EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES
In ΑΜAΝΙΤΑ, we offer you experiential activities, in a homey atmosphere, from our partner TERPSIS. Get to know the local gastronomy and its strong link to foraging and the cultivation of aromatic herbs, greens and vegetables in small gardens. Our programs are:
Cooking Classes
Hands-on, home-style cooking class on “Poor People’s Kitchen” of Pelion.
- Days: every Tuesday and Friday from May to September
- Time: from 5:00 – 8:30 p.m.
- Duration: 3,5 hours
- Participants: from 4 to 10 persons
Description: A ‘farm to table’ workshop, where our guests will visit the herb garden and the organic garden of Amanita Guesthouse and collect the ingredients for the dishes we will prepare. We will then enter the kitchen, where our guests will receive a small lecture about the basic principles of the home-style Pelion region gastronomy, which is mainly based on wild and cultivated herbs, greens and vegetables. With our guidance and assistance the participants will prepare two authentic local dishes, among those still cooked in the homes of the region and recorded in Filareto’s cookery book “The culinary curiosity of a hotelier”. While preparing the meal, we will have a glass of tsipouro (the local spirit). After cooking we will all together enjoy our creations with local organic wine, chatting and stories.
The dinner includes appetizers, salad, local cheese, home-made bread and two courses cooked by the participants. As a dessert we will serve traditional spoon sweets for which the area is famous. The first and main courses depend on the season and the production of our garden.
Cost: 100 euro/person (tsipouro and wine included). 15% discount for Amanita’s guests (85 euro per person).
Pottery Workshops
CREATING YOUR OWN POT
Join pottery, not as a simple hobby, but as an opportunity to offer yourself a healing experience for your mind and soul.
Exploring the history of Magnesia from the Neolithic Era till today, with the help of our ceramist, Christos Giannakopoulos, you will discover the world of ceramics through the creation of a unique piece, made by your own hands. A centaur, an ancient pot, an utilitarian object or a folklore item are only some of the ideas that can be implemented.
Bisque firing, glaze firing, safe packaging and delivery within 30 days.
- Duration: 2hrs
- Participation: Up to 15 people
- Included: 2hrs handbuilding pottery experience, the material and the tools needed for the workshop, Bisque firing, glaze firing, safe packaging, photos from the participation.
- Not included: Shipping fee of your finished piece.
- Prior experience is not necessary.
- Ideal for beginners.
- Cost: 60.00€ per person
SHAPING THE CLAY WITH EYES CLOSED
A mental cleansing experience with the hands and an amorphous mass of clay as a tool, inspired and created by Christos Giannakopoulos, ceramist from Volos. A unique experience and a reason to feel the pulse of Pelion, with eyes closed, guided by the soul, to give shape to the clay using hands as the only tool and to reconsider what once was, a child.
We will make tea with mountain water and taste local herbs. We will hear the rustle of the wind that gives pulse to the foliage and makes the bright light fly. We will be quiet. Then we will close our eyes, stimulating the rest of our senses. Mobiles are silenced, intuition is expanded. Time loses its compulsive importance.
Then we will speak simply, communicate by traveling in our thoughts.
Bisque firing, glaze firing, safe packaging and delivery within 30 days.
- Duration: 2hrs
- Participation: Up to 15 people
- Included: 2hrs handbuilding pottery experience, the material and the tools needed for the workshop, Bisque firing, glaze firing,
- safe packaging, photos from the participation.
- Not included: Shipping fee of your finished piece.
- Prior experience is not necessary.
- Ideal for beginners.
- Cost: 80.00€ per person
Olive oil tasting
Αn unforgettable gastronomic experience at the Centaurs mountain of olive oil tasting guided by Konstantinos Patistis, organic farmer, olive oil producer and chef.
- Starting time: 5.30pm
- Duration: 2-3hrs
- Participants: from 4 to 10 persons
Description: By combining both the knowledge of the creation and process of the olive fruit as well as its characteristics, the traveler is actively involved in an endless merry-go-round of colors, aromas and flavors.
At the same time, the pairing of olive oil with local dishes that highlight its special characteristics invites every visitor to let himself in the tranquility of the nature of Pelion and to the take-off of his gustatory senses.
The whole experience unfolds in a beautiful olive grove close to our guesthouse and it is continued in our garden, overlooking the Aegean Sea.
The Experience includes:
- Guided tour in an Olive Grove
- A small talk for the greek olive and its myths
- Olive oil tasting and how we can use olive oil in our daily life
Cost: 65 euro/person