Il Frantoio del Vicerè

Amazing cavern

We visited this small. Museum ( cost 1.50 euros) . We listened to a narration in English describing the crushing of olive oil lamp oil - several hundred years ago. The cavern and mill was well worth v...

How they worked

This is a 16C olive oil press where workers toiled for two hours before a two hour break before continuing throughout the working day. Given the small amount of space and steepness of steps to access ...

Been there, done that

Love history, found this place, costs only €1,50, so obviously I had to enter. Now or it could have been me who got dizzy from the sun outside and therefor didn't fully understand the visit, but I was...

A must for the experience and the history

Only €1:50 and they ask your nationality to put the audio on in your language. Explains the history of olive oil production, it's use as lamp oil and the resulting importance of the port of Gallipoli....

Very unusual place

Special place to learn about olive oil, in the 17th and 18th centuries. The underground olive presses can be viewed and the English recording was very helpful to learn about the process. worth the adm...