A brief history of the family and its operation
Antonis Braoudakis is the founder of a family operation that includes the construction of traditional houses for guests, a two-storey folklore museum that hosts traditional and historical exhibits, a Cottage Industry and two stores that sell home-grown and family-made products. All these were built with the support and care of the other family members, inspired by the grandfather Yiorgos Braoudakis, who passed on through his sons the family secrets of tsikoudia, wine and oil production. The Braoudakis family operation aims at offering a warm Cretan hospitality to all visitors by making them accustomed to the Cretan countryside, its history and surrounding nature.
Services
Situated in Vrysses Apokoronou, outside the city of Chania, our Cottage Industry exhibits all of our traditional home-made products from carefully chosen ingredients of the Cretan land. Our aim is to produce healthy foodstuffs that will attract visitors fro their originality of taste and smell.
Our store in Georgioupoli was built to promote our family-grown and family-made products that range widely from a variety of olive oils and herbs to thyme honey, wine, tsikoudia (arrack) and ouzo.
Our store in Vrysses Apokoronou was built to promote our family-grown and family-made products that range widely from a variety of olive oils and herbs to thyme honey, wine, tsikoudia (arrack) and ouzo. Furthermore in Vrysses Apokoronou there are our Cottage Industry and our Folkore museum.
Our guest houses were built to provide a comfortable hospitality to all travelers who wish to spend some time in the countryside and experience the local Cretan lifestyle, cuisine and natural surroundings. Fully equipped, with traditional furnishing, large balconies and a parking space nearby, they are ideal for a family holiday.
Located in Vrysses, our folklore museum takes up two floors. The construction of this museum had been the owners age-long dream, inspired by the Braoudakis’ family’s traditional activities in the field of production. It is a site that visitors shouldn’t miss, as it hosts various exhibits of traditional and historical value.