Factory or dairy visit · Latzimas, Rethymno
Arkadianos Farm "Aggeliko", Rethymno
Arkadianos Farm, also called Aggeliko, is a family goat and sheep farm in Latzimas, in the Mylopotamos hills of Rethymno. Guided visits run from 10:00 to 16:30 and take about 30 minutes: you meet the animals, see the traditional cheese dairy and taste the farm's cheeses, yogurt and desserts. Call Michalis on +30 697 595 6827 or book through the farm's Airbnb Experiences listing. Tours are cancelled in bad weather.
- Visit
- About 30 minutes
- Tour times
- 10:00 to 16:30
- Booking
- +30 697 595 6827
- Shop
- Products sold at the farm
The Visit
The farm keeps goats and sheep and turns their milk into cheese on site. On the tour you feed and photograph the animals, see milking by hand and by machine, and go into the family's small cheese dairy. The farm's own cheeses include feta, tyromalama, a local goat cheese, and white and yellow cheeses, and the tasting adds yogurt, milk desserts and other Cretan products. Some visits include making tyromalama yourself.
Everything you taste is for sale at the farm, which is the easiest way to take home a piece of farm-made Cretan cheese.
Hours and Booking
Tours run between 10:00 and 16:30. The farm does not publish a price on its own site; it points to its Airbnb Experiences listing, and the same visit is also sold on the big tour platforms. For a direct booking, phone +30 697 595 6827 or email [email protected]. Tours do not go ahead when the weather is bad.
Getting There
Latzimas is a village in the Mylopotamos area east of Rethymno, inland from the north coast road. You need a car. The Arkadi Monastery is in the same hills, so the two pair well in a morning.
Nearby
Higher up the same mountains, the Shepherd's Shelter runs longer cheesemaking days on Psiloritis, and Anogeia is the shepherd village of the range.
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Next: 15 Aug 2027 (expected)Questions People Ask
Can you visit a goat farm near Rethymno?
Yes. Arkadianos Farm in Latzimas runs guided visits with a cheese tasting between 10:00 and 16:30. Book by phone on +30 697 595 6827.
How long is the Arkadianos Farm tour?
The farm says about 30 minutes. Some resellers sell a longer version of about an hour and a half.
Official site: arkadianosfarm.gr/visit/. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese factory tours.