Olive oil tours in Peloponnese
Olive oil tours in Peloponnese
The famous national Greek poet Odysseas Elytis has said. ” If you disconstruct Greece, you will in the end see an olive tree, a grapevine and a boat remain. That is, with as much, you reconstruct Greece”
Which means with those 3 ‘ingredients’ you can rebuild the Greece-Hellas. The olive tree, played great role from antiquity as a symbol of Goddess Athena.
According the Greek tradition, she was the one, that she planted the first olive tree in Greece, in Athens.
It was used to made wreaths ,of olive branches during the Olympic games, as offerings to Gods or therapeutic treatments.
Greeks were the first that they planted and cultivated the olive trees in Mediterranean area.
Furthermore, Greece is one of the top three countries that they produce olive oil for the worldwide market.
How they collect the fruit, what is the procedure of making this gold juice as Greeks used to call it?
Those and many others you are going to find out, learn, experience through the olive oil tastings that we can offer you.
>>There are many family businesses that they offer you this experience. We have chosen the best of them, not only with the criterion of the size and the modern technology equipment that they may have some of them, but also for the quality of the olive oil or certifications and awards.<<
We can offer you 2 basic choices of olive oil tastings:
Suggestion 1: Basic olive oil tasting
First, the guided tour will start from the olive fields to see and understand the basics about the cultivation, species of olive trees & much more. Secondly, you will learn all about the stages of processing the olive fruits and become into pure olive oil .Cleaning the fruit, and other procedure stages & finally to bottling the juice , the olive oil. Finally your experience ends by tasting the olive oil, with local feta cheese, tomatoes, olives fresh bread.
Combine this tour with your visit to the famous archaeological sites such as , Epidaurus or Mycenae, or Messine (Kalamata) depends on the place-area of Peloponnese you wish to visit.
Cost: Depends, number of persons, season.
Duration: 2-4hours
Meating point: Your hotel or we will send you map of the olive oil tasting.
Suggestion 2: Eclectic olive oil tasting
It is the same with the basic one (suggestion 1) but with the difference that an Executive Chef will serve you with other local goodies combined perfectly with the tastes of olive oil. In addition, depends on season he had chosen the best sourced raw materials combined with the special food style of the dishes to highlight them with the best way only for you!
Finally we can offer you Extra activities: Swimming /snorkeling or kayak in the sunken city, be a shepherd for a day, dinner at home with local family, hiking in ancient paths. Cheese tasting cycling, guided tour
USEFUL NOTES:
**All the extra activities can be combined with your olive oil tasting
**During July &August do not miss the live theatrical or musical performances based in ancient Greek plays (Comedies or tragedies) with English subtitles in the theatre of Epidaurus.
**If you have children we can adjust the olive oil tasting with some treasure hunt game !
