Exclusive Katakolo: Private Olive Oil Tour & Gourmet Lunch

We REALLY enjoyed this tour! The olive mill tour was great. Local family that was very kind and informative. We love to cook and appreciated the process and quality of their product and we purchased many bottles. That said, the highlight was our driver, Andreas!!! He was very kind, hospitable and flexible with our schedule. The peace of mind knowing we had reliable transportation to/from our cruise terminal made this tour worth every penny. The end of our tour was at a local restaurant for lunch and it was the best food we’ve had in Greece. We would recommend this tour to everyone!

The tour was beautiful we did it for my mom’s birthday. Our driver Costas was very nice and hospitable. Very knowledgeable. We did the olive oil tour and ate delicious food at a restaurant. The weather was rainy so we could not take pictures in the mountains but all around great experience.

Great day with Dimitris! He was there waiting for us as we exited the cruise port terminal. He is very knowledgeable about the area and a great down to earth gentleman. Dimitris first took us to an olive mill factory for a tour and a tasting which was very good! He then showed us few scenic spots for photos and even stopped for me to take some photos with the olive trees. Our last stop was a family run restaurant with traditional Greek dishes. The owners spoke no English so Dimitris took care of the order. We were served many courses including homemade bread, wine and dessert. The food kept coming and was delicious!! We sat out on the patio and we felt like we were in our grandparents backyard! Dimitris made sure that we were back at the terminal well before the cruise departure. Highly recommend this tour.

Our tour included a tour of Oilympian Koufolias Olive Oil Mill, an amazing, authentic greek lunch at Ταβέρνα Της Μαχης restaurant in Korakochori & the best part - tour guide Vicky. She was very knowledgeable and personable, and even helped us ordering at the restaurant. There were very few people on the tour, and in the restaurant, and very little traffic - a refreshing change from all of our other excursions. This tour was beyond great!

Wonderful experience! Demetrius took great care of us and I can't say enough about our experience. He took some extra time so we could see the Olympic Ruins before our olive oil factory tour. The tour was fun, and after he took us to a great "mom and pop" restaurant for lunch, which was beyond our expectations. My husband mentioned that it was my birthday, and Demetrius got a small gift for me before picking us up from the Olympic Ruins. I just cannot say enough good about him or our experience on this tour.

Dimitris our driver took extra special care of us, getting us to all our destinations quickly and safe, and showed us some hidden views and spots to stop. The oil rafting was great and we bought some to be shipped home. Would highly recommend.

The reason I am raising this so high is our driver knew the spots to go to after the Olive Oil tasting. That didn’t take very long to see and have the taste. We did buy some olive oil because it is amazing. I don’t know about the lunch part of this tour because we paid for everything else we did including lunch. But I am not complaining at all. We went to a family run honey farm next as suggested by our driver. €10 each There we had coffee and juice while we waited for the beekeeper to do the presentation. She showed us that really beekeeping hasn’t. Hanged in over 4,000 years! We tasted spoon sweets during that portion. Then we went to taste the honey and also a sample of bee salve. We bought honey and bee salve. It is a natural antiseptic. Then we went to Olympia for lunch and had bevvies and pizza and Greek salad. Some shopping and then it was off to a wine tasting. That was 20€ each This was a great tour and we had a fabulous day.

Fabulous tour! How the olives are harvested and processed was very interesting. The oil tasting was fun too! Our driver George was great we loved chatting with him and learning about life in Greece. Then he took us to a small family owned restaurant for lunch. It wat the highlight of our 17 day trip! The place was beautiful and the food...oh my! It was wonderful!! Everything was fresh and delicious!! Awesome tour!!!

My husband my mother and I were on a NCL cruise and booked this tour with viator. This was a perfect excursion- it was very easy to find the meeting place which was a short walk from the ship port. Our driver Andreas with company Theocar was excellent. The olive oil tour and tasting was fun and we enjoyed a wonderful Greek lunch at a local restaurant. The lunch was especially memorable because the owner of Theocar just happened to be there. He took great care of us and made sure we tasted the best authentic Greek dishes. I highly recommend this company and this tour.

Our guide (I never could catch his name, but started with M) was very proud to show us the countryside. The olive oil producer was interesting and we shipped some home. He then took us to a restaurant where we ate the best Greek salad…tomatoes & cucumbers like nothing I’ve had before! While looking at the garden and admiring the basil plant, they broke off 2 stems and we’ll grow it at home. Added bonus is the wonderful smell it lent our cruise cabin! M then took us shopping at his favorite store😉 It was fun having the designer pull dresses to try and I bought some beautiful silk dresses. We did not go to the places listed in the description, but that’s ok because M made it an amazing day and we truly saw the local lifestyle in Katakolo. Probably our favorite tour on our 10 day port-intensive cruise! Thank you!