The 15 Best Olive Oil Tours in Italy

1.Sorrento Farm and Food Experience including Olive Oil, Limoncello, Wine tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,524 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $114Our pick

Travel from central Sorrento to La Masseria, a fourth-generation farm producing lemons, olives, wine, honey, cheese, and more. Family guides such as Eugenio and Raffaele lead the walk, tastings, and farm-to-table meal. Expect about four hours, some walking, and round-trip transport.

“This beautiful sunlit family own farm is special. Carved into a hill and is harvesting multiple crops- not just lemons. Family style lunch made from scratch and a great tour of the 12 acre land, divided into terraces.”

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2.Olive oil tasting in Sorrento

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 434 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $50

Frantoio Gargiulo takes you from your Sorrento-area hotel to its olive mill for a short grove walk, a look at old and new production methods, and a guided tasting of 15 extra-virgin oils. You will also sample vinegars, marmalades, honey, and homemade liqueurs, with time to shop.

“Loved seeing the old farm house and how olives were farmed many years ago. A nice surprise was the wine tasting upstairs in their new beautiful restaurant. They let us do the wine tasting after the olive oil tasting. Afterwards, we put together a nice assortment of oil, wine, honey & pasta to ship home. Tony did a great job explaining the wine & he was very entertaining! The whole experience was organized, fun and tasty!”

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3.Lemon, Olive Oil and Wine Tasting Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 300 reviews · from $115

Meet Raffaele, Eugenio, and their family at La Masseria Farm near Sorrento. Walk through olive groves, 800 lemon trees, beehives, and farm animal areas, then taste oils, honey, cheeses, wine, lemonade, and limoncello before a homemade lunch.

“Fabulous tour with a brilliant guide. It was really interesting to see the farm the lemon grove and how it all works. The meal at the end was so delicious.”

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4.Wine and Olive Oil Tasting at a Local Farm

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 294 reviews · 1 hour · from $43

At Ledà d'Ittiri Wine Resort, your English-speaking guide introduces five Sardinian wines, local pecorino, olives, bread, and extra-virgin olive oil. Learn about the farm and grape varieties in a small tasting room, then stroll through the vineyard and olive trees. Valeria is one of the guides.

“Wow, the wine tasting was amazing! The guide was so sweet and a lot of information! The combo of cheese and the wines is so good! I would recommend it to everyone who loves wine and tasting! Lovely place, lovely wine and lovely people around here! I love it!”

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5.Masseria tour among thousand-year-old olive trees with oil tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 261 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $33

At Masseria Rienzo near Ostuni, guides including Julia and Chiara lead you through thousand-year-old olive trees, an underground cave mill, and a modern facility. You’ll taste three estate oils with friselline and water, while learning how Puglia’s olive oil is made.

“Informative and fascinating. Educational value of the tasting was equally impressive. The tour seems to run 10-15 minutes late as a matter of course, so a more accurate 1.75 hours should be included in the price description.”

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6.Olive Grove Tour with Wines & Olive Oil Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 241 reviews · 2 hours · from $59

Join Francesco in Balestrate for a 45-minute walk through his family olive grove and a practical lesson in extra virgin olive oil production. Then visit his grandparents’ home for Sicilian antipasti, wine, balsamic vinegar, balsamic glaze, olive oil, and limoncello.

“This was an amazing experience - not to be missed. The tour of the olive farm was very informative and a beautiful setting. This is a family owned company - olive oils and wine. The food pairings for the olive oil and wine tasting were delicious - very authentic (his grandmother cooked for us). Would highly recommend this tour. Their products to purchase are very reasonable and they can ship to you.”

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7.Bardolino: Vineyard Tour with Wine, Olive Oil & Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 221 reviews · 2 hours · from $42

At Agriturismo La Rocca, guide Marco or Jack leads you through a Bardolino DOC vineyard and olive grove above Lake Garda. Then settle on the terrace for five estate wines, homemade extra virgin olive oil, local cheeses, and cold cuts. It is a two-hour English tour for up to 10 people.

“Beautiful setting with even more beautiful wines! The guides were very knowledgeable and welcoming. We would highly recommend. There is also a handy shuttle bus that stops just down the road.”

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8.Tuscany Bike Tour with Wine, Oil and Food in the Florentine Hills

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 209 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $95

Ride a geared touring bike from Florence’s Oltrarno to Porta Romana, Medici villas, Arcetri, and San Miniato al Monte. Expect four hills, city traffic, country lanes, and a farm stop with Chianti, olive oil, bread, cheese, cold cuts, and honey. E-bikes cost €25 extra when available.

