Rarities in Tuscany: Prosciutto museum & traditional olive mill
Wine & Food ToursDuration: 3 hours + 1 hour for lunch (optional)
Rates
AN AUTHENTIC TUSCAN EXPERIENCE
We aim to create unforgettable and truly unique experiences for you in Tuscany. Beyond the most famous destinations, our region is filled with hidden gems that offer a remarkable opportunity to explore and gain a deeper understanding of our history and traditions. With this private tour, our expert guide will take you to visit two extraordinary places: a one-of-a-kind Prosciutto Museum and one of the few remaining traditional olive mills in the region, where stone wheels are still used to crush olives, just as they were in ancient times.
The Prosciutto museum
This place is called the “Museo dello Stradivario.” Contrary to what the name might suggest, it doesn’t showcase violins or musical instruments but rather a very special kind of prosciutto that is aged with wine and ashes for 60/70 months.
The museum is located in a truly unique and distinctive location, the undergrounds of the hilltop town Montopoli. The “Mona Lisa” prosciutto is made from free-range grey pigs. and nurtured with ash, just as it was done in the past before refrigeration existed, and bathed in wine, creating a truly unique flavor that is hard to find anywhere else.
Here, we will taste some of this special prosciutto along with other specialties from the town’s butcher, whose hard work and passion brought this unique museum to life.
The tour can be extended for a full lunch experience, adding the famous T-Bone Steak and a side dish. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the butcher’s cellar, which houses a marvelous collection of top-quality wines. You can select your favorite bottle and purchase it à la carte to make the experience truly memorable.
The visit to the traditional olive mill
We will visit an olive oil mill unlike any other available today. Here, olive oil is produced primarily using ancient techniques, much like our ancestors – dating back to the Etruscans – used to craft this precious ingredient. Only at this mill can you witness two nearly forgotten steps in the olive oil-making process: the use of traditional stone wheels to crush the olives and the pressing with traditional fiber mats called “fiscoli” to extract the first juice from the crushed olives. These steps, which are no longer part of modern machinery, provide a rare glimpse into the artisanal methods of the past. We’ll taste some of the delicious olive oil produced here.
What you taste
This is a list of specialties that you are likely to taste as part of the program of this tour. Please, note that the specialties of the tasting session and/or lunch may vary according to the season and the availability of the products in the day of the tour.
In our tour we like showing you places off the beaten track and introducing you to Tuscan people with their personal stories, careers and characters.
You will have one of our guides with your party during the whole tour. Please, see below all the guides who can be with you.
During this experience you can also meet some of the Tuscan friends involved in the events. Please, see below which friends you are likely to encounter.
The total rate for this activity varies according to the number of people in your party.
Check rates in the table below.
Rarities in Tuscany: Prosciutto museum & traditional olive mill– RATES 2025 – |
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR PARTY |
TOTAL RATE |
| 2 persons | € 420 |
| 3 persons | € 470 |
| 4 persons | € 520 |
| 5 persons | € 570 |
| 6 persons | € 620 |
| 7 persons | € 670 |
| 8 persons | € 720 |
| Extra Adult | € 50 |
| Extra Teenager (12-17 yrs) | € 45 |
| Extra Child (4-11 yrs) | € 30 |
| Lunch at the butcher shop with T-bone steak | € 50 per adult/teen € 25 per kid (wine is extra) |
Rates include
- Private guide;
- Visit to the Prosciutto museum;
- Visit to the oil mill;
- Prosciutto tasting;
- Olive oil tasting;
Rates do NOT include
- Lunch at the butcher shop with T-bone steak: 50 euro per adult/teen 25 euro per kid (wine is extra)
- Transportation:
- Tips to the guide: not included, not obligatory but very much appreciated
Transportation is not included in the rates above. For more info on transportation, please see the box “Transportation options”.
This tour takes place in the area of Montopoli in central Tuscany, between Pisa and Florence.
MEET-UP LOCATION:
Unless differently specified, the tour guide meets you at an agreed meeting point nera the olive mill
DURATION:
This program takes 3 hours. 1 additional hour if you would like to add lunch at the butcher's shop. Time for transportation not included.
AVAILABILITY:
Available all the year through, from Mondays through Saturdays.
LANGUAGE:
This tour is available in English language. German, French, Spanish, Russian or Italian are also available with no surcharge.
DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
Easy
CHILD FRIENDLY:
Ideal for children
CLOTHING:
No particular clothing required.
FOOD RESTRICTIONS:
The foods served during this tour might contain gluten, lactose, nuts and alcohol. If you have any food restriction, please inform our personnel during the enquiry process.
TRANSPORTATION:
This program and its rates do not include transportation and are set on a self-driving base. For further information see the box "transportation options".
The destinations reached during this activity are in the Tuscan countryside, in areas off the beaten track that cannot be reached by public transport. We highly recommend renting a car in order to reach them. As an alternative, we can offer a valued service by chauffeured car, van or minibus. Any cost of transportation is to be added to the rates displayed on the rate table of this page.
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