Tavira Olive Experience Factory Tour
4.9
120 Ratings
Tavira

Explore Tavira’s Olive Factory, savor unique flavors, and gain exclusive insights with our expert guide. Book now for an unforgettable adventure!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hélder Madeira - Indústria e Comércio de Azeitonas, Unipessoal Lda - During this activity, participants will have the opportunity to explore and interact with various machinery and even sample the products firsthand. They will learn about the different types of machinery used in the olive factory, with a guide providing insights into their…
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What's Included
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Souvenirs (up to 15/20€)
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

Exclusive Access: Step behind the scenes to get an up-close look at machinery and equipment that are typically off-limits, providing a rare insight into the process.
Sensory Experience: Delight your senses with the final products of the craft, savoring rich flavors and unique textures.
Knowledgeable Guide: Benefit from detailed explanations…

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Location
Hélder Madeira - Indústria e Comércio de Azeitonas, Unipessoal Lda
Estrada do Arraial Ferreira Neto
In front of the white building with blue railings, there is a banner that says 'Shop of Portuguese Products' and a frame that reads 'The Olive Factory.' If you struggle to find us, please use the following coordinates on Google Maps: 37.1293326372345, -7.632363986339859
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Extraordinary594891
Apr 3, 2025
Best Olive Tour Ever! - Excellent tour guide, a must do if you are in Tavira. We learned so much about how olives are bottled and cured. Andrea will keep you entertained and well informed. Highly recommended!
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Anna_s
Mar 26, 2025
Lovely experience - An informative casual tour of a table olive processing factory. A wonderful small business story and a great product. Andrea the tour guide was wonderful!
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Stacy_k
Mar 21, 2025
Amazing Women - Andrea and her sister were outstanding hosts. Knowledge of small olive production was extensive. Learned a lot about processing of olives and products used in preparation. We will be healthier after this tour.
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Brianandmarilyn
Mar 21, 2025
Our visit was enjoyable & great fun. - We enjoyed Andreia’s fun stories and imagining the production going on. The taste of the Oils, Jams, local Cheeses, & Meats,Honey, Bread & Bread with Red Pepper Sauce “Massa De Malagueta”, “ Piri-Piri em Azeite” & Olives we bought are truly amazing. We now know the secret of why they are so tastey ( you have to visit to find out). We got to taste all the product and all with extras including the Wine to help it all go down well! (As an older person, I would have liked a chair to sit on during the tasting) but we thoroughly enjoyed the experience anyway. Thank you To make it easier to find you could include “What Three Word's” ///about.seeking.unearths
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Derekjg995iy
Mar 17, 2025
Would definitely recommend, - Excellent trip. Well presented, friendly, informative and fun. Great to see a family working so closely together. Worth a visit.
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Deanhx2985pm
Mar 12, 2025
Great Way to Enjoyably Support Local Small Business - My wife and I greatly enjoyed our tour of the Tavira Olive Factory in December, 2024. Our tour guide, Andreia, was charming and knowledgeable about both olive growing/processing and local sea salt harvesting. Andreia toured us through the factory and enabled us to taste olives at each stage of processing, a delicious experience! Although the Tavira Olive Factory does not produce olive oil, Andreia explained how to determine whether the olive oil you purchase was pure olive oil or had been cut with vegetable oil (which many commercial olive oils are – surprise, surprise). Did you know that naturally harvested sea salt contains some 82 minerals, unlike commercially processed salt which leases all minerals from the salt requiring iodine to be re-added? At the end of the tour there was a tasting event which included olives (again from each stage of processing), olive oil, honey, Portuguese cheeses, toasted local bread (upon which you could spread local honey, orange marmalade or fig jam), and various local meats all accompanied by wonderful Portuguese wine. Andreia’s sister, Liliana, and their mother were responsible for assembling the tasting while we were on the tour. We enthusiastically recommend that you take time to participate in this experience. You can easily walk to the Olive Factory from the center of Tavira. And you will walk past the salt pans and gigantic piles of sea salt.
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757sheilal
Mar 6, 2025
Highly Recommended - Perfect Tour We visited yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Our host was funny, informed and a natural entertainer. We appreciated all the tips about olives and salt. Then we were invited to taste different foods of the Algarve . A great experience!
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U6415cxering
Mar 1, 2025
A Terrific Tour in Tavira! - A lively tour by a well-spoken natural entertainer! It was a very spontaneous presentation with excellent audience rapport. Thank you for the tips on olive oil, salt and olives. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour, the follow-up feast, and the shopping!
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Globetrotting519555
Mar 26, 2025
beautiful excursion with delicious tasting - Unfortunately, in March outside of the olive harvest there was not much to visit except a few old machines, but Andrea explained everyone super and entertaining. The tasting after the tour was very delicious and seduced neatly to shopping in the attached store!
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Omatine
Mar 17, 2025
Fun excursion with wonderful ending! - We were extremely warmly received. The tour was fun, but because of the season (we were there in February) there was no action in the factory, which was of course a shame. But still learned a lot about olives and their processing. The tasting afterwards was top! Five kinds of olives, bread, ham... more than most people could eat. Plus a drink - or two, if you wanted.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).