“For us, it’s medicine,” says Konstantina Natioti from Liotrivi Estate. And for just $284, you can adopt one of their trees and have its oil shipped to your Australian home.
In an olive grove on a hillside on an island off the east coast of the Peloponnese peninsula stands a tree called the Mother of Democracy.
“And I will give you the olive tree,” Athena allegedly cried in her face-off with Poseidon, striking a sacred rock at the Acropolis with her spear and, whoosh!, creating an olive tree not dissimilar to this one.“Pure olive oil can lower blood pressure, protect the bones,” says Konstantina Natioti as she takes olives from one of Liotrivi’s trees.– founded in the sixth century, complete with a medieval stone fortress perched atop its rocky backdrop – olives are prized for their health benefits.
“For us, it is medicine. Science has said that pure olive oil can lower blood pressure, protect the bones, reduce the risk of cancer and diabetes. It speeds weight loss, and is especially good for women when they are not so young any more. Importantly, it fights inflammation in our bodies with its bitterness; the better the olive oil is, the higher it ranks in natural compounds called polyphenols.
A manicured lawn dotted with flowering lemon and lime trees surrounds a clutch of boutique-style two-storey accommodation. And all around are olive trees, their bushy green leaves fluttering in the breeze to offer glimpses of an azure Myrtoan Sea.
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