Best Olive Tours in Tuscany

Enjoy a guided tasting in front of one of San Gimignano’s oldest Vernaccia vineyards — four organic and biodynamic wines, including Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Chianti Colli Senesi, six extra virgin olive oils and balsamic vinegar, paired with homemade snacks and bruschette.

Enjoy a seated aperitivo in an olive tree field at a family-run mill near Florence — a wicker basket with EVOO, Tuscan delicacies, wine and homemade bread, plus a guided tasting of 3 to 5 olive oils and a video on how to properly taste and choose them.

Learn about wine, olive oil and balsamic vinegar at a Tuscan estate in Mercatale Val di Pesa, tour a cellar dating back to the 1620s and the vineyards with a white wine aperitif, then enjoy a light Tuscan lunch of cheeses, cured meats and nine selected wines.

Take a break in a garden or private tasting room overlooking San Gimignano’s medieval towers — taste four organic and biodynamic wines, six extra virgin olive oils from the farm’s own production and a selection of organic Pecorino Toscano cheeses, with homemade Km 0 bruschetta.

Choose and name your own olive tree at a self-sustainable farm near Florence — learn traditional Tuscan pruning, collect leaves for herbal tea, then relax with Tuscan bruschetta and local cheeses before taking home a 100ml bottle of the farm’s own extra virgin olive oil.

Discover extra virgin olive oil at a historic Tuscan mill in Bagno a Ripoli, producing EVOO since 1993 — a guided tasting of different oil varieties, learning to identify quality, aroma and food pairings, paired with small bites and vegetables selected to bring out the best in each oil.

A 60-minute wine school experience in San Gimignano, tasting a curated selection of Tuscan red and white wines, three olive oils, and balsamic vinegar, paired with local cheeses, salami, and bruschetta.

A 3-hour off-road adventure through the olive groves near San Gimignano, followed by a guided tasting of 10 extra virgin olive oils — from Chianti Classico DOP to truffle and lemon infusions — paired with Tuscan cheeses, salami, and bruschetta.

Cook a full Tuscan menu at a family-run olive mill near Florence — walk the fields and olive groves, learn the production process, then help prepare and plate starters and fresh pasta before sitting down to a convivial lunch or dinner with local wines and a glass of Chianti.

Step into the Tuscan olive harvest at a working mill near Florence, seasonal from October to November — walk the groves, watch the harvest, tour the mill in full production, then taste the new season’s fresh olive oil, still warm and fragrant, with rustic Tuscan bread and bruschetta.

Step into a 600-year-old ancestral villa in Grassina, near Florence — a guided tour of the historic home, a walk through the olive groves to learn traditional cultivation and harvesting, then a tasting of the estate’s organic extra virgin olive oil with local Tuscan delicacies.

Discover how premium EVOO becomes a natural, additive-free soap at a historic family olive mill near Florence — tour the mill and fields, learn the skincare benefits of olive oil, then prepare, add herbs and flowers to, and label your own bar to take home.