The Sénia Territory, a land of millenary olive trees, comprises 27 villages located on both sides of the Sénia river and around Tosal del Rey, where Aragon, