

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Siesta
Greek Class: Discover the Greek language and the vocabulary that is hidden in the local cuisine (drinks, food, etc.) and the traditional recipes, and learn the Greek eating habits. Talk about the special role of the Greek tavern and learn to order and understand a Greek menu
Farm to table dinner
Greek Traditional Dances

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Greek Class: Discuss about wine and its history. Learn the importance of wine as a cultural staple both during ancient and modern times in Greece. Get familiar with the relevant vocabulary, practice dialogues and improve your communication skills
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: Discuss about wine and its history. Learn the importance of wine as a cultural staple both during ancient and modern times in Greece. Get familiar with the relevant vocabulary, practice dialogues and improve your communication skills
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among Eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow
BBQ

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Greek Class: Learn about olive and virgin olive oil in ancient Greece. Through a brief historical overview, understand the significant role of virgin olive oil both in everyday use and also as a symbol. Focus on virgin olive oil as a “national product” in modern Greece. Learn about the fertile soil of Peloponnese and the vocabulary related to the various uses of virgin olive oil in cooking and cosmetics
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: Greek Class: Learn about olive and virgin olive oil in ancient Greece. Through a brief historical overview, understand the significant role of virgin olive oil both in everyday use and also as a symbol. Focus on virgin olive oil as a “national product” in modern Greece. Learn about the fertile soil of Peloponnese and the vocabulary related to the various uses of virgin olive oil in cooking and cosmetics
Farm to table dinner

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Greek Class: Learn about natural soap and its uses through a brief historical review. Get informed about the process of producing natural soap and its benefits. Get familiar with the herbs of Laconia, their characteristics and their use in diseases’ treatment and also in cosmetics.
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method
Greek Class: Learn about natural soap and its uses through a brief historical review. Get informed about the process of producing natural soap and its benefits. Get familiar with the herbs of Laconia, their characteristics and their use in diseases’ treatment and in cosmetics
Farm to table dinner
Greek Movie

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farm work
Greek Class: Learn the meaning of “γλέντι” (Greek glenti). Discuss the different ways of entertainment, learn the language that is hidden in songs and discover the Greek rhythm and timbre
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: We learn the meaning of “γλέντι” (Greek glenti). We discuss the different ways of entertainment, we learn the language that is hidden in songs and we discover the Greek rhythm and timbre
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & Departure from eumelia

** Each Greek class includes learning basic vocabulary, understanding the basic Greek grammar rules and practice in oral communication and writing skills.

Yoga & Culinary Retreat
2019-09-28 - 2019-10-05
Yoga & Culinary Retreat – September 28 – October 5, 2019 –
The excuse, yoga in an ancient olive grove in the middle of an organic farm. Unite mind, body and soul with nature to remember what she gave you. What is life? but the connection of mind, heart, body and soul. At eumelia, farmland, nature, nourishment and humanity unite to create the ideal “topos” for the manifestation of oneness. Be part of our week-long yoga retreat where we open as many doors to oneself, through yoga, meditation, gastronomy, sights and sounds. Yoga classes in the middle of perennial olive trees. Enjoy a private massage in your house. Hike or bike among the olive groves. Live in an organic farm and venture into the gardens to pick vegetables to cook your farm to table meals. Learn about the local cuisine, delicacies, and their culinary history. Taste natural wines and feel the love that created them. Learn about olive oil, the liquid gold and its health benefits. Dance to the ancient rhythms. Travel in the steps of Leonidas and the last Byzantine emperor in Laconia, a diverse destination in the Peloponnese in southern Greece that includes a vast range of ancient sites, culture, historical monuments, museums, beaches, and picturesque villages on the mountains or by the sea side. Enjoy a week-long yoga and culinary retreat like no other!
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Yoga Class in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools.
Private massage
Yoga Class in the terrace during sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Set off on your first daily trip towards the mountain of Parnonas, where Hippocrates collected herbs to create his medicinal healing treatments
Yoga in the forest
Traditional lunch in the cobble stone village of Kosmas
Return to eumelia
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow
Farm to table dinner

Day 4

Yoga in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your second daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety
Seaside Yoga
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon drink with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Return to eumelia

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Private massage
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 7

