{"id":23550,"date":"2022-01-14T12:58:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrachevive.com\/prodotto\/guided-tour-to-discover-how-olive-oil-is-produced-in-martano\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:23:36","slug":"guided-tour-to-discover-how-olive-oil-is-produced-in-martano","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/food-experience\/guided-tour-how-olive-oil-is-produced\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided tour to discover how olive oil is produced in Martano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"color: var(--awb-color7); font-size: 30px;\">Taste Apulian extra virgin olive oil a stone&#8217;s throw from Lecce and Otranto<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to find out how the prized <strong>extra virgin olive oil<\/strong> is produced in <em>Puglia<\/em>? Then we recommend that you take part in our guided tour in <em>Martano<\/em>, a town located a few kilometers from the cities of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/blog\/best-10-things-to-do-lecce-according-local-experts\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lecce<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/pasta-cooking-class-otranto-lecce\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Otranto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our oil tour is structured as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>guided tour of an <strong>ancient underground oil mill<\/strong>: underground caves dug into the soft tuff or limestone within which olive oil was produced. In the underground oil mills there was the right temperature to preserve the oil for a long time and to prevent it from solidifying;<\/li>\n<li>guided tour of a <strong>modern oil mill<\/strong>: here instead we will discover the evolution of production techniques that have made Apulian olive oil a product of the highest quality;<\/li>\n<li>guided <strong>tasting<\/strong> by an expert in organic extra virgin olive oil and typical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/blog\/best-bread-cooking-classes-in-puglia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apulian baked<\/a> goods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are you waiting for? Come and enjoy our wonderful land of Apulia too!<\/p>\n<h2>Find out how olive oil is produced in Puglia<\/h2>\n<p>One of the wealth of <em>Salento<\/em> (territory located in the southern part of Puglia) are, for sure, the <strong>centuries-old olive trees<\/strong> that represent the invaluable patrimony of this land.<br \/>\nThe goal of this oil tour is to introduce the origins of this richness and to savor the purest and most natural you could wish for: our extra virgin olive oil.<br \/>\nWe will host you in our <strong>farm<\/strong> where we will visit the historic underground oil mill. We will tell the fascinating story and techniques of extra virgin olive oil production.<br \/>\nHere we will discover the origins of the ancient oil mill, its dating, their widespread diffusion throughout the Apulian territory and past functionality.<br \/>\nThis will be followed by a guided tour to a modern oil mill to learn the new <strong>techniques of harvesting<\/strong>, milling and all the other production phases.<br \/>\nThe tour will end with a guided tasting of various types of Apulian oil by an expert; we will discover together how to recognize the main olfactory and organoleptic characteristics.<br \/>\nThe history of our family belongs to these lands for <strong>four generations<\/strong> and we carry on the tradition of the territory with love and passion, certain that the return to the origins, in a purely agricultural country, can discover the essence of purity and genuineness.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready for the experience <strong>Guided tour to discover how olive oil is produced in Martano<\/strong>? <strong>Book it<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Come and enjoy it too, we are waiting for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taste Apulian extra virgin olive oil a stone&#8217;s throw from  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[146,153],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-23550","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-gastro-tourism","product_cat-olive-oil-tastings-tours-puglia","first","instock","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/23550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=23550"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=23550"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrachevive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=23550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}