Sellia · Rethymno · Crete

Your portal to the experience
of the Cretan life

At our estate, we invite you to experience Crete the way we live it. Discover our traditions, get to know our way of life, and experience the warmth of authentic Cretan hospitality.

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THE RAKIDIO ESTATE

Making memories
on the farm

Before taking your seat at the table, you'll wander through the estate, where every corner tells a story of Cretan tradition. Visit the traditional copper still, discover the stone mitato where cheese is crafted by hand, meet the farm animals, and experience the simple beauty of life in the Cretan countryside.

2h Full Estate Experience
5stops Unique Experiences
100% Farm to Table
Discover the Estate
The Estate

Fifty acres of
authentic Cretan land

Wander our estate and experience the everyday rhythm of the Cretan countryside. Visit our orchard, see the seasonal vegetables, meet our donkey, our horse and the rest of the farm animals, and enjoy the unique view of the Libyan Sea, with Gavdos marking the southernmost inhabited edge of Europe. And the mountains of Sellia beyond, where bearded vultures still soar.

50Acres to Explore
100%Naturally Grown
DonkeyRides Included
Raki Distillery

The raki is gone
before the next distillation

Every autumn, after the grape harvest, the grapes are pressed and left to ferment. Part of the fresh grape must is stored in wooden barrels to produce wine, while the remaining must and grape pomace are transferred to a traditional copper still, where they are slowly distilled over an open fire. The process ends with the production of authentic tsikoudia, Crete's traditional grape spirit.

40°Traditional Strength
Oct–NovDistillation Season
Wood FireSlow Distilled
The Mitato

Cheese, made
the old way

In Rakidio's mitato, you'll meet a tradition that remains alive today. We hand-milk our goat each morning and transform the fresh milk into tyrozouli, a traditional Cretan cheese with a soft texture and a distinctive flavor.

We use no machines and we never rush. We follow the same family recipe and the traditional techniques passed down by previous generations, giving the cheese the time and care it deserves.

HandMilked Daily
StoneTraditional Mitato
TyrozouliCretan Cheese
Living Memory

Where every tool
has a story

Visit our Folklore Museum and discover everyday Cretan life through authentic objects, traditional tools and historical relics from the 19th and 20th centuries, along with rare exhibits from the Greek Revolution of 1821 and the Second World War, bringing to life the history and cultural heritage of our land.

Every object here is real, retired from actual use, and free for you to ask about.

100+Years Preserved
19th–20th c.Artifacts
1821Revolution Relics
Your Rakidio Experience

Your experience
at Rakidio

Everything you'll taste comes straight from our orchard, flaky tyropitakia made with our own cheese, tyrozouli served fresh from the mold, apaki cured in our smokehouse, olive oil pressed from our own trees, honey from our hives, and plenty of raki from our own distillation.

Farm→TableSame-Day Harvest
TyropitakiaHandmade Daily
ApakiSmokehouse Cured
Rakidio Stone Architecture
Our Story

A family farm that opened
its doors to the world

Rakidio was born from our family's everyday life. It started as a small family farm, with the raki kazani, the mitato, the gardens, and a table that always had room for one more person.

Over the years, we decided to share this way of life with people seeking the genuine side of Crete. We didn't create an experience for visitors, we simply opened our home and estate, just as we would for a friend.

The raki you'll taste is the same one we drink. The cheese is what we make for our own family. And the hospitality you'll experience is what we would offer to someone dear to us.

"We don't perform tradition. We just continue to live it, as we always have."Nearchos Deligiannakis, Founder
Visit & Book

Come up the mountain

Rakidio sits 20 minutes above Plakias, in the village of Sellia. Visits are small, hosted, and best booked a few days ahead — especially during harvest season.

Sellia, Rethymno

Above Plakias, Crete, Greece

Reach Us

rakidioexperience@gmail.com · +30 693 764 8216