The olive harvest

Duration:
approximately 3 hours
Places:
Chianti and Val d’Orcia
Live an authentic experience and join the olive harvest in Tuscany. Be a local tourist, experiencing one of the most traditional activities in our region.
The experience

After meeting your wine and food guide in a farm producing olive oil and after a short briefing with him with info of the experience, the activity will start moving in a gorgeous olive grove.  Working side by side with the harvesters, you will be able to pick the olives from the trees, learning also important information about the cultivation of the olive trees. You will discover how extra virgin olive oil is made using the old millstone extraction method as well as with the modern continuous loop machinery, having the chance to taste it with delicious bruschetta during a picnic enjoying a typical Tuscan lunch with Tuscan wines.

What's included:
  • Private olive harvesting activity in Tuscany
  • Guided experience by an English speaking wine and food expert
  • Learn how extra virgin olive oil is made in an ancient olive-press
  • Enjoy a pic-nic in an olive grove with wines pairing and extra virgin olive oil tasting
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