Following the Olive Trail in Taounate

In Morocco, olives aren’t just food — they’re heritage. And Taounate, in the Rif Mountains, is one of the most peaceful places to explore this tradition. Come in late fall, and you’ll find families hand-picking olives, pressing oil in stone mills, and offering you a taste with pride.

The olive trail weaves through quiet hills and old farms, where donkeys carry baskets and kids climb trees barefoot. The oil here is golden-green, peppery, and poured over everything — bread, eggs, grilled fish.

Many small presses will let you watch the process: the grinding, the filtering, and finally the bottling. It’s labor-intensive and rhythmic — a dance of hands and stone.

Walk between groves, stop for tea with farmers, and breathe in the scent of woodsmoke and wild thyme.

For a rural day rich in tradition, taste, and kindness, morocco tour packages will guide you gently into Taounate’s olive heart.