Agriturismo
Visit a farm in Ancient Olympia where our olive oils are made!
Agriturismo/Olivoturismo to Our Olive Oil Producer’s Farm in Ancient Olympia
Itinerary 1 – Olive Oil & Wine Tour with Lab and Lunch
Includes: olive oil class, visit to the areas of production – processing and standardization of our olive oils, soap-making lab ending with a farm’s traditional lunch.
Duration: 1h 45min – 2h 15min.
- Welcome drink (house wine or Ouzo) & homemade olive pie.
- Olive oil class starting with pruning in spring through flowering and harvesting in late fall, observing equipment and tools. Detailed description of the most significant Greek olive varieties and their connection with Ancient Olympia.
- Guided tour of the olive mill with an explanation of all stages of processing, extraction and storage of olive oil including a visit to the standardization areas.
- Olive oil tasting: 3-4 plain extra-virgin olive oils and 9 flavored olive oils. Food pairing suggestions.
- Soap-making Lab.
- Farm’s traditional lunch. Includes: wine, water, house-made Greek salad, chickpeas with eggplant or black-eye peas with local herbs and tomato, zucchini cooked with olive oil and garlic or cabbage with tomato and olive oil, Kalamata and green olives, feta cheese with house-made pepper jam, graviera cheese with house-made onion jam, house-made olive paste, Tzatsiki.
MAIN COURSE, choice of:
- Chicken fillet cooked with orange peel and lemon & orange juice served with rice with saffron, pine nuts, currants and zucchini.
- Pork or Chicken ‘Giulbasi’ – meat mixed with peppers, potatoes, onions and cheese is cooked slowly in an oven, wrapped in grease-proof paper.
- Vegetarian meal: cooked season’s vegetables filled with rice, such as ‘Gemista’ etc.
DESSERT: Baklava or other local sweets.
- Visit to an old olive stone mill.
- Free time to purchase olive oil and other products made at the farm.
Itinerary 2 – Olive Oil & Wine Tour with Lunch
Includes: olive oil class, visit to the areas of production – processing and standardization of our olive oils ending with the farm’s traditional lunch.
Duration: 1h 45min – 2h 15min.
- Welcome drink (house wine or Ouzo) & homemade olive pie.
- Olive oil class starting with pruning in spring through flowering and harvesting in late fall, observing equipment and tools. Detailed description of the most significant Greek olive varieties and their connection with Ancient Olympia.
- Guided tour of the olive mill with an explanation of all stages of processing, extraction and storage of olive oil including a visit to the standardization areas.
- Olive oil tasting: 3-4 plain extra-virgin olive oils and 9 flavored olive oils. Food pairing suggestions.
- Farm’s traditional lunch. Includes: wine, water, house-made Greek salad, chickpeas with eggplant or black-eye peas with local herbs and tomato, zucchini cooked with olive oil and garlic or cabbage with tomato and olive oil, Kalamata and green olives, feta cheese with house-made pepper jam, graviera cheese with house-made onion jam, house-made olive paste, Tzatsiki.
MAIN COURSE, choice of:
- Chicken fillet cooked with orange peel and lemon & orange juice served with rice with saffron, pine nuts, currants and zucchini.
- Pork or Chicken ‘Giulbasi’ – meat mixed with peppers, potatoes, onions and cheese is cooked slowly in an oven, wrapped in grease-proof paper.
- Lamb in the oven cooked with potatoes and artichoke hearts.
- Vegetarian meal: cooked season’s vegetables filled with rice, such as ‘Gemista’ etc.
DESSERT: Baklava or other local sweets.
DIGESTIVE: Our ‘raki’ aged in oak barrels.
- Visit to an old olive stone mill.
- Free time to purchase olive oil and other products made at the farm.
Itinerary 3 – Olive Oil & Wine Tour with Light Lunch
Includes: olive oil class, visit to the areas of production – processing and standardization of our olive oils ending with the farm’s traditional lunch.
Duration: 1h 45min – 2h.
- Welcome drink (house wine or Ouzo) & homemade olive pie.
- Olive oil class starting with pruning in spring through flowering and harvesting in late fall, observing equipment and tools. Detailed description of the most significant Greek olive varieties and their connection with Ancient Olympia.
- Guided tour of the olive mill with an explanation of all stages of processing, extraction and storage of olive oil including a visit to the standardization areas.
- Olive oil tasting: 2 plain extra-virgin olive oils and 2 flavored olive oils (olive bar also available for free tasting). Food pairing suggestions.
- Farm’s traditional lunch. Includes: wine, water, house-made Greek salad, chickpeas with eggplant or black-eye peas with local herbs and tomato, zucchini cooked with olive oil and garlic or cabbage with tomato and olive oil, Kalamata and green olives, feta cheese with house-made pepper jam, graviera cheese with house-made onion jam, house-made olive paste, ‘tzatziki’ and traditional pork sausage with orange peel. Dessert: Baklava or other local sweets.
- Visit to an old olive stone mill.
- Free time to purchase olive oil and other products made at the farm.
Itinerary 4 – Olive Oil & Wine Tour with Tasting
Includes: olive oil class, visit to the areas of production – processing and standardization of our olive oils. Extra-virgin olive oil tasting. Wine tasting.
Duration: 1h 15min.
- Welcome drink of a house-made white wine.
- Olive oil class starting with pruning in spring through flowering and harvesting in late fall, observing equipment and tools. Detailed description of the most significant Greek olive varieties and their connection with Ancient Olympia.
- Guided tour of the olive mill with an explanation of all stages of processing, extraction and storage of olive oil including a visit to the standardization areas.
- Olive oil tasting: 3-4 plain extra-virgin olive oils and 3 flavored olive oils. Food pairing suggestions.
- Wine tasting combined with a ‘meze’ style dish.
- Visit to an old olive stone mill.
- Free time to purchase olive oil and other products made at the farm.