# Visit to the La Bisbal cooperative's olive oil mill and Montsacer tasting

What to do en Priorat · Priorat

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/things-to-do/montsacer-olive-oil-mill-visit · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Desde: 8 € per person
- Duración: 2 h 30
- Temporada: Olive harvest season, Monday to Saturday
- Para quién: Everyone

A cooperative's mill from 1951, the old mill and a viewpoint, with an Arbequina oil tasting · 2 to 3 h · €8 · in harvest season

In the Priorat it is not all vines: there are olive trees too, and the oil has its own designation, the DOP Siurana. La Bisbal de Montsant, in the north of the region at the foot of the range that gives it its name, at 372 metres above sea level, has its leading business in it. Its agricultural cooperative, founded in 1951, presses the Arbequina of the members from the village and from Margalef and bottles it as Montsacer. In harvest season it shows the mill to those who book.
From a family mill to the cooperative
The cooperative was born when the villagers joined together to buy the Molí del Fuster, one of five mills there were, all belonging to families to whom the farmers sold their olives. The visit tells that story in the order it happened:

A walk through the village to one of the old mills, restored, hidden among the streets, where they explain how oil was made before.
The Starlight viewpoint, with the view over the olive groves around La Bisbal.
The cooperative's mill, with today's machinery, to see how the process has changed.
Tasting of Montsacer oil, an Arbequina extra virgin, cold first-pressed.

It lasts between two and three hours and costs €8 per person; children have a special price.
Only while the olives are being picked
The visit takes place only in harvest season, Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 13:00, in Catalan and Spanish, with a minimum of two people and always by reservation. Book on 977 819 034, by WhatsApp on 699 097 025 or at montsacer@montsacer.com. As it depends on the work at the mill, call a few days ahead to confirm that day is possible.
On 6 December 2026 the cooperative holds the oil festival in the village: at 10:00, a communal breakfast and an oil tasting by the Catalan tasting panel, mill visits and sale of the new oil, which is already on sale in its online shop.
Taking the oil home
The cooperative shop sells Montsacer in 5-litre jerrycans for €35 and 2-litre for €15.50, the one-litre or 750 ml bottle for €7.50 and the 250 ml for €4.50, and gift packs with Arbequina olives.
Getting there
The cooperative is at Carrer La Palma 23, in the centre of La Bisbal de Montsant. You get there by car; there is no practical public transport. If you sleep at Terra Dominicata, in Escaladei, you can combine the mill with the Escaladei charterhouse, which is closed on Mondays, on the same day.

Lo organiza: Cooperativa de la Bisbal · Montsacer, desde 8 € per person (https://www.turismepriorat.org/en/que-fer/experiencia/descobreix-la-cultura-de-loli)

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 41.2774, 0.7284

## Cerca de aquí

- [Visit and tasting at Cellers de Scala Dei, the charterhouse's winery](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/things-to-do/cellers-de-scala-dei-visit), a 7.6 km
- [Mater Terrae, the Terra Dominicata restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/where-to-eat/mater-terrae), a 7.9 km
- [Terra Dominicata, hotel and winery in Escaladei](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/where-to-stay/terra-dominicata-hotel), a 7.9 km
- [Visit to the Terra Dominicata winery, on the Carthusians' farm](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/things-to-do/terra-dominicata-winery-visit), a 7.9 km
- [The Escaladei charterhouse, the first on the peninsula](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/things-to-do/escaladei-charterhouse), a 8.1 km
- [Amics restaurant, at the top of the Buil & Giné winery](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/where-to-eat/amics), a 8.7 km
- [Tasting at Buil & Giné and a Vineyard Bath on its Gratallops estate](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/things-to-do/buil-gine-tasting-vineyard-walk), a 8.7 km
- [The rooms at the Buil & Giné winery](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat/where-to-stay/buil-gine-rooms), a 8.7 km

## Consejos

### Go on 6 December
With the new-oil festival, the mill is in full swing and there is a communal breakfast.

### Confirm by phone
The visit depends on the harvest and the mill's work.

### Leave room in the boot
The 5-litre jerrycan costs €35 at the cooperative itself.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does it cost to visit the La Bisbal mill?
€8 per person, with the Montsacer oil tasting; children have a special price.

### Can you go in summer?
No: only in the olive harvest season, Monday to Saturday mornings.

### In which language is the visit?
In Catalan and Spanish.

### When is the oil festival?
On 6 December 2026, from 10:00.

Destino: [Priorat](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/priorat.md)