8 Olive Oil Tastings Worth Booking

1.Sorrento Farm and Food Experience including Olive Oil, Limoncello, Wine tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,524 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $114Our pick

Meet in central Sorrento, then ride into the hills to La Masseria, a fourth-generation family farm. Guides including Eugenio and Raffaele lead you through lemon and olive groves, farm animals, wine production, and olive oil making before a generous meal of farm products, wine, and limoncello. Expect walking on uneven ground.

“Plenty of food at lunch! Having the transportation included was worth the trip alone but bonus was the experience. Perfect for any age but walking is a must.”

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2.Olive Oil, Wine, Cheese & Honey Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 490 reviews · 7 hours · from $49Best value

Spend seven hours exploring Crete’s food traditions from Chania. Visit the ancient olive tree of Vouves, a bakery, cheese factory, honey producer, olive mill, and Pnevmatikakis Winery. Guides such as Linda and Electra explain the island’s farming culture, while tastings include cheese, honey, olive oil, bakery goods, and up to 20 local wines.

“All very good, though would have liked a little extra time at the ancient live tree to view the gardens, but overall everything was excellent. Amazing guide Linda, and fab driver, Nikos”

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3.Wine and Olive Oil Tasting Tour with Snacks

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 354 reviews · 6 hours · from $141

Spend six hours in the Kissamos countryside with an English-speaking guide such as Andreas, Alex, Andy, or Kostas. Visit family wineries, an olive oil factory, and a 3,000-year-old olive tree. Taste local Vidiano, Muscat of Spina, international reds, Cretan cheeses, oils, snacks, and tsikoudia.

“Awesome tour! Our driver (Alexander) was amazing and our hosts at the two wineries were very gracious and friendly. Highly recommended!”

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4.Sorrento: Lemon, Olive Oil and Wine Tasting Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 300 reviews · from $115

Meet Raffaele, Eugenio, or another member of the fourth-generation Gargiulo family at the Sorrento meeting point, then ride to La Masseria Farm. Walk among 800 lemon trees and old olive groves, see bees and farm animals, visit the cellar and oil mill, and finish with a generous homemade meal, wine, and limoncello.

“Wonderful experience, our guide was witty and informative, made it fun and entertaining. Learned so much about the growing of lemons! Delicious supper of all locally produced food and wine. Couldn’t be bettered”

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5.Full-Day Cretan Wines, Olive Oil, Raki and Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 264 reviews · 8 hours · from $141

Spend eight hours with guides such as George or Antonis visiting an olive mill, organic winery, raki distillery, village taverna and pottery studio. You will taste fresh olive oil, five wines, raki and generous Cretan food, with pickup and return included. Groups are limited to eight, and the pottery studio is closed on Sundays.

“Loved our day out with George. Fabulous stops, lots of local info, really great guide who apparently is the greatest driver in Greece haha. Well worth the money, please book.”

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6.Ostuni: Olive Oil Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 171 reviews · 1 hour · from $53

Meet at Masseria Valente for a guided walk among ancient and young olive trees, including trees said to be over 2,000 years old. Explore a 16th-century underground mill and 19th-century mill, then taste three organic oils with olives, tarallini, and fried broad beans. Tours run in English or Italian.

“This was time well spent! The tour included learning about the olive trees and the history of the farm. How oil was used in ancient times and the methods used back then compared to more modern times and to today. It all concluded with tasting the olive oil. The guide was wonderful.”

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7.Private Winery & Olive Oil Tasting Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · 5 hours · from $365

Spend five hours with a private guide exploring Kanakis olive oil mill, Dourakis Winery, and a Cretan village. Taste virgin olive oil, Greek coffee, up to five wines, raki or limoncello, then sit down to a traditional lunch. Guides including Michalis, Vincent, Hector, Nora, and Maria have led this relaxed outing.

“The most perfect end to the holiday, our guide Hector was super friendly and knowledgeable, its felt like a really personal day, there were no strict timings everything was at our own pace and all of the experiences were incredible 10/10 recommend!”

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8.Olive Oil Museum: Extravirgin school – Food & wine tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 39 reviews · from $60

Meet Francesco Locci at Olio del Tempio near Cagliari for a one-hour lesson on extra virgin olive oil. Tour a modern mill, visit the Sa mola de su notariu museum and its old underground cistern, then taste oils, Sardinian foods, cured meats, carasau bread, and sparkling wine.

“Highly recommended. One of the highlights of our trip to Sardinia. Francesco is very passionate and knowledgeable about olive oil and he made us feel very welcome. It was interesting to learn more about olive oils and how to spot the good ones, and we’ll not be looking at olive oils the same way before. We also tasted some delicious food and wine and got recommendations for other things to visit locally. We bought quite a few products to take home with us all of which were priced fairly for the quality offered.”

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