Tuscany olive oil tour in Seggiano
Stroll among the olive trees and taste the famous Seggiano DOP olive oil. Visit the Olive Oil Museum with a guide and admire the largest plant in the world powered by aeroponic technology.
What you’ll do
- Walk among the centuries-old olive trees
- Taste 2 types of olive oil
- Visit the Olive Oil Museum with a guide
Price per person: € 33
What to expect
We will take a farm walk among our tall, centuries-old olive trees. I will explain the fascinating history of the Seggiano olive tree, its cultivation and the methods for preserving extra virgin olive oil. We will taste 2 types of Seggiano DOP olive oil together. We will learn how to taste it and what its merits and demerits are.
We will then continue the tour with a guided visit to the Seggiano Olive Oil Museum. In a 19th-century cistern, the roots of an olive tree grow freely in the void. The wild olive in the cistern is the largest plant in the world fed with aeroponic technology.
| Where | Seggiano, Grosseto – 50 min from Pienza | ||||||
| When | Everyday – duration 3 hours | ||||||
| Start time | Flexible start time, by agreement | ||||||
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Price per person: € 33
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The Food Expert:
My passion for olive trees stems from the bruschetta my grandparents and parents used to prepare for me, from the days spent playing among the olive trees and Tuscan olives. Our olive groves are located in Seggiano, a small village of about a thousand souls at the foot of Mount Amiata on the Grosseto side. The native variety of the area is the Olivastra di Seggiano, cultivated by Benedictine monks since 1300 BC.
Cancellation policy: all bookings for the Tuscany olive oil tour can be cancelled within 3 days from the start date of the experience. Read the Terms and Conditions.
My passion for olive trees originates from the “bruschetta” (slices of toasted bread) that my grandparents and parents prepared when I was a child, from the days spent playing around the trees. This has always been our family passion, because olive harvest was a joy for my grandparents and olive oil was an important resource for the whole year.
Our olive groves are located in Seggiano, a small village of a thousand inhabitants at the foot of Mount Amiata in the province of Grosseto. The native variety of this territory is the Olivastra Seggianese, cultivated by Benedictine monks since 1300 BC.
The olive harvest takes place from early October until late November. We largely pick the olives by hand as to avoid stressing our tall, age-old Olivastra Seggianese olive trees. Year after year, mechanical techniques have been added to this method, but not for a complete harvest: only men with traditional wooden ladders can reach the highest fronds. We press the olives immediately after harvesting in order to maintain all their properties.
Review
This was an awesome look into how Seggiano olive oil is made. The farmer is clearly very passionate about his product – he is also very kind! We were on a tight schedule so we were not able to see the museum, but Mirko accommodated us and showed us around the farm and led us in a very in-depth tasting, too. Would highly recommend this as one of your stops in Tuscany! The farm is absolutely beautiful. A side-note, Valentina from Italia Delight was a great contact and was always available to help us out. Thanks!
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