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Be the Soapmaker: Private Workshop in Crete | by Helleo
Crete, Greece, Europe
$91.74
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Be the soapmaker — not just a visitor. Step into Helleo, a small family-run soap lab, founded by Manos and Stelios, and discover their world of olive oil, botanicals, handmade craft and creative experimentation.
Just 7 km from Heraklion, 5 km from Knossos and 5 km from Archanes, Helleo is an easy addition to your day in Crete. Meet the people behind the brand, discover how their family’s fresh extra-virgin olive oil, herbs, fruits, clays and fragrances become handmade soaps.
In this private, hands-on soapmaking workshop, choose the ingredients, textures and scent you love and create your own blend. Give your soap its own identity, make it with your own hands and take it home together with your personal Soapmaker’s Card.
And the journey can continue after you leave: share your creation and its story with Helleo, and it may become part of the Helleo Soapmakers’ Collection — giving your creation the chance to go further.
Come as a visitor. Leave as a soapmaker!
Just 7 km from Heraklion, 5 km from Knossos and 5 km from Archanes, Helleo is an easy addition to your day in Crete. Meet the people behind the brand, discover how their family’s fresh extra-virgin olive oil, herbs, fruits, clays and fragrances become handmade soaps.
In this private, hands-on soapmaking workshop, choose the ingredients, textures and scent you love and create your own blend. Give your soap its own identity, make it with your own hands and take it home together with your personal Soapmaker’s Card.
And the journey can continue after you leave: share your creation and its story with Helleo, and it may become part of the Helleo Soapmakers’ Collection — giving your creation the chance to go further.
Come as a visitor. Leave as a soapmaker!
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Private Soapmaking Workshop
Make your own soap: Choose your favorite ingredients and create your own handmade olive oil soap to take home from Crete.
Private Experience: A private, hands-on soapmaking workshop for 2–8 participants, guided by the Helleo team.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Tea, Coffee & Local Treats: Enjoy coffee, herbal tea and local treats during your visit.
Soapmaking Workshop: Discover Helleo lab, explore our ingredients and soapmaking process, then create your own soap with the guidance of our team.
Make your own soap: Choose your favorite ingredients and create your own handmade olive oil soap to take home from Crete.
Private Experience: A private, hands-on soapmaking workshop for 2–8 participants, guided by the Helleo team.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Tea, Coffee & Local Treats: Enjoy coffee, herbal tea and local treats during your visit.
Soapmaking Workshop: Discover Helleo lab, explore our ingredients and soapmaking process, then create your own soap with the guidance of our team.
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Some light local refreshments including local teas and coffee to be offered throughout the workshop
- All Fees and Taxes
- Bottled water
- English, Greek Guide
- Private transportation
- Soda/Pop
- Alcoholic Beverages
Meeting point
Our workshop is located at the HELLEO head office and Lab, in Vasilies village, just outside Heraklion (7km), close to the historic Knossos Palace (5km) and the picturesque village of Archanes (5km). You will find our entrance with a wooden fence on the main road on your right hand.
Return details
Our workshop is located at the HELLEO head office and Lab, in Vasilies village, just outside Heraklion (7km), close to the historic Knossos Palace (5km) and the picturesque village of Archanes (5km). You will find our entrance with a wooden fence on the main road on your right hand.
When you arrive at Helleo, you’ll meet Manos, Stelios and their team and get a short introduction to the lab and the soapmaking process.
You’ll see the tools and ingredients they use — from their family’s extra-virgin olive oil to herbs, fruits, clays and fragrances — and discover how these become handmade soap.
Then it’s your turn.
Choose your ingredients, texture and fragrance, mix your blend and pour it into your mould, with the Helleo team guiding you through each step.
Your soap is ready to take home at the end of the workshop, together with your personal Soapmaker’s Card and Blend ID.
Before leaving, you can browse the Helleo concept store, featuring handmade soaps, natural fragrances, ceramics and other creations made at the lab.
And if you’d like to take it one step further, scan your Soapmaker’s Card and submit your creation to the Helleo Soapmakers’ Collection.
You’ll see the tools and ingredients they use — from their family’s extra-virgin olive oil to herbs, fruits, clays and fragrances — and discover how these become handmade soap.
Then it’s your turn.
Choose your ingredients, texture and fragrance, mix your blend and pour it into your mould, with the Helleo team guiding you through each step.
Your soap is ready to take home at the end of the workshop, together with your personal Soapmaker’s Card and Blend ID.
Before leaving, you can browse the Helleo concept store, featuring handmade soaps, natural fragrances, ceramics and other creations made at the lab.
And if you’d like to take it one step further, scan your Soapmaker’s Card and submit your creation to the Helleo Soapmakers’ Collection.
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!
Be the Soapmaker: Private Workshop in Crete | by Helleo
Crete, Greece, Europe
$91.74
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
—
You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
—
We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
—
Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!