The Olive Oil Tasting Experience 5-Hours Tour and Athens Tours Greece offer crafted experiences that immerse our savvy travelers in the local environment to explore the unknown as a source of inspiration.
Highlights Of The Olive Oil Tasting Experience 5-Hour Tour
-Tour of the olive groves in its 3 plantation frameworks, Traditional, Intensive, and Super intensive.
-The harvesting of olive trees (from October to November upon request).
-The properties of organic extra virgin olive oil.
-The production process of organic olive oil inside the olive mill.
-The oil quality: what refined olive oils are, what virgin olive oils are, and what the extra virgin olive oil is.
-Partake an oil-tasting and learn how to pair them gastronomically.
-Virtually participate in every stage of olive oil production.
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness. Important note: You will have a professional English-speaking driver with good knowledge of the history and culture of Greece, to guide you till you enter archaeological sites and museums according to the program. Tour drivers are not licensed to companion you inside the archaeological sites and museums. If you'd like to have one, we can arrange it for you at an additional cost. Licensed by the state tour guides are freelance and it is subject to availability on bookings day!. Athens International Airport transfers can be arranged on request at an extra cost !. Olive oil tour & and tasting presentation Duration: 70 min . Visiting the olive mill olive grove. Guided tour of the facilities and presentation of the production line of extra virgin olive oil. Virtual reality video presentation. Wearing the virtual reality mask you will have the opportunity to live an unforgettable experience by watching a video with all the stages of cultivation, production & bottling of extra virgin olive oil. Presentation of Greek extra virgin olive oil (varieties, categories of olive oil, health benefits & useful tips for the proper storage of extra virgin olive oil). Professional tasting experience in two. Products (we can add more at a small extra cost). Simple tasting of the Soligea product line (extra virgin olive oil – Kalamon olives – Kalamon olive paste).
Departure Point: HOTEL MEETING INSTRUCTIONS: We will meet you at the main entrance of your hotel. Please inform the porter that you are expecting your tour driver to call for you. If you are staying in a small hotel, please inform the receptionist instead.
CRUISE PORT MEETING INSTRUCTIONS: Please disembark and walk outside the terminal exit door, where our driver/guide will be waiting for you holding a sign with your name on it.
Return point: Return at the same spot!