The Makers’ Table
For food lovers · zero food miles
A journey told through the people behind the food — the wineries of Mantinia, the cheese artisans, the Arcadian breakfast. Taste measured in kilometres, not seasons.
- 3 days
- Taste, zero food miles
- Mantinia · the villages
- Slow, fair, real
The idea
Arcadia’s food doesn’t travel — you travel to it. This journey moves at the pace of the table: the Mantinia wine plateau, the makers of cheese and honey, an Arcadian breakfast where everything is grown within sight. You meet the hands behind the produce, eat where it grows, and every euro stays in the village.
The rhythm
- Day 1 · The Mantinia plateauArrive among the vineyards; a slow tasting with the winemakers of Mantinia and a first table of local plates.
- Day 2 · The makersA morning with the cheese artisans, an Arcadian breakfast of hyper-local produce, honey and herbs, then a long slow-food lunch.
- Day 3 · The village kitchenA hands-on kitchen or a kafeneio morning, the last market, and a farewell built from what is in season.
This is a rhythm, not a timetable. We build it around the season and the makers who are open.
Where you’ll stay
The wine-country estateA stay among the vines of the Mantinia plateau.
The village guesthouseStone rooms in an Arcadian village, close to the makers.
The farm stayClosest to the land — where the breakfast is the farm itself.
Every option is a network host, matched to your journey. You book direct.
What you’ll do
- Tastings with the Mantinia winemakers
- A morning with the cheese artisans
- An Arcadian breakfast, zero food miles
- A slow-food table in the villages
- Kafeneio & village-market culture
- Honey, herbs & the produce of the season
Make it yours
- The Core — 3 days, the essential table of Arcadia.
- The Long Table — 4–5 days: add more makers, restaurants and a village or two.
- Hands-on — add a cooking session with a local kitchen.
- Family — kid-friendly farms and tables.
Good to know
- Best seasonAutumn for harvest & fresh cheese; spring for the herbs.
- PaceGentle and food-led, with little walking.
- GroupSmall and host-friendly.
- BookingTell us your dates; we connect you with the makers and hosts. You book direct.
Ready to sit at the Makers’ Table?
Send us your dates and we’ll weave the tastings, the beds and the tables together with the network.