Olive Grove & Olive Oil Press Experience in Batalha

About the Olive Grove & Olive Oil Press Experience

Discover an authentic Olive Grove & Olive Oil Press Experience in Batalha, just a short drive from Lisbon and close to Leiria. This hands-on, guided farm tour takes you through a 12-hectare olive grove and into the heart of production at the on-site olive oil mill, where you’ll learn how fresh olives become high-quality olive oil.

Your local producer will explain harvesting, pressing, and quality indicators—helping you understand what to look for when buying olive oil and how sensory evaluation works. The experience ends with a guided olive oil tasting, so you can identify aromas and flavours and compare textures like a true local.

This tour is ideal for food lovers, couples, and small groups looking for a delicious, educational stop near Batalha—especially if you want a genuine, non-touristy experience in Portugal’s countryside.

Why This Olive Oil Is Special

The producer highlights quality standards and sensory testing, focusing on superior-quality olive oil production and education during the visit.

What’s Included

• Welcome by the producer
• Guided tour of our 12-hectare olive grove
• Guided tour of our olive mill
• Olive oil tasting

What’s Not Included

• Transportation to and from the farm (private transfer available on request)
• Additional olive oil purchases
• Gratuities for the host

Itinerary

1. Welcome – Arrival and welcome by the producer
2. Olive Grove Walk – Guided tour of the 12-hectare grove
3. Olive Mill Visit – See how olives become olive oil, from harvesting to pressing
4. Guided Tasting – Sensory tasting with aroma, flavor and texture evaluation

Highlights

A real working mill, not a museum piece. You’ll see the actual production process — harvesting, pressing and quality control — explained by the producer who runs it.

Learn to taste like a local. The guided tasting teaches sensory evaluation, so you leave knowing how to spot genuine quality in any olive oil.

A non-touristy, genuine stop. Set in a real 12-hectare grove near Batalha, this feels like an authentic countryside visit rather than a packaged attraction.

Multilingual and welcoming. Offered in Portuguese, French, Spanish and English, making it accessible to a wide range of travelers.

Transportation

• Not included – contact us if you need private transfer

Meeting point

• After booking we will send all the details of the farm, location (meeting point) and contact.