Yoga in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & departure

Yoga & Culinary Retreat
2019-07-06 - 2019-07-13
Yoga & Culinary Retreat – July 6-13. 2019 –
The excuse, yoga in an ancient olive grove in the middle of an organic farm. Unite mind, body and soul with nature to remember what she gave you. What is life? but the connection of mind, heart, body and soul. At eumelia, farmland, nature, nourishment and humanity unite to create the ideal “topos” for the manifestation of oneness. Be part of our week-long yoga retreat where we open as many doors to oneself, through yoga, meditation, gastronomy, sights and sounds. Yoga classes in the middle of perennial olive trees. Enjoy a private massage in your house. Hike or bike among the olive groves. Live in an organic farm and venture into the gardens to pick vegetables to cook your farm to table meals. Learn about the local cuisine, delicacies, and their culinary history. Taste natural wines and feel the love that created them. Learn about olive oil, the liquid gold and its health benefits. Dance to the ancient rhythms. Travel in the steps of Leonidas and the last Byzantine emperor in Laconia, a diverse destination in the Peloponnese in southern Greece that includes a vast range of ancient sites, culture, historical monuments, museums, beaches, and picturesque villages on the mountains or by the sea side. Enjoy a week-long yoga and culinary retreat like no other!
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Yoga Class in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools.
Private massage
Yoga Class in the terrace during sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Set off on your first daily trip towards the mountain of Parnonas, where Hippocrates collected herbs to create his medicinal healing treatments
Yoga in the forest
Traditional lunch in the cobble stone village of Kosmas
Return to eumelia
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow
Farm to table dinner

Day 4

Yoga in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your second daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety
Seaside Yoga
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon drink with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Return to eumelia

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Private massage
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 7

Yoga in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & departure

Learn Greek in a Farm
2019-06-08 - 2019-06-15
Language Holidays in Greece – Learn Greek in a Farm – June 8-15, 2019 –
learn Greek in a farm…..one of the oldest languages still spoken in the world is taught outside the classroom framework in an experiential manner. Combined with agritourism, wine and gastronomy activities learning Greek becomes fun and easy. Each activity is matched with a module language class that examines it holistically, learning the history and cultural aspects. Farm to table cooking class, olive oil tasting, wine tasting, Greek dances and feasts, combined with a live classless language course that dives deep into the Greek psyche. Join this unique experience, learning the language, the land, history, the people and of course its food. Language Holidays in Greece!

In cooperation with Peek at Greek: a modern Greek language and culture school, where teachers specialized in the acquisition of Greek as a second/foreign language, rich experience and passion for teaching combine their love for language with their love for every element of history and culture. Language teaching is for Peek at Greek a journey to place and time that this school chooses to do with you. The teachers come, therefore, out of the limits of the standard class and they teach Greek through traveling, hiking or making a historic walk. Peek at Greek addressing students of the Greek language, Greeks living abroad interested in learning the Greek language, lovers of alternative tourism and families wishing to spend creative holiday in Greece.
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm
Sustainability tour of the organic farm, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools
Greek Class: Learn the Greek alphabet and get familiar with the Greek sounds and intonation. Read and write simple Greek words relevant to the environment, agrotourism and the Greek culture. Introduce ourselves and talk about our region and our country
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: Learn the Greek alphabet and get familiar with the Greek sounds and intonation. Read and write simple Greek words relevant to the environment, agrotourism and the Greek culture. Introduce ourselves and talk about our region and our country
Farm to table dinner
Star gazing with drinks

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Siesta
Greek Class: Discover the Greek language and the vocabulary that is hidden in the local cuisine (drinks, food, etc.) and the traditional recipes, and learn the Greek eating habits. Talk about the special role of the Greek tavern and learn to order and understand a Greek menu
Farm to table dinner
Greek Traditional Dances

Day 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Greek Class: Discuss about wine and its history. Learn the importance of wine as a cultural staple both during ancient and modern times in Greece. Get familiar with the relevant vocabulary, practice dialogues and improve your communication skills
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: Discuss about wine and its history. Learn the importance of wine as a cultural staple both during ancient and modern times in Greece. Get familiar with the relevant vocabulary, practice dialogues and improve your communication skills
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among Eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow
BBQ

