• Visits run as tours, so check the estate's tour schedule and book before you go
• Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan Park borders the estate, handy for a picnic or a run after the tour
• Wine tastings are for adults: some tours add the estate's Tour la Reine wines with cheese, so ask for a tower-and-grounds visit with kids

Pyrgos Vasilissis, also called the Queen's Tower, is a 200-hectare estate built around a small neo-Gothic castle that King Otto raised for Queen Amalia, modeled on Hohenschwangau in Bavaria. Today the Serpieri family owns it and runs a dairy farm and an organic vineyard on the grounds.

Visits take in the tower and the gardens. It suits kids who like castles and history more than toddlers after a run-around.