With all of our day-tripping practically all around Mallorca eating Paella, grilled seafood, Almond cake and sightseeing, my husband and I included this Sóller olive oil tour to explore the unknown of 'how olives get to the olive oil stage', learn about the olive oil making process and to taste them. For whatever reason when I called, Tomaeu (Bartomeau) asked if I can reach him on WhatsApp instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. In any case, I reserved over the phone. Do know, unlike other olive oil tours where you reserve AND pay online, you pay the €20 when you're here. Tafona de Can Det's bread and butter is their 400 yr legacy producing olive oil, but there's and orange grove and almonds. The tour is broken into segments starting with a brief gathering about the arbor's significance in the terrace. We gradually moved into the family greeting room and briefed on the cool temperature of the space. He explained access to his own water well across the street- yet the public can also drink and use the water(?). The tour also included a visit to the cellar and the production line. Do know that since olives are in their growth stage during the summer, there's no way anyone would be able to tour the grove- because the main event and harvest happens between Oct-Jan. The only thing we went by was a video on Can Det's olive picking by hand, olives being pressed, etc. Still informative though. Light meal consisting of Mallorquin bread, their own fresh squeezed oj using oranges from their grove, their own pressed olive oils for dunking and homemade almond cake using their on-site almonds, followed. The entire tour is supposed to be an hour- but it went past a bit- which wasn't a problem. This was a wonderful piece of history. Tomaeu and his assistant(?) Ana were super pleasant and informative. We saw, tasted, smelled, touched, heard and bought some oil I've oil to bring home. read more

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