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.

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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