The farm “tofillo” launches a new activity by opening its door on a program of experiential visits and experiences, for all those who want to have an experience with the organic herbs of Crete, the philosophy, tradition, the relationship with the land, the beneficial properties. For all those who have interest to smell, to taste and to enjoy a unique experience of sightseeing in time and nature.
A different note in the tourist wandering which promote our love for the land, our faith in tradition, the properties of the aromatic Cretan herbs with aim to transmit knowledge.
An experiential visit and excursion that gives to visitors the opportunity to learn how we cultivate organic herbs, the natural way of processing, the traditional way of managing them.
If something particularly characterizes the farm “tofillo” this is the environment. A few meters before the entrance of the famous Samaria Gorge, on the Omalos plateau, the nature that surrounds it and the altitude of 1,227 meters allows us to cultivate Organic Malotira, the famous Cretan mountain tea.
Tofillo has a collection of carefully selected herbs, growing in Crete, and of greens originating from all around the Mediterranean basin.
The selection was made based on their taste, on the benefits to human health, on their traditional use over the centuries in the form of tisane, but also on their indigenousness to the micro-climate of Crete.
CRETAN MOUNTAIN TEA- MALOTIRA!
One of the most famous and important aromatic herbs, which grows in the mountains of Crete, with special medicinal properties that modern scientific research confirms.
Anti-inflammatory, suppresses common cold, helps digestion, strengthens the immune system, protects blood vessels, has fungicide and antibacterial action.
CRETAN DITANNY!
One of the most significant aromatic – medicinal plant of Crete. The relevant references date back to Antiquity, made by some of the experts of the time, such as Hippocrates, Theofrastos and Dioscouridis.
All of them praise the medicinal properties of the plant.
With healing and astringent properties, Soothes stomach and bowel pain, Treats bad breath, Helps treat gingivitis, Diuretic, Soothing properties (advisable for nervous disorders, nervous headaches and other conditions of the nervous system)
Tofillo Farm Entrance
