4 Baeza Olive Oil Tours Worth the Detour

1.Visit an almazara + extra virgin olive oil tasting: Baeza

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 33 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $11Our pick

Visit El Alcázar olive mill, 1 kilometer from Baeza, with a Spanish-speaking guide such as Irene. See the reception yard, mill, storage, and packaging areas, then taste extra virgin olive oils and early harvest oils while learning how to spot quality.

“La visita es muy interesante porque te permite conocer un producto como el aceite tan presente en nuestro dia a dia. Al finalizar, en la cata te enseñan todos los matices del aceite. Irene, nuestra guía, hizo que la visita fuese aun mejor, siempre con una sonrisa y con respuesta para todas las preguntas que surgían.”

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2.Guided tour of the Museum of Olive Culture Oil Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $17Highest rated

Explore the Museum of Olive Culture near Jaén with a specialized English-speaking guide. See more than 30 olive varieties, original 19th-century milling and pressing equipment, and the Cathedral of Oil before a hands-on tasting workshop with tasting glasses, apple, water, and tasting notes.

“It was cozy, wonderful to know about the history of the olive oil museum and old traditions, types of trees. how to taste oil and know the quality”

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3.Olive Oil Tasting Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 7 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $17

Meet your English- or Spanish-speaking guide at La Casa del Aceite in Baeza’s Plaza de la Constitución. In 90 minutes, learn how Jaén’s olives are grown and pressed, taste three oils with a proper tasting glass, and sample bread, apples, and EVOO-made treats such as specialty chocolate.

“We really enjoyed our olive oil tasting experience. We were Maria’s only guests for the presentation, so it was extra special. Maria’s English was excellent, and she did a wonderful job of explaining so many different elements of olive oil production, as well as answering all of our questions. It was a great experience and very well worth it.”

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4.Visit to an Organic Olive Grove + Oil Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 1h 30m · from $23

Meet Juande at Tierra de Renacimiento in Baeza, then follow the guide’s car for two kilometers to an organic olive grove. Over 90 minutes, you’ll learn about olive growing, the oil-making process, and ecological farming before tasting extra virgin olive oil with ochío, a local paprika-and-salt bread roll.

“Juande did an amazing job showing us around their beautiful olive grove! He shared information and answered all of our questions in English and had a very kind personality!”

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