From tastings with olive oil sommeliers to celebrating harvest season at family-run mills, here’s how to experience ...

A sleepy peninsula west of Athens, the Peloponnese offers uniquely Greek experiences ranging from visits to olive farms, boat trips into long-lost caves, rickety old train rides and mountain farm ...

Those who read books on Greek mythology as a child will know ... In fact, it's home to the olive tree of Vouves, which is one of the oldest olive trees in the world -- potentially even the oldest.

The distinctive weather and soil conditions in Greece provide a perfect setting for olive tree cultivation, leading to the production of superior-quality olive oil. When it comes to choosing the ...

Kalamata olives are rich purple, almond-shaped olives grown in southern Greece; Spanish green olives ... The fleshy pulp of the fruit is also the source of olive oil. The whole fruit is available ...

While one legends claims the games were established by Heracles (Hercules), who brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia ... name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the ...

According to Greek mythology, Athena planted the first olive tree on the Acropolis, triumphing over Poseidon to become Athens’ patron goddess—forever cementing the evergreen as a sacred symbol ...