Great experience visiting organic farm and co-op. Great experience with Pablo as our tour guide and overall a real highlight of our trip. We brought our infant along with us, and they were very accommodating, installing an infant seat in the van and making sure we had time and space to care for our baby. We were the only people signed up for that particular time, so we got a personalized tour; this was notable since a lot of tours will cancel if they don't have enough people. It speaks to the passion of the company and guides for teaching us about the organic processes of the farm and the co-op.
We met Pablo in the morning at 9 am near the Tourist office near the Malaga harbor and drove about 45 min to the farm. We then walked for about 45 min around the farm, seeing the old vines, olive trees, and almond trees. Across the road is another similar farm that uses non-organic methods in their farming, and the contrast is quite dramatic. The farm was very beautiful, and the walk itself was very peaceful after the bustle of the city.
We then drove about 5 min to a nearby town where we got an extensive tour of a co-op's grape and olive processing facilities. We spent about 45 min each learning about wine and olive oil processing. This was very in-depth and both Pablo and the co-op technician guiding us were very knowledgable about each step of the process. They also pulled some "snack" olives from one of the storage containers and let us try them, which was really cool.
Finally, there was a nice tasting lunch in which we tried 3 olive oils made on-site and 5 wines, with generous pours. It was amazing tasting the spice and depth of a really high quality olive oil. This was accompanied by a generous portion of tapas (meats, bread, cheese, chips) that we couldn't even finish it was so much. They even let us take the leftovers! The co-op also had a "gift shop" that was really a small grocery store, where we bought locally made products at very good prices. We then drove back to Malaga and were back by around 3 pm.
When we realized we had left our phone in the van, we reached out to Rodrigo, who immediately replied and contacted Pablo, who drove back to bring us the phone. Can't speak highly enough about how responsive and helpful they were!
