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A signboard with text and a photo of a building, surrounded by olive trees and a wooden fence. 2
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A rustic stone kitchen with a large stone mill, wooden beams, and a stone hearth. 4
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By Prime Time S.R.L.
Free cancellation available
Price is P 3,491 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

    • Discover a real working oil mill by going behind the scenes
    • Walk among the olive trees where young olive growers are trained
    • Discover the hidden scents and flavors of extra virgin olive oil
    • Compare 4 oils and learn how to recognize true quality
    • Read the oil as a story of the land, work, and culture

Activity location

    • Sestri Levante
    • Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Via Villa Ragone, 35, 16039 Sestri Levante GE, Italia
    • Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Guided visit to the operational olive mill
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    Visit to the demonstration olive grove
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    Sensory workshop on extra virgin olive oil
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    Guided tasting of 4 oils
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    Guide provided by a professional taster and licensed tour guide
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    Water
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    One glass of local wine
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    Ligurian foccaccia bread
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    Bruschetta with basil pesto, red pesto and olive paté
  • Inclusions
    Digital summary guide in PDF format
  • Exclusions
    Transportation to/from the mill
  • Exclusions
    Any purchases of oil or local products in the shop
  • Exclusions
    Other food or drinks not indicated in the inclusions
  • Exclusions
    Hotel pick-up and drop-off service

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Smoking indoors
    • Not suitable for: Children under 12 years

What you can expect

  • Enter a real, operating Ligurian oil mill, a workplace where oil is produced and told starting from the land.

    The activity begins and ends at the mill, which is easily accessible from Sestri Levante by your own means of transport.

    The experience begins with a brief introduction to extra-virgin olive oil and the role of olive growing in the Ligurian landscape. You will then visit the cooperative's demonstration olive grove, which is used by olive growers for training activities on pruning, care, and cultivation of olive trees.

    The route continues inside the oil mill, where you will discover the processing areas and the reconstruction of an old traditional 18th-century oil mill with a stone millstone.
    This is not a museum, but a real production site, open to visitors through a guided experience.

    The central part of the activity is a sensory workshop led by a professional oil taster and licensed tour guide. You will taste 4 different oils, comparing aromas, flavors, qualities and defects, to learn how to recognize a good extra virgin olive oil.

    The experience includes water, a glass of local wine, Ligurian focaccia, and bruschetta with basil pesto, red pesto, and olive paste.

    At the end, you will have simple and practical tools to better choose oil in everyday life and interpret extra-virgin olive oil as an expression of the Italian land, work, and culture.

Location

Activity location

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    • Sestri Levante
    • Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Via Villa Ragone, 35, 16039 Sestri Levante GE, Italia
    • Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy