Tour of the Oil

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Price from
€70
Duration
3 h 30 min
Group size
Up to 7 travellers
Guide languages
English, Italian

Overview

It is an authentic experience that allows you to visit privately owned farms, where you can admire mammoth thousand-year-old olive trees, as well as compare underground oil mills of the past with modern oil mills, in operation in the winter months.

What's included

The tour ends with a tasting of typical Apulian products: sensory analysis of different extra virgin olive oils, pâté, pickles, jams, excellent wine and more
Transport by car or minivan to stop at different farms in the countryside of Monopoli

What you will do

Monopoli
It is a guided tour among the oldest olive trees in the Monopoli countryside, to discover where the oil is born. The first stop is a cave complex, inside which a hypogeum oil mill was created, active from the Middle Ages until 1900. There is also a visit to an 11th century rock church with frescoes and a thousand-year-old olive grove.
The second stop is a farm located in a fortified farm of the sixteenth century, Here is a modern oil mill where, in the winter months, extra virgin olive oil is produced.
The visit is completed with sensory analysis of 5 extra-virgin oils of different cultivars (Cima di Mola, Coratina, Picholine, Peranzana, Fabulous) produced in Monopoli.
3 h

Meeting point

Appointment near the arch that connects Via C. Colombo in Piazza Garibaldi in the historic center of Monopoli

End point: The tour ends with sensory analysis of different types of cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil from Monopoli and tasting of typical Apulian products, at our headquarters in via Porto 8-12, in the historic center of Monopoli, not far from the initial meeting place.