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Greek Class: Learn about olive and virgin olive oil in ancient Greece. Through a brief historical overview, understand the significant role of virgin olive oil both in everyday use and also as a symbol. Focus on virgin olive oil as a “national product” in modern Greece. Learn about the fertile soil of Peloponnese and the vocabulary related to the various uses of virgin olive oil in cooking and cosmetics
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: Greek Class: Learn about olive and virgin olive oil in ancient Greece. Through a brief historical overview, understand the significant role of virgin olive oil both in everyday use and also as a symbol. Focus on virgin olive oil as a “national product” in modern Greece. Learn about the fertile soil of Peloponnese and the vocabulary related to the various uses of virgin olive oil in cooking and cosmetics
Farm to table dinner

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Greek Class: Learn about natural soap and its uses through a brief historical review. Get informed about the process of producing natural soap and its benefits. Get familiar with the herbs of Laconia, their characteristics and their use in diseases’ treatment and also in cosmetics.
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Natural olive oil soap making. Experience firsthand how to make your own natural soap. Select the herbs of your choice, combine them with organic extra virgin olive oil from our farm and make your personal soap bar with the natural cold method
Greek Class: Learn about natural soap and its uses through a brief historical review. Get informed about the process of producing natural soap and its benefits. Get familiar with the herbs of Laconia, their characteristics and their use in diseases’ treatment and in cosmetics
Farm to table dinner
Greek Movie

Day 7

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farm work
Greek Class: Learn the meaning of “γλέντι” (Greek glenti). Discuss the different ways of entertainment, learn the language that is hidden in songs and discover the Greek rhythm and timbre
Farm to table lunch
Siesta
Greek Class: We learn the meaning of “γλέντι” (Greek glenti). We discuss the different ways of entertainment, we learn the language that is hidden in songs and we discover the Greek rhythm and timbre
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & Departure from eumelia

** Each Greek class includes learning basic vocabulary, understanding the basic Greek grammar rules and practice in oral communication and writing skills.

Yoga & Culinary Retreat
2019-05-25 - 2019-06-01
Yoga Cooking Retreat – May 25 – June 1, 2019 –
The excuse, yoga in an ancient olive grove in the middle of an organic farm. Unite mind, body and soul with nature to remember what she gave you. What is life? but the connection of mind, heart, body and soul. At eumelia, farmland, nature, nourishment and humanity unite to create the ideal “topos” for the manifestation of oneness. Be part of our week-long yoga retreat where we open as many doors to oneself, through yoga, meditation, gastronomy, sights and sounds. Yoga classes in the middle of perennial olive trees. Enjoy a private massage in your house. Hike or bike among the olive groves. Live in an organic farm and venture into the gardens to pick vegetables to cook your farm to table meals. Learn about the local cuisine, delicacies, and their culinary history. Taste natural wines and feel the love that created them. Learn about olive oil, the liquid gold and its health benefits. Dance to the ancient rhythms. Travel in the steps of Leonidas and the last Byzantine emperor in Laconia, a diverse destination in the Peloponnese in southern Greece that includes a vast range of ancient sites, culture, historical monuments, museums, beaches, and picturesque villages on the mountains or by the sea side. Enjoy a week-long yoga and culinary retreat like no other!
Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy

Day 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

Day 2

Yoga Class in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and experience, learn, meet the Greek agricultural landscape. The aim and wish is to establish a sustainable example of an ecotourism / agrotourism / education / culture space that receives, entertains and educates visitors as well as the local population on issues such as environment, environmental technology, organic farming methods, alternative health, sustainability, self-sustainability and progressive educational tools.
Private massage
Yoga Class in the terrace during sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Set off on your first daily trip towards the mountain of Parnonas, where Hippocrates collected herbs to create his medicinal healing treatments
Yoga in the forest
Traditional lunch in the cobble stone village of Kosmas
Return to eumelia
Wine tasting of Greek natural wines and food pairing. Discover the Greek grape varieties through five natural organic wines paired with local cheeses and cured meat. Walk among eumelia’s organic vineyards and learn the history of wine in Greece and the biodynamic practices that we follow
Farm to table dinner

