The Tuscan countryside adds some taste to your holidays. The vast silver expanses of the olive groves catches your eyes. Whereas a crunchy "bruschetta" delights your palate. Since many centuries Tuscany has produced high-quality extra-virgin olive oil.

• The restaurants of any holiday farms in Tuscany always have a bottle of extra virgin olive oil. Pour some drops of it on a slice of bread, on a "bruschetta" with tomato, on your boiled beans or on the traditional "ribollita"... This is the deliciously traditional healthy Tuscan cuisine!

• Let you be tempted by the strong and full-bodied taste of the so-called "olio nuovo" (the olive oil that has just exited the oil-mill). In October and November many feasts are organized all over Tuscany, where you can taste the best extra-virgin olive oils produced in the region together with other local products.

• What make the Tuscan olive oil so special? Its low degree of acidity (which is never higher than 0.6%). Its colour, ranging from green to golden yellow. Its fruity and slightly bitter and spicy taste mixed with the flavour of artichokes, thistles, freshly-cut grass and almonds. In Tuscany, different varieties of extra-virgin olive oil are produced with various olive cultivars (frantoio, moraiolo, leccino, gramignolo, etc.). Sometimes holiday farms organize courses for those who want to learn to distinguish the different varieties.

• Some Tuscan holiday farms organize guided tours to the olive groves and oil-mills. Moreover, if you book your farm holiday in Tuscany in autumn, you can participate to the olive harvest. And at the end of your stay you will receive a bottle of "your Tuscan olive oil".