Olive oil tourism near Toledo: an olive mill tour in Navahermosa

A short drive from Cork Valley, in Navahermosa, an olive mill in the Montes de Toledo opens its doors to our guests: a tour of the mill and a guided extra virgin olive oil tasting. We arrange it for you.

Check availability Mill tour + tasting · €25 per person · All year round

What the tour is like

You go round with the people who make the oil. First, a tour of the mill: where the olives arrive, how they are washed, crushed and the oil separated, and how it is stored until bottling. Then a guided tasting where you learn to tell a good extra virgin oil and to pick out the fruitiness, bitterness and pepperiness of the local variety, cornicabra.

No previous knowledge needed. It is a relaxed, friendly visit that shows you what goes into the bottle you have at home.

IncludedOlive mill tourFrom the yard where the olives arrive to the cellar where the oil rests.

IncludedGuided tastingSeveral extra virgin olive oils, explained by the people who make them.

Length1.5 to 2 hoursPlenty of time for questions.

WhenAll year roundFrom roughly November to January you can see the mill at work.

WhereNavahermosa (Toledo)5 km from Cork Valley, in the Montes de Toledo.

Price€25 per personMill tour and tasting included.

Cork Valley arranges the tour for its guests. Ask for it when you book, or message us on WhatsApp and we will suggest a day and time.

Hopper full of freshly arrived olives at an olive mill — The olives arrive at the hopper and are cleaned of leaves and washed before milling. Reference image.

Freshly made extra virgin olive oil flowing at an olive mill — Freshly separated oil, still cloudy and very green. Reference image.

The olive oil of the Montes de Toledo

The Montes de Toledo have their own Protected Designation of Origin for olive oil, the DOP Montes de Toledo, across the provinces of Toledo and Ciudad Real. It is a land of dry-farmed olive groves, holm oaks and hills, and its olive is the cornicabra.

✓Cornicabra. The local olive: full-bodied, fruity oils with balanced bitterness and pepperiness.
✓Cold extraction. Extra virgin oil is made by mechanical means only, with no heat or solvents.
✓Right next door. The olive trees you pass on the way from Cork Valley are the ones that fill the mill at harvest time.

Green cornicabra olives on an olive tree in the Montes de Toledo — Cornicabra olives in September, still green. An olive tree at Cork Valley.

Ripe olives just picked in an olive grove in Navahermosa, Montes de Toledo — Ripe olives in November, in an olive grove in Navahermosa.

During the harvest or outside it

The tour runs all year. If you come during the harvest, usually from November to January, you will see the mill working: trailers of olives arriving, the smell of fresh oil, and the chance to taste the new season’s oil, the greenest of the year.

Outside the harvest the mill is quieter and the tour focuses on the process, the cellar and the tasting.

Olives turning from green to purple on an olive tree in the Montes de Toledo — Véraison: the olives turn from green to purple before the harvest.

Centuries-old olive tree in a dry-farmed olive grove in Navahermosa, Toledo — A dry-farmed olive grove in Navahermosa, 5 km from the estate.

Make a weekend of it

The olive mill fits nicely into a weekend in the Montes de Toledo: a hike in the morning, the mill at midday and, at night, Starlight skies from your terrace.

To stay, Cork Valley has seven types of accommodation for two, from the Timber Cabin to the Mirror Houses with a private hot tub. Adults only and pet friendly. For more ideas, see things to do near Toledo.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the olive mill?

In Navahermosa (Toledo), 5 km from Cork Valley, in the Montes de Toledo.

What does the tour include?

A tour of the mill, from the arrival of the olives to the cellar, and a guided tasting of extra virgin olive oil.

How much does it cost?

€25 per person, including the mill tour and the tasting.

How long does it take?

Between an hour and a half and two hours.

Can I visit all year?

Yes. From roughly November to January the mill is in its harvest season and you can see the olives being milled.

How do I book?

Cork Valley arranges it for its guests. Ask for it when you book your stay, or message us on WhatsApp at +34 925 080 616.

Which oil do you taste?

Extra virgin olive oil from the Montes de Toledo, mainly of the cornicabra variety.

Book your stay and ask for the tour

Choose your accommodation and dates, and tell us you would like to visit the olive mill. We take care of the rest.

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