Museu i Centre de la Cultura de l'Oli de Catalunya

Oil is the basis of the Mediterranean diet. We have it so much within our culture that we forget how important and healthy it is, missing it when we go to other countries and see that gastronomy there is based on worse things. At the Museu i Center de la Cultura de l'Oli de la Granadella, in Lleida, you have the opportunity to learn about the life of olive oil.

Always in the pantry, the process is very interesting, so take a look at what we offer you if you visit the oil museum in this small town:

• If you choose a guided tour, we will teach you the oil extraction process, starting with its collection in the field and all the steps until bottling.
• Tastings and pairings of local products in a very special place: the old convent of Granadella.
• Bases for professional olive oil tasting... you will already know more than all your friends.
• Rides on a burricleta, the electric bicycle, through the olive groves and stone constructions that surround us.

We have a pioneering project in Catalonia and a benchmark in Spain thanks to our promotion of quality extra virgin olive oil, with perfect facilities and well-trained staff to disseminate in a personalized way the benefits, uses and production of the oil.

The visits last 2 hours, you will leave with the basic knowledge to recognize a good oil and a bad one, understanding why Spanish oil is so acclaimed worldwide.

Guided tours are very common in large and monumental cities, but there is more to the world. At Museu i Center de la Cultura de l'Oliyou have a guided tour of the world of olive oil, the basis of our diet. It will be 2 hours of route through the olive grove and the facilities where the liquid gold is prepared.

As it is an art, we will teach you the secrets of the process, and in the end you will know the importance of its presence in our meals and the reason for its international fame. We have to be grateful for the terrain we enjoy.

The visit is 2 hours, starting in the olive field where we will see the method of harvesting the olives to then take them for processing. You will enjoy the entire evolution of the oil until its final view, inside the bottle.

As a guided gastronomic tour should be, at the end of the tour we will have a tasting of the extra virgin olive oils, so you will know how to find the best pairing for each of them. In addition to tasting the local products, we will accompany the aperitif with red wine D.O. Costers del Segre, from the Garrigues region (where we are located).

Get to know the life of olive oil with us, you will love it!

Electric bicycle routes have the comfort of walking without pedaling all the time and the possibility of enjoying a calmer environment. At the Museu i Center de la Cultura de l'Oli you have a ride on a burricleta through the olive groves of La Granadella, in Lleida.

These routes are through the conreo del olivo area, through the dry stone constructions (pedra seca) and through different destinations that you have at your disposal:

1. From Grandadella to Bellaguard, with views of the Ebro depression.
2. Granadella with Torrebesses, where you will pass through landscapes of almond and olive trees, dry stone walls and valleys.

We will leave the burricleta aside when we get hungry, because we include a picnic of local products. Filling your stomach with delicious Catalan food will make the second half of the journey more enjoyable.

Includes GPS and speakers. How about? Get to know the region of Les Garrigues with us pedaling a burricleta, you will see the land where we prepare the olive oil that you usually have on your table and you will get to know the beauty of the towns in this part of Lleida.

We are waiting for you!