4 Provence Olive Oil Tours Worth the Drive

1.Self tour of the olive oil mill & olive oil tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 45 reviews · 1 hour · from $5Our pick

Visit Moulin Bastide du Laval, 30 minutes north of Aix-en-Provence, for a one-hour self-guided look at modern olive-oil production. Read about the machinery and extraction methods, then join a commented tasting of green, ripe, matured, and flavored oils, plus wines and spreads. Finish with olives or a bottle of wine, and add a grove stroll if time allows.

“Het was een korte maar leuke (zelf)tour waarna we uitleg kregen over de olijfolies die we konden proeven. Vervolgens kregen we een lekkere pot olijventapenade of fles wijn mee. Erg aardige mensen!”

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2.Provence Olive Harvest

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 3 hours · from $37Best value

At Les Pastras near Cadenet, English-speaking guide Johann leads you through olive groves, vineyards, fruit trees, beehives, herbs, and truffle trees. You will hand-pick olives, learn how oil is made, then share a Provençal apéritif with property wine, cheese, bread, grapes, olives, and oil.

“Johann is a wonderful host and guide. He provides excellent and detailed descriptions sharing his extensive experience of olives, truffles and farming in general in France. This was a very fun educational and hands on experience followed up with wine, cheese, truffles, bread, grapes, olives and oil.”

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3.Picnic in the middle of olive groves by e-bike

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3 reviews · 4 - 9 hours · from $51

Start in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and ride an e-bike through the Alpilles and nearby olive groves. Your phone guides the route, and a picnic of local sandwich or pizza plus dessert awaits at a viewpoint. Choose from routes suited to casual or experienced cyclists.

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