Holiday Crete 2025 agenda – Agenda Zorbas Island, Crete – Season 2025: Every year we have an extensive excursion programme on Crete with several regular excursions as well as new ones. You are probably curious to know what activities we will organise at Zorbas Island in the coming season. In this agenda for Crete, we give an overview of some activities that we think will interest you. Especially special excursions and activities we will highlight here. By this we mean, for example, multi-day excursions such as cooking weeks and hiking weeks in Crete. You can also find more information about new excursions that we have added to our programme.
Walking weeks are always available on request.
Zorbas Island is open till 15 November 2025
1 July to 31 August 2025: High season in Crete
During this period, we offer an extensive family programme including football, visits to the water park, hiking, snorkelling, sailing, safaris, diving, waterfall excursions, cooking and much more.
September 2025 – 2-day sailing trip to Dia and Paxomadi
We sail from the Venetian harbour of Heraklion to the islands off the coast. There is time for swimming and snorkelling. We spend the night on Dia Island. The next day we sail back to Heraklion.
6 to 9 October 2025: Island hopping from Crete to Ios.
A 4-day trip to Ios. On Ios, we do several different trips. We visit the island of Sikinos and go by boat around Folegandros.
On day 1 we go with the ferry from Heraklio, via Santorini to Ios. Here we stay in a luxuruous villa. We visit Ios-town before we head to the villa.
On day 2 we explore the island of Ios.
Day 3: we make a boat trip to the island of Sikinos and go around Folegandros. At the end of the day we go back to Ios.
On the last day we visit Ios-town again before we go back to Crete.
Multiple day excursions
20 to 23 October 2025 – Cooking Week – Crete cooking course & Greek cooking workshop (4 days, including an excursion Unknown Crete)
Greek cooking holiday: A full week cooking holiday in Crete, enjoying the outdoors. Cooking workshop in Crete, cooking in olive oil, cooking class in Crete, food recognition, outdoor cooking. We give you an impression of a cooking holiday in Crete on this page. The cooking workshops take place in our own olive field and once at Zorbas by the sea. We also visit a local market. There is also 1 day excursion Unknown Crete. On this page you can read more about cooking holidays: read more
27 to 30 October 2025 – 4 days Unknown Crete Chania
We stay in a luxuruous villa near Chania-town.
Day 1: we leave around 6 am from Zorbas to go to West-Crete. We drive through the inland to Perivolia where we stay the next days.
Day 2: visit to Paleochora and Kandanos. We visit these 2 villages in Southwest-Crete.
Day 3: we leave early to take the boat to Balos, from Kissamos. We go past the uttermost peninsula of Crete. We see the fortress island Gramvousa, where the Barbarossa fortress is located.
Day 4: we leave Chania again. We visit either the botanical gardens of Crete or we go to Chania-town. We leave early to be ahead of the crowds. After this we drive back to Zorbas.
3 to 6 November 2025 – E4 walk – Walks around Kato Zakros
A top hiking week from the beautiful village of Kato Zakros in the far south-east of Crete. Kato Zakros is a small Greek village by the sea enclosed by gorges and mountains in the hinterland. Actually the start or end point of the E4 in Crete.
This E4 walking tour consists of four walks (programme subject to change). Day 1: early morning departure to the Richtis Gorge. We walk through the gorge to the waterfall and back: read more. After the walk, we drive to Kato Zakros where we stay for 3 nights. Day 2: we walk from Kato Zakros to Pano Zakros and from there via the Valley of the Dead back to Kato Zakros (read more). Day 3: walk in Xerokampos (12 km). Via the flamingo beach, we walk a short distance into the gorge. We then walk along the beach to an area with beautiful formations and natural pools. On the fourth day, on the way back to Zorbas, we walk the Pefki Gorge (10 km) in south-east Crete, read more.
Friday 7 November 2025 – Zorbas 25th Anniversary Theme Party
A fun evening to celebrate Zorbas’ 25th anniversary, with old films, videos, Zorbas clips from the past 25 years and music.
Saturday 8 November 2025 – Zorbas 25th Anniversary Theme Party
Culinary grill evening with Zorbas specialities. Afterwards, we will hit the dance floor with a retro music evening with a 70s-80s theme. So come dressed up!
Harvesting olives on Crete
9 to 11 November 2025 – Olive harvest
On Sunday 9 November, we will start preparing for the olive harvest at around 10 a.m.
On Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 November, we will harvest the olives! Even if you don’t want to help with the harvest, there is plenty to see and do. We will visit the olive factory, have a barbecue in the field, sleep in the field (for those who want to), make a campfire and have breakfast there.
The time of olive harvesting in Crete has come again. From early November until the end of January, olives are taken from the trees all over the island for olive oil production. Crete is known for its high quality olive oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil. At Zorbas Island, we use olive oil for all our dishes, which we produce ourselves every year. So it’s time again to put on work clothes and go out into the country with the whole Zorbas team. Guests help too! Want to harvest olives with us sometime? Please send us an email: zorbasisland@gmail.com.
Wednesday 12 November 2025 – visit to Chrissi Island with overnight stay in Mirtos
We leave early in the morning for Ierapetra to board a fast, private boat to the beautiful Chrissi Island. Chrissi Island is a Natura 2000 area with beautiful beaches. There is a unique forest with cedar trees and an old chapel of St. Nicholaos. In the west of Chrissi, near the lighthouse, there are remains of a Minoan town from the Minoan period.
After visiting the island, we will leave for Mirtos to spend the night there. In the evening, we will have a culinary evening in the village.
Thursday 13 November 2025 – Unknown Crete on the south coast
We drive from Mirtos via the south coast back towards the north. We drive via Tertsa, Avli, Keratokampos and Tsoutsouras back to Zorbas.
Friday 14 November 2025 – The Zorbas Happy Train Tour
Everyone who has been here knows the little train that runs through the village, usually carrying tourists who don’t look too happy. We are going to change that. We will take the train (private) through the hinterland of Crete and visit the villages of Anopolis, Kainourgio Chorio, Aitania and Elia. Along the way, we will make several stops and visit kafeneions and ouzeries for a bite to eat and a drink. Our last stop is for a culinary meal in Elia. Smiling happily, we then drive back to Zorbas to end the season.
Saturday 15 November 2025 – Last day of the season
On this day, we end the season and our festive week, and all guests return home.
More information
Excursions on Crete 2025: The above agenda for Crete is only a small example of what can be done on Crete. Our range of excursions that we organize is very extensive. That way we can offer everyone something nice to do. On top of that, if you have special wishes, you can always contact us. We would like to know this well in advance though, so that we can adapt our excursion program. Just send us an email before you come to Crete on holiday.
Holiday information Crete Zorbas Island: For renting apartments and holiday homes, all your excursions and cheap flights to Crete. If you are looking for apartment rental and accommodation on Crete, you have come to the right place. We have a variety of apartments, suitable for families, singles, couples or more people travelling together. We can help you to organize your holiday on Crete Greece to your wishes. An active outdoor vacation, active holidays, a beach holiday, or a combination of both we can all realize for you.
In case you like more information, please send an email to zorbasisland@gmail.com