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8-Hour Saffron Harvest Tour in L'Aquila with Farm Lunch

8 Hours Round trip from 67100 LAquila Easy pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Experience the magical atmosphere of saffron harvest in the fields
02 Collect and process the "red gold of Abruzzo" by hand
03 Head to the farms in the cold and foggy autumn dawn for the harvest
04 Dry the saffron in sieves over chimneys with oak embers

Spend a day on saffron farms near L'Aquila and enjoy a hands-on introduction to harvesting the "red gold of Abruzzo". Experience the cold, foggy autumn dawn in the fields, gather the flowers with care, and follow the traditional processing phases from basket collection to hand separation of the precious stigmas. Complete the experience by drying the saffron over oak embers and admiring the final product.

Meet your L'Aquila tour guide and head out towards the farms to collect saffron in the cold and foggy autumn dawn, before the flowers open to the warmth of the sun.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City L Aquila

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Saffron Harvesting Experience in L'Aquila

Meet your L'Aquila tour guide and head out towards the farms to collect saffron in the cold and foggy autumn dawn, before the flowers open to the warmth of the sun. The harvest is done one by one, delicately, so as not to disperse their contents.
Bring the flowers home in wicker baskets.
Open them by hand and separate the precious red stigmas and yellow stigmas with patience and love.
Collect them in sieves and place them to dry in the chimneys with oak embers.

End of the tour.