Olive Oil Private Experience in Santorini
Discover Greek culture through taste and the flavours of Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) by joining us for a truly memorable experience travelling through the world of EVOO and its intrinsic relation to the Mediterranean diet renowned for its health benefits and culinary versatility.
Find your way to taste with carefully chosen interactive exercises to help you distinguish a defective olive oil from an extra virgin olive oil. Discover how to taste an olive oil and get acquainted with different varieties from all around Greece and learn about their gastronomic value by combining them with freshly prepared mouth-watering culinary creations.
A special degustation menu of 7 different culinary creations is combined with the 7 different olive varieties you have discovered along the experience, which is custom made to your dietary preferences and which makes the experience unique.
Description
Itinerary
Discover Greek culture through taste and the flavours of Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil by joining us for a truly memorable experience travelling through the world of EVOO and its intrinsic relation to the Mediterranean diet renowned for its health benefits and culinary versatility.
What is Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
What are the differences between a seed oil and EVOO?
How can one distinguish a defective olive oil from an EVOO?
What is an EVOO sensory evaluation?
Are all EVOOs the same?
How do different olive varieties influence the taste of food?
All these questions will find a reply in our olive oil tasting experience with our olive oil sommelier, lasting a bit more than 2 hours, organized in a series of carefully designed exercises which include: the olive oil tasting technique or sensory analysis, a prerequisite in order to categorize olive oil, the importance of EVOO in the Mediterranean diet and the benefits to human health, widespread myths and facts about olive oil and discovering 7 different olive varieties from all around Greece and combining them with a special degustation menu of 7 different culinary creations, which is custom made to your dietary preferences.
Inclusions
- 7 different Extra Virgin Olive Oil varieties
- 7 different culinary creations
- Bottled water
- Apple
Exclusions
- Private transportation
- Alcoholic Beverages
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Operates
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Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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