Kalamata, Greece: Organic Olive Grove Tour-Olive oil tasting｜Greece

A memorable, private and personalized experience exclusively for you and your beloved ones, because, once booked for the day no other guests are added in the experience!

Where
You will visit one of the most beautiful coastal cities of the Peloponnese: Kalamata, in Messinia region.

When
The olive oil tour and tasting experience is available all year round either in the mornings or in the afternoons. Greek official holidays are excluded.

Meeting point
Maria, our passionate food lover and local host, will be waiting for you in front of the Port Authority Offices in Kalamata; you will go together with your own vehicle and start the olive oil tour experience. If you do not have your own transportation no worries; she will arrange taxi for you that day.

The Olive oil Experience
If you want to get to know all about the unique features of olive oil or simply wonder what an olive-oil tasting seminar involves, this activity is right up your alley!

Part 1: Visit and Walking tour in a Traditional Organic Olive grove
Traditional Organic Olive grove (available all year round)

You’ll walk through the perennial olive trees and experience a relaxing stroll through a traditional organic olive grove located just 10' away from Kalamata.

During your walk, you’ll get acquainted with different varieties of olive trees in all shapes and of all ages and learn the long history of the olive tree, the olive oil from the Neolithic era until today and all about olive oil harvesting!

Part 2: Visit at a certified Olive oil Mill (available only in the mornings, Sundays closed)

Then, very close to the Olive grove, you will make a visit at a certified and open to the public Olive oil mill where you will learn all about the extraction process, from the olive grove to bottling. And if it is the olive harvesting season, you’ll get to taste fresh extra virgin olive oil, during our olive oil tasting experience!

Part 3: Olive Oil tasting experience

The third and the most exciting part is the olive oil tasting experience! After the Olive oil mill, we will go together in the historic center, in one of the oldest Olive oil shops of the city.

Along with our professional and certified olive oil expert, you’ll learn about the queen of Greek olive-oil varieties, Koroneiki, as well as other just as superb Greek extra virgin olive oil varieties.

You’ll discover their key aromas, flavours and tastes, and will learn which olive-oil variety to pair with your favourite food.

Part 4: Light or Full lunch (optional & upon request)

If you wish to conclude your olive oil experience with a delicious light or full lunch, full of Messinian flavours, in one of the most welcoming family restaurants in the heart of Kalamata’s historic centre, just let us know and we can arrange it for you!