Dinner is a gourmet 3-course feast at La Serena. Which reminds me, it’s time for my afternoon coffee break. P.S. Participate in the Olive Harvest and enjoy the fruits of the Umbria region, near Tuscany (Italy). Since they’re due to be flattened in the press anyway, it’s not important to take care not to bruise them. And they’re very hardy anyway. After lunch, a visit to an Olive mill and/or an Olive Oil museum, plus other local sights! Day 5: After a leisurely breakfast, say reluctant goodbyes and head for home. Southern Italy primarily grows fruits, including apples, oranges, and lemons. The day includes picking olives, a visit to the mill, olive oil tasting, lunch and a cooking lesson. Italy’s primary crops include tomatoes, olives, and wine grapes. Olive picking in Italy November saw a break from the vineyard and a trip to Italy to pick olives on a friends olive grove. Picking Olives in Tuscany. Olive Harvest in Italy: The best Olive Picking holidays! There used to be a vineyard on the site but ut was grubbed up this year, there is still an old press on the site located in a cave at the side of the land. When we've picked enough, then we're on to the cold press where our olives will be processed to make our very own Extra Virgin Umbrian Olive Oil! If you are interested in learning more about olive oil (and all the scandals attached to it in Italy), I recommend Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil. You can also stay overnight! More individuality: 8 participants maximum #travel #ttot Click To Tweet. About Nikki Padilla. October 2021. book now. During the shortest days of the year you are outdoors the whole day. An active holiday in the autumn. Come and pick olives in Tuscany. Nikki Padilla in Italy . A week picking olives in Italy was all I needed to remind me how important leisure is. It's not all fun and games as we have to take some wine breaks in-between! The olive harvest is in October, when temperatures in Tuscany are still pleasant and with plenty of sunshine. Unlike many fruits, olives are removed from the tree by shaking rather than picking. Take a break and enjoy the autumn sun in Tuscany. However, this week when we visit the Frantoio (Italian for Olive Oil Mill), we will take to the trees and pick olives. Regions of Northern Italy also produce wheat, sugar beets, soybeans, corn, barley, rice, meat, and dairy products in large fields and ranches. A wealth of picking jobs exists across both Northern and Southern Italy. After breakfast, back to the olives! I’m about half way through the book myself! November is the month of the olive harvest in Italy, which means bucolic scenes of crinkly faced farmers shaking their boughs and plenty of extra vergine, sampled fresh at the press. A week picking olives in #Italy was all I needed to remind me how important leisure is.

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