Traditional Olive Picking & Tasting

About the Traditional Olive Picking Experience

Discover the Traditional Olive Picking Experience in Mendiga (Leiria), a seasonal agricultural adventure that invites you to join in the ancient tradition of gathering olives by hand. Set within a charming olive grove farm, this experience immerses you in rural Portuguese life as you learn how local families have harvested olives for generations.

Guided by experienced hosts, you’ll walk through orderly olive trees, picking ripe olives directly from the branches and ground, gaining insights into olive cultivation, harvesting techniques and seasonal rhythm of the grove. After the harvest, you’ll be welcomed into the farmhouse for an olive oil tasting session where fresh oils are paired with bread and local products. This authentic farm experience blends nature, culture and gastronomy — perfect for families, couples and food lovers.

What’s Included

• Guided olive harvest experience
• All harvesting materials provided
• Traditional picnic in the olive grove
• Visit to a traditional olive oil mill
• Olive oil tasting
• Full guidance throughout the experience

What’s Not Included

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

Itinerary

1. Welcome & Harvest – Guided hand-picking of olives through the grove
2. Traditional Picnic – Relaxed meal among the olive trees
3. Mill Visit – Tour a traditional olive oil mill
4. Tasting – Fresh olive oil paired with bread and local products

Highlights

Real hand-harvesting, not a demonstration. You’ll pick ripe olives yourself from branches and ground, the same way local families have done for generations.

A picnic that’s part of the experience. The traditional picnic takes place right in the olive grove, not at a separate stop — a genuinely immersive touch.

See the process through to the mill. A visit to a working olive oil mill connects the harvest to the finished product, rounding out the story from tree to bottle.

A tasting with context. Fresh olive oil paired with bread and local products, tasted right after seeing how it’s made — a far richer experience than a store-bought bottle.

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.