Aceites Oro Bailén

About Aceites Oro Bailén

The Gálvez González family made bricks in Bailén before turning to olive oil. In 1999 they bought La Casa del Agua, in the Guadalquivir lowlands, and Los Juncales, in the Sierra Morena foothills, and in 2005 set up Galgón 99 to mill and bottle their own early-harvest oil. The groves now cover over 2,000 hectares and give Picual, Arbequina, Hojiblanca, Frantoio and organic Picual. AEMO named it Spain's best mill in 2013; World's Best Olive Oils ranked it first in the world in 2025.

The tour walks through a working mill: fruit reception and washing, milling, malaxing, centrifuging, the steel cellar, filtering and bottling, with panels and films on the way. It can begin with a walk in the Picual grove, and ends in the shop with a guided tasting of the Reserva Familiar range.

Visits last 60 to 120 minutes and cost from €16 per person (2026), with the grove as an option; book a slot online. Tours are in Spanish and English, with French and German on request. Weekend and holiday slots need at least 10 people, so weekdays suit couples. The mill is fully accessible with parking at the door; leave the A-4 at exit 310 towards Plomeros.

From October to December the mill is pressing the first fruit. Buy the Reserva Familiar Picual. Hold small children by the hand in the noisy cleaning and extraction areas.

Aceites Oro Bailén in pictures

What you’ll find

• Car parkParkingFree
• Guided tourWinery or mill tour (€16)Book
• Olive oil millMill visitBook
• Online bookingBook onlineBook
• ShopProducts to buyBuy
• Step-free accessAccessible visitFree
• TastingTasting session (€16)Book
• Tours in EnglishEnglish-language toursBook
• Vineyard walkVineyard or grove visitBook

Nearby places to visit

The mill stands in open olive country between Bailén and Andújar. Picualia, the cooperative mill with its own restaurant on the edge of Bailén, is 10 km east along the A-4. To the north, the white village of Baños de la Encina and its 10th-century Caliphal fortress, Castillo de Burgalimar, are both 18 km away and make a good lunch stop. Hacienda Santa María 1885, an organic olive estate with a 1930s press mill outside Linares, is 20 km east, and the covered Mercado de Abastos de Linares is 24 km away.