“We had an incredible time! Our guide knew such deep and interesting history of the region, was friendly, funny, caring and looked out for our safety. I can’t say enough good things about our experience only that you should do it - you will not regret it!”

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9.Bardolino: Lake Garda Oil Mill Tour with Olive Oil Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 205 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $31

Visit the Olio Viola mill in Bardolino with a live guide such as Elke, learn how Lake Garda olive oil is produced, and taste four extra virgin oils, including Garda DOP. The 1.5-hour visit includes bread, salami, olive pâté, Garda olives, and free parking.

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10.Florence Food Tour: Home-Made Pasta, Truffle, Cantucci, Olive Oil, Gelato

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 187 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $54

Walk from Piazza dell’Unità to Santa Croce with a local guide such as Anna, Lorenzo, Marilisa, or Francesco. Taste fresh pasta, truffle, olive oil, cantucci, Tuscan specialties, and gelato, with major sights along the way. Morning tours include Mercato Centrale.

“Tour guide was informative, standing around a busy street eating wasn’t the best way to go. Food was good.”

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11.San Felice: Olive Oil Tasting with local food on Garda Hills

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 186 reviews · 2 hours · from $58

Spend two hours at a family-run estate near San Felice del Benaco, where an English or German-speaking guide explains Garda olive oil, leads you through the grove, and serves local cheeses, charcuterie, honey, bread, tomato with burratina, and Lugana or Chiaretto wine beside views of Lake Garda and Rocca di Manerba.

“Cannot recommend this experience enough! It was a highlight of our trip, even better and more generous with food than expected :) thank you to the team!”

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12.Tuscany Bike Tour with Wine & Olive Oil

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 174 reviews · 4 hours · from $100

Leave Florence by bike with an English-speaking local guide such as Giuseppe, Claudio, or Alex, climbing quiet hills toward villas, olive groves, and San Miniato al Monte. The 11-kilometer ride includes four hills, frequent stops, and a generous tasting of Chianti, olive oil, bread, cheeses, and Tuscan cold cuts.

“Our guide Jack was a wonderful guide, full of history and humor! The tour took us on a beautiful path along the Tuscany countryside, with breathtaking views and delicious snacks of fresh olive oil, honey meats and cheeses. The rainy weather didn’t hinder our experience at all! Highly recommend this tour group, We Love Tuscany, to anyone wanting an inspiring experience to make you feel like you are really getting a piece of the beauty of Firenze and Tuscany!”

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13.Olive Oil Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 171 reviews · 1 hour · from $53

Meet your guide at Masseria Valente for a walk among ancient olive trees, a visit to 16th-century underground and 19th-century oil mills, and a tasting of three organic oils with olives, tarallini, and fried broad beans. English and Italian tours are available.

“We had a lovely walk through the olive tree grove followed up by seeing the original underground processing floor. We tasted 3 different oils along with taralli and fresh olives. Our guide, Angela, was very friendly and knowledgeable. We lengthened our visit with some appetizers and wine in their lovely dining room. We would recommend this tour.”

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14.Great Chianti Wine and Olive Oil Trail with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 160 reviews · 5 - 7 hours · from $104

Ride from Florence in a Mercedes minivan with an English-speaking guide such as Francesco, Chiara, or Peter. Visit three wineries, an olive oil mill, and Greve in Chianti, then enjoy a three-course lunch with wine pairings. Expect generous tastings, scenic hills, and a full day of food and drink.

“This was a very enjoyable day trip. Our drivers / guides, Tanya and Claudia, were very friendly and knowledgeable. The three boutique wineries that we visited were charming, the countryside was absolutely beautiful and the wines amazing. We were very fortunate to be able to observe the olive pressing process.”

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15.Guided Wine and Olive oil tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 158 reviews · from $40

Meet at 5 pm for a one-hour tasting at Azienda Agricola Leda' d'Ittiri in Porto Conte Natural Reserve. Valeria and Monica explain Sardinian grapes, olive trees, and farm life while you taste five wines with pecorino and sausage, finishing with extra-virgin olive oil. Ages 16 and up only.

“Tolle Einblicke in die hauseigene Produktion, leckere Weine, herzliche Gastgeberin - eines unserer Highlights während unserer Ferien und absolut empfehlenswert!”

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