Picasso’s olive oil

To start the day, we’ll wake up in a hotel specialising in wine tourism and enjoy a breakfast of products such as I.G.P. Terres de l’Ebre clementines and olive oil from the millennia-old olive trees of the Sénia Territory, some of which were planted in Roman times. Next to Tortosa market, we’ll board one of the three traditional laüts that sail along the Ebro, where we’ll taste pastissets, a pastry of Arabic origin with a variety of sweet fillings. The Ebro counties have two D.O.P extra virgin olive oils – Baix Ebre-Montsià and Terra Alta – so we’ll carve out some time to enjoy the olive oil tourism experiences. In Horta de Sant Joan, a town closely tied to Picasso, we’ll learn that the artist liked to dip slices of bread directly into freshly pressed olive oil. We’ll also visit an old mill and learn how to prepare clotxa, an old peasant dish made with round bread, garlic, roasted tomatoes, salted sardines and EVOO. Another activity is a cooking demonstration in the olive groves.