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Organic Olive Grove Tour & Olive oil Tasting with Lunch in Kalamata Messinia

Organic Olive Grove Tour & Olive oil Tasting with Lunch in Kalamata Messinia

An experience designed for olive oil and nature lovers who have a passion for olive oil, nature, Greek history, culture and traditional Greek gastronomy!

 

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.

 

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When

The olive oil tour and tasting experience is available Monday to Sunday 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 with her vehicle, you will follow her with your own vehicle and start the olive oil tour experience.

 

 

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 history of the olive tree and the olive oil from the Neolithic era until today and all about olive oil harvesting!

 

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Part 2: Visit to a certified Olive oil mill (available all year round-depending on season)

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!

 

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Part 3: Olive Oil tasting experience in an Olive oil shop

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 experts, 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.

 

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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 tasting experience with a delicious light or full local 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!

 

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Are you a travel agency or company and are looking for a trusted local partner?

Do you wish to build a mutual, fruitful collaboration and would like to provide a one of a kind gastronomic experiences

or team building events to your travelers? 

You can contact us and organize it for you in the best way possible!

 

Tips

To make your visit even more memorable, here are some tips:

  • Wear comfortable shoes and a hat, as you’ll spend quite a bit of time outdoors.
  • Notify us of any special dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, flexitarian, etc.)
  • Notify us of any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.)

 

Pricing

  • Small, only private experiences of 5-7 guests: 70,00€ / per person
  • Min. of guests: 2 - Max. 12.

 

Contact us to request a price

  • For more than 12 guests.
  • For transfer services or organize your transfer from Athens city or any other place in Peloponnese and join the Olive oil tasting experience.

 

We can also design and provide tailor-made and multi-day experiences in the region of Peloponnese upon request.

Drop us a line at mamasflavours@gmail.com and together we’ll come up with a personalized gastronomic experience

just for you!

 

Included in the price

  • Visit at a traditional Organic olive grove and tour at an Olive oil mill
  • Olive oil tasting with 4 Greek extra virgin olive oil varieties
  • Greek local delicacies / bottle of water
  • Local host / certified olive oil taster throughout the experience
  • All taxes

 

Excluded from the price

  • Light or full lunch (upon request and at an extra charge)
  • Personal purchases from local shops (optional)
  • Tips & gratuities (optional)
  • Transfer services may be provided upon request and at an extra charge

 

Additional info

  • The Olive oil tour & tasting experience is provided upon request and depending on availability. In case there is no availability for the day you are interested, the experience can be offered the next available date or choose another similar available experience after coordination.
  • Transportation is needed to visit the traditional organic olive grove and the olive oil mill which is located 10' away from Kalamata city centre and from the meeting point. Please inform us if you have your own vehicle. In other case, we can arrange it with our partners at an extra cost.
  • Availability of the traditional Organic Olive grove & the Olive oil tasting experience: All year round, Monday - Sunday either in the mornings or in the afternoons.  
  • Availability & visit at the Olive oil mill: March to October from Monday to Sunday. November - February, after coordination and depending on availability, due to olive oil harvesting period. 
  • The Olive oil tour experience is also offered in the afternoons at 17:30 p.m. 
  • Holy Friday - Easter Tuesday & Greek official holidays are excluded. 
  • Meeting point & time: In front of the Port Authority Offices in Kalamata at 09:30 a.m. or 17:30 p.m.
  • Languages: English & Greek. Other languages can be provided at an extra charge.

  • Family friendly.
  • Wheelchair accessible: 80%.

 

Bookings & payment

  • Bookings: In order to organize your experience in the best way, ideally the booking and the full payment should be completed one day before.
  • For less than 1 day or last minute requests, please contact us via email to check availability.
  • When the booking and the transaction are completed, the experience is officially confirmed by Mama's flavours through email.
  • All payments can be made through our booking engine, bank transfer (you can contact us via email for this option) or Paypal.
  • Cash is not accepted.

 

Cancellation policy

  • Mama’s flavours reserves the right to postpone the Olive oil experience due to bad weather. If it is postponed, no refund is given but, the experience is conducted the next available date and after coordination.
  • For cancellations from our guests, there is no refund regardless of cancellation status but, you may choose a next available date.
  • All sales final.

 

Mama's flavours philosophy

Our scope is to provide our guests - travelers a high quality personalized and authentic local experience that goes above and beyond their expectations. For this reason, we prefer to organize only private experiences to couples, friends and families. This applies also for larger groups for e.g. a group of friends or team building events. 

When you, our guest, book one or more of our gastronomic experiences, the day is dedicated to you, your friends and your beloved ones. Once booked for the day no other guests are added. With this way, we enjoy an amazing day together and at the end we say until next time as friends!

 

 

 

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