Orchards Near Me

Taste Trails in December

Ireland & UK
Winter skies and oysters
Portugal & Spain
Olive harvest ends; oranges
Italy & France
Truffle season

Trail of the month

  • Olive harvest in a Tuscan grove

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    Alentejo Olive Morning

    Hand-pick Galega olives, taste the farm's oil and sit down to an Alentejo brunch.

    Half day · from Lisbon · October to December

Also in season in December

  • Sandymount Strand in Dublin Bay

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    Dublin Bay Forage & Feast

    Forage sea beet and wild herbs on Howth Head, then eat them with today's catch on the pier.

    Half day · from Dublin · Year-round, best April to October

  • Vineyards in Tuscany at sunrise

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    Truffle Hunt & Chianti Lunch

    Hunt with a truffle family and their dogs, then a long lunch on a Chianti farm.

    Full day · from Florence · October to December (white truffle season)

  • Scariff Island off Derrynane, County Kerry

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    Seascapes & Skies: Kerry Weekend

    Seafood suppers, then a guided night in Ireland's Gold Tier Dark Sky Reserve.

    2 nights, 3 days · Cahersiveen · September to March (darkest skies)

  • JW Sweetman craft brewery in Dublin

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    Secrets of Dublin: Food & Beer

    A craft brewery cellar tasting and an Irish farmhouse cheese pairing.

    3 hours · from Dublin · Year-round

  • Sandeman wine lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto

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    Porto Wine & Dine

    Bolhão market tastings, then a port lodge cellar.

    3.5 hours · from Porto · Year-round

  • Azeitão cheese from Portugal

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    Arrábida Cheese & Moscatel

    An Azeitão cheese dairy, a Moscatel de Setúbal cellar and a coastal lunch.

    Full day · from Lisbon · Year-round

  • Restaurant terrace in Faro old town, Algarve

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    Flavours of Faro

    Olhão market, Ria Formosa clams by boat and the orange groves of Silves.

    Full day · from Faro · Year-round; oranges December to April

  • Fresh fish at Mercado da Ribeira market in Lisbon

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    Lisbon Wine & Dine

    A petiscos crawl through Alfama that ends with fado.

    3.5 hours · from Lisbon · Year-round

  • Pintxos served at a bar in San Sebastián

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    Bilbao Tapas Trail

    Old-town pintxo bars and a tasting at the Ribera market.

    3 hours · from Bilbao · Year-round

  • A walker on the Camino de Santiago in Galicia

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    Santiago Food & Wine

    Shop the Abastos market, then cook what you bought.

    3 hours · from Santiago de Compostela · Year-round

  • Orange orchard in the Valencian Community

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    Orchards of Valencia

    Pick oranges in a 19th-century grove, then paella by the Albufera lagoon.

    Full day · from Valencia · November to March

  • Orange orchard in the Valencian Community

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    Fruits of the Costa Tropical

    Cherimoya, avocado and mango farms in the hills above Almuñécar.

    Full day · from Málaga · October to May

  • Ripe oranges on trees near Sóller, Mallorca

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    Sóller Orange Valley

    Ride the vintage train over the mountains, then pick oranges and juice them in the grove.

    Full day · from Palma · November to May

  • Rows of olive trees in Ostuni, Puglia

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    Puglia Olive Press Day

    Pick olives in the morning, follow them to the frantoio and taste the oil as it comes out.

    Full day · from Bari · Late October to December

  • Olive harvest in a Tuscan grove

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    Puglia Olive Harvest Weekend

    Two harvest mornings, your own oil from the frantoio, Ostuni and the Adriatic coast.

    2 nights, 3 days · Ostuni · Late October to December