Day 4

Yoga in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 5

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Begin your second daily visit of the region and this time you head to the historic area of Mani, filled with small stone castles and a raged terrain unmatched in beauty. You will visit the historic towns of Gytheio and Areopolis and head to the seaside town of Limeni with its theatrical backstage landscape and architecture. You will see how the local delicacy “Pasteli” (a honey sesame bar) is created and taste a freshly baked variety
Seaside Yoga
Enjoy lunch by the seaside in one of the most amazing locations and enjoy fresh seafood in the town of Limeni
Head back to Gytheio for an afternoon drink with a background stage of neoclassical buildings and the picturesque port
Dinner in Gytheio town in the best restaurant with view of the port
Return to eumelia

Day 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Private massage
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Farm to table dinner

Day 7

Yoga in the olive grove
Organic homemade handmade brunch
Yoga in the terrace at sunset
Live music and dance with an amazing local band playing “rebetika” songs (referred to as Greek blues) and dinner with a large variety of mezzedes (small appetizers dishes)

Day 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & departure

Couples Retreat
2019-02-09 - 2019-02-16
Couples Retreat – February 9-16, 2019 –
a you and your other half retreat…..Mind, body and a unique culinary experience unite in a beautiful organic farm aesthetic ambience. Cook farm to table meals together, taste natural wines and learn about olive oil. Take serene walks in our ancient olive grove and vineyards as you explore eumelia. Enjoy drinks and open fire pit cooking under the starlit sky. Couple’s Yoga will bring you closer and couple’s massage will help you relax. Venture out with us to the romantic castle town of Monemvasia and the seaside town of Gytheio as we explore the Mani region. A week long retreat for you and your other half where all the details and planning have been taken cared of by the eumelia team, all you have to do is bring your smile and sense of romantic adventure.
DAY 1

Arrival at eumelia
Welcome farm to table dinner. The chef will prepare for you an organic and zero-kilometer meal. eumelia’s organic vegetables are combined with local delicacies and form a unique gastronomic experience

DAY 2

Organic homemade handmade breakfast, including some of eumelia’s specialties such as lavender butter cookies, rosemary chocolate cake, freshly handmade bread with figs or olives, and infusions with wild herbs from the farm.
Sustainability tour of the organic farm and guesthouse, learn, come in contact with the Greek agricultural landscape
Farm to table lunch
Yoga
Couples Massage
Farm to table dinner

DAY 3

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Olive oil and olive tasting. Learn all the secrets of the green gold of Greece, how to distinguish a fresh extra virgin olive oil, the eatable Greek olive varieties and how to store your olive oil properly. Meet the perennial olive trees that age more than 2000 years – you can even hide in their trunks!
Farm to table lunch
Yoga
Couples Massage
Farm to table dinner

DAY 4

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Local cuisine cooking class with a twist and lunch: Learn all the secrets of the local Laconic gastronomy with the guidance of the farm chef. Prepare and bake your own sourdough bread made with locally sourced and milled organic flour. Pick fresh eatable wild greens from the farm and learn to prepare filo dough and make that famous local pitas. Pick the vegetables and herbs you need from eumelia’s organic gardens and herb spiral and prepare your own local cuisine traditional meals with a twist. From farm to your table, prepare and cook an organic, traditional, local cuisine and zero-kilometer meal. The organic vegetables and the famous organic olive oil are combined with local delicacies to offer you a unique gastronomic experience. Put together the gastronomic puzzle of the region, boil, bake and create special dishes from the symphony of local products
Visit the most romantic castle town of Greece, Monemvasia. Walk among the cobble stone walkways, an amazing tasting of local products, a romantic dinner and then drinks in this mystical castle

DAY 5

Couples Yoga
Private homemade handmade brunch at your house
Hot wine & Rakomelo at the fire-pit
Private dinner in your house

DAY 6

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
A romantic day trip to the beautiful region of Mani. Head to the famous Diros caves, an amazing seafood lunch in the picturesque seaside town of Limeni. Then we head to Gytheio and the small island of Kranai where Helen of Troy and Paris spent their last night before heading to Troy. A romantic Valentines dinner by the seaside town of Gytheio and then drinks

DAY 7

Private homemade handmade brunch at your house
Wine tasting
Open fire pit cooking all together

DAY 8

Organic homemade handmade breakfast
Farewells & Departure

Retreats / Tours Payments & Cancellation Policy
