The Maravelia estate
Theodosios Maravelias, my father, is the founder of our small family business. He took over the olive groves of around 100 hectares from his father Georgios Maravelias.
He is the one who has planted the most olive trees since 1970 and cultivates them with love. He knew that the native olive tree variety Athinolia is weather resistant and thrives in the barren and rocky soil of the Vatika region. Therefore, in our olive groves one can see some trees that are older than 250 years.
Father Theodósis, mother Anna, and aunts Miliá and Xanthí contribute to the harvest. All of them are helping. They, as most of our village Elíka, still pick the olives by hand. Due to this gentle treatment the sensitive skin of the olives is hardly damaged. So the estate with its traditions in the family is passed on with honor from generation to generation, which is perhaps the secret of our good quality olive oil.
