Festival of Greek Honey and Bee Products

Festival of Greek Honey and Bee Products is the largest event of this kind in Greece, with local producers from across the country.

An excellent opportunity to buy honey, taste several varieties and get to learn the multiple health benefits of the golden product of bees. Apart from all these, we should support local producers, especially in times of this harsh economic crisis

Festival of Greek Honey and Bee Products, take place at the Peace & Friendship Stadium, aims to promote Greek honey and bee products and to inform the public on its potential.

The three-day festival held at the seaside Peace & Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliro and is the honey-producing sector’s biggest event.

Organized every two years under the auspices of the Rural Development and Food ministry, the festival is expected to feature over 70 large, medium and small-scale producers from all of Greece, including the tiniest of islands.

The show will include everything from honey-inspired dishes and sweets prepared on the spot by practicing chefs, cocktail-making shows, presentations on the health and pharmaceutical benefits of honey, the role of honey in Greek cuisine and the Mediterranean diet, as well as demonstrations on beekeeping.

Visitors will also have the chance to familiarize themselves with the many types of Greek-produced honey and meet the producers. On the sidelines, conferences will be held on topics including the promotion and branding of Greek honey and products, honey and gastronomy, social cooperatives and honey production, the export of Greek honey and products.

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1, 2 & 3 of December

Trust of confidence in the Festival by consumers and beekeepers.

The aim of the 9th Festival is the promotion of the famous Greek honey, mainly of small producers, and of honey products to the consumers and to the professionals.

It is also the place for the conclusion of commercial and business agreements between producers and operators of beekeeping products and equipment.