An innovative and ambitious initiative by hoteliers, farmers and producers of the Xylokastro area
The “Xylokastro Agrotourism Workshops” is the initiative of an informal network of hoteliers, farmers and producers of the wider Xylokastro region. Its aim is to raise awareness of the area’s excellent agricultural products (grapes, raisins, wines, olives, apples, lemons and oranges) through thematic workshops. These workshops will introduce visitors to Xylokastro’s long hospitality tradition, while at the same time initiating them to its authentic farming life.
Each of the “Xylokastro Agrotourism Workshops” is dedicated to a specific crop, which the visitors will have the opportunity to learn about, with the guidance, help and company of the farmers and their families.
‘Great Grape Workshop’: The ‘Great Grape Workshop’ will introduce participants to the famous Corinthian grape varieties through picking, pressing, wine-making, juice and jam making and more. Each participant will also receive a grape seed oil massage to relax from the strain of farm life!
‘Ten Apples a Week Workshop‘: By taking part in the ‘Ten Apples a Week Workshop’ participants will have the opportunity to get to know Corinthian Apples. They will pick them and learn how to transform them into jams, dessers, juices, cider, vinegar. They will also learn about the nutritional value and therapautic uses of apples.
‘Golden Olive Workshop’: During the ‘Golden Olive Workshop’ participants will pick olives, take them to the olive press and learn the secrets of good olive oil. The will also learn how to cook traditional olive oil based dishes, how to make olive oil soap and what the therapautic uses of olive oil are in Greece.
The Agrotourism network’s participants, apart from Daphne’s Club Hotel Apartments , are the hotels Lido and Le Convivial Spa , the producers Kallidorpio, Flowerland και Domaine Papargyriou and the farmers Liakopoulos, Teazis and Aspropotamitis. For more information, dates, prices and contact details visit the webpage agrotourism.xylokastro.org , send us an email info@xylokastro.org or call +30 6977939597 (project manager: Daphne Mavrommati).
