Fruit picking Taste Trails
Berries in Fingal, cherries in Kent, oranges in Valencia and Sóller, grapes in the Douro. Pick it ripe and taste it on the spot.
20 of 20 trails
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Douro Harvest Day
Pick grapes with the crew at a family quinta, then take a rabelo boat from Pinhão.
Full day · from Porto · Harvest mid-September to early October; vineyard days April to November
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Fingal Berry Morning
Pick strawberries and raspberries in Ireland's berry belt, then lunch by Skerries harbour.
Half day · from Dublin · June to August
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Armagh Orchard County
Walk the Bramley orchards, press apples and taste Armagh cider.
Full day · from Dublin · May (blossom), September to October (harvest)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Harvest & Grape Stomp, Provence
Pick grapes, stomp them barefoot, then lunch on an organic farm.
Half day · from Avignon · September to early October
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Normandy Cider Route
Pays d'Auge orchards, cider and Calvados cellars, and a Camembert farm.
Full day · from Caen · September to November (harvest), May (blossom)
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Garden of England: Cherries to Oysters
Pick-your-own cherries, the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, then oysters in Whitstable.
Full day · from London · June to August
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Herefordshire Cider Day
Perry pear orchards and a cider-maker's barn tasting.
Full day · from Hereford · September to October
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A Berrylicious Weekend
Two picking mornings, a jam-and-baking workshop and a country-house stay.
2 nights, 3 days · Co Wicklow · June to August
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Garden of England Weekend
Pick-your-own fruit, an English vineyard tasting, Whitstable oysters and an oast-house stay.
2 nights, 3 days · Faversham · June to September
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Douro Valley Harvest Walk
Walk between quintas, join the harvest and stay among the terraces.
8 days, 7 nights · Porto and the Douro quintas · September to October (harvest), April to June
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Orchards & Coves of Mallorca
The Sóller orange valley, almond and carob farms, sea-salt flats and seafood in every harbour.
8 days, 7 nights · Palma · March to May, October to November
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Aegina Pistachio Island
Take the ferry from Piraeus to a working pistachio farm and taste the island's famous nuts.
Full day · from Athens · Year-round; harvest in late summer
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Hardanger Fruit & Cider Weekend
Walk farm to farm through fjord-side orchards, tasting each maker's cider.
2 nights, 3 days · Ulvik · May (blossom) to October (harvest)
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Île d'Orléans: Cassis, Cheese & Berries
Pick island strawberries, then taste blackcurrant wine at the family distillery that pioneered it.
Full day · from Quebec City · June to October; strawberries in early summer
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Okanagan Cherries & Wine
Pick cherries in the morning, then taste in the vineyards above the lake.
Full day · from Kelowna · July
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Hudson Valley Orchard & Cider Day
Ride Metro-North up the Hudson, pick apples in the orchard, then taste cider in Beacon.
Full day · from New York City · September to October
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