Experience the traditional olive picking in Cres! Spend the day with a local family, participate in the olive harvest and get a bottle of fresh pressed Cres olive oil as a memory of the experience.Cres olive oil is one of the top olive oils in the Mediterranean. Its top quality is the result of the way olives are picked, their geographical location, and controlled processing at the local olive oil mill. During this tour, you'll go through the entire process: from olive picking with a local family and learning the harvesting techniques to seeing the production of freshly pressed olive oil from the olive oil mill. First you'll enjoy a guided walk through the ancient olive groves around Cres and meet up with a local family in the olive groves and participate with them in the olive harvest. Then you'll have a delicious local snack and local liqueur and enjoy olive oil presentation and tasting under the olive trees. At the end, you'll visit the olive oil mill in Cres to see the process and hear the details about the olive oil productionYou'll also get a bottle of the fresh cold pressed extra virgin olive oil as a memory from your olive picking experience.
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Experience the olive harvest with a local family. Hear about local traditions, history and stories about the island. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about olive trees
The meeting point is on the main square in Cres, next to the clock tower.