Nestled in the heart of Crete, Greece, stands the Olive Tree of Vouves, one of the oldest living olive trees in the world. Estimated to be between 2,000 and 4,000 years old, this extraordinary ...

Crete has been a food destination a long time in the making. Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees ...

Roughly halfway up the steep hill that encapsulates most of the town of Bar in Montenegro, stretching from the waterfront to the foot of Mt Rumija, is an old olive tree. Or more accurately, the ...

The origins of olive tree cultivation Olive trees were first domesticated in the Near East around 6,500–7,000 years ago, but their expansion into the Central Mediterranean remained poorly ...

The olive tree of Vouves has survived fire, droughts and other climatic shifts while watching history unfold over millennia.