Oil Festival in Lucca Sicula

Lucca Sicula, and the whole of Belice in general, is an area particularly dedicated to the cultivation of olive trees. Precisely to celebrate the excellence of this product, every year an event known as the oil festival in Lucca Sicula .

Those who do not want to miss this event will find below all the information necessary to take part in the oil festival.

Description of the oil festival in Lucca Sicula

The oil festival in Lucca Sicula is a fixed event that aims to be a moment of promotion of one of the typical products of the area. The town, in fact, has one of its most flourishing activities in the cultivation of olive trees, also thanks to the presence of two native species which are the nocellara del Belice and the biancolilla, which grow luxuriantly here.

With this high quality raw material, a truly unique oil is created, to be made known to a very wide audience thanks to an event such as the oil festival in Lucca Sicula which becomes, more generally, an event to promote the territory and other products, not only food and wine but also local craftsmanship.

The history linked to the oil festival in Lucca Sicula

The production of oil is one of the most typical in the territory that refers to Lucca Sicula. Even though the one made here is a truly excellent product high quality , companies in the area have always struggled to make it known in the most important commercial circuits, always remaining in a certain sense on the margins.

Precisely for this reason, for some years the Municipality, together with trade associations and various production companies, have decided to create this event which can be a moment of knowledge of oil but also the right opportunity to get closer to the other excellences of the territory. Precisely for this reason the party not only includes tastings of the product but also visits to the mills , to learn more about oil production techniques.

When the oil festival takes place

The oil festival takes place in the month of October, usually in the second fortnight. The event is not linked to any religious holiday, so the date may vary to coincide with a weekend, to allow more people to take part. However, the month always remains the same October because it coincides with the olive harvest period.

Where the oil festival takes place

The events are mainly concentrated in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele , the main one in the village as well as the largest space that the city can offer for an event that receives such wide public approval.

What to do during the oil festival

The oil festival in Lucca Sicula is certainly a moment dedicated to good food and cuisine, so a large part of the event is obviously dedicated to tastings of typical food , with the obviously addition of a generous amount of oil.

Among the specialties that you can taste are homemade bread with olive oil, sfincioni, muffulettes, ricotta, grilled sausages and much more. The program of the oil festival in Lucca Sicula, however, is very rich and foreseeable guided tours at the oil mills, poetry readings on the theme of oil, workshops on production techniques but also singing and dancing and a vintage car rally.

How to get to Lucca Sicula

Those who wish to reach the village to take part in the oil festival of Lucca Sicula will be able to easily reach the town by car, given that from Agrigento it is sufficient to just travel along the SS115 to reach your destination.

Lucca Sicula does not have its own railway station, so those wishing to reach it by train must refer to stations of Acquaviva or Campofranco or Cammarata San Giovanni Gemini. From here it will then continue with the bus numbers of the local lines offered by the public company AST.