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Kefalonia flavours tour with monastery visit and turtle spotting

4.1/5
40 reviews

Discover Kefalonia's beauty, flavours, and culture on this half-day guided adventure. You'll learn about the island's spiritual side during a stop at a monastery, before visiting a port where wild loggerhead turtles are known to unwind. You'll also head to a shop near here to sample some local goods. One of our local guides, Thaleia, says, "loggerhead turtles migrate to parts all around Kefalonia's coastlines in spring to lay their eggs. At Argostoli Port, you've got a good chance of seeing them swimming between the docked boats."

You'll start the tour with a stop at Argostoli Port, where you might see the turtles out and about if they're in the area. Then, you'll visit a local shop to taste olive oil, sweet mandola, honey, and Robola wine. From here, it's on to Agios Gerasimos Monastery.

This place is regarded as one of the most sacred sites on the island, which isn't surprising since it's been around since 1560. You'll visit the monastery and your guide will tell you all about its history and the small community of monks that live there.

Main features

Free cancellation
Place: Kefalonia
Duration: from 2 hours to 4 hours
Language:English
Mobile voucher accepted

Additional features

Guided tour
Instant confirmation
E-Voucher
Wheelchair access
Hotel pick up

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Why you’ll love this…

  • You might be able to spot wild loggerhead turtles swimming at Argostoli Port
  • Olive oil, sweet mandola, honey, and Robola wine are all on the menu during a tasting session
  • You'll visit Agios Gerasimos Monastery and tour its preserved, 500-year-old grounds
  • The tour takes you along roads that weave through some of Kefalonia's vineyard region
  • You'll have an expert local guide with you for the whole trip

Important to know

  • Bring suitable footwear
  • Bring money for extras or gratuities
  • Dress appropriately – no shoulders or knees showing – when visiting religious buildings
  • This is one of our private TUI Collection experiences, which give you a local flavour of the destination while offering you the freedom and flexibility to enjoy the day your way.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins.


What’s included

  • Local delicacy tasting
  • Transport
  • Panoramic bus tour
  • Exclusive TUI itinerary

This experience meets the Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria. By choosing this experience you can protect the places you love, care for the environment and support local communities.

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.


Pickup points

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Provider

TUI Hellas Travel, Tourism and Airlines SA


What people say about this experience

4.1/5

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Based on 40 reviews


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Value for money

4/5

Service

4.3/5

Safety

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  • M

    Mike &Jane

    Travelled as a couple


    5 June 2025
    5

    United Kingdom

    Lovely air conditioned coach picked us up on time firstly went to Argostoli and saw the turtles then to explore the monastery did wine tasting olive oil tasting and some sweeties (Yum Yum) went to St George’s Castle where you had the opportunity to explore or have lunch we opted for lunch in the local restaurant, which was very good value and tasty The guide (Wendy). was fantastic put the right amount of information over very well We would highly recommend this tour

  • L

    Louise

    Travelled with family


    5 June 2025
    3

    United Kingdom

    The service, staff (both the lovely guide, Wendy, and the driver, Spiros), and quality of the experience all great. Issue was time: advised it was a 2-4hr tour, but it was close to 9. Wouldn't have taken a child on such a long trip had we known. Value for money is low as we were expecting to be back at our all-inclusive for lunch: instead, we had to spend a lot of money eating out in a restaurant. Overall, tour is good but hugely misrepresented.

  • V

    Vaughan

    Travelled as a couple


    4 June 2025
    5

    United Kingdom

    Excellent tour loved every bit of it. Tour guide Wendy was brilliant, very informative and knowledgeable.

  • R

    Ruth

    Travelled as a couple


    28 May 2025
    5

    United Kingdom

    We thoroughly enjoyed this trip, the guide Wendy was great and explained well all aspects of the places we visited and the history behind the island of Kefalonia, I would definitely recommend this trip, thank you.

  • D

    Dene

    Travelled as a couple


    21 May 2025
    5

    United Kingdom

    It was very informative and beautifully narrated by our Tui representative, Wendy. A perfect half day excursion.

  • K

    keith

    Travelled as a couple


    21 May 2025
    2.2

    United Kingdom

    What spoilt the tour massively was when we joined another TUI excursion at agrostoli harbour for the talk and viewing of the sea turtles (this was planned as our guide informed us of this enroute) The real disappointment came was when we arrived at our final stop, Kastro, to view the ruins. The 2nd TUI group arrived at the same time TUI knew there was only 1 restaurant open which meant ridiculous wait times and us leaving our meal unfinished so we didn't miss the return coach This was also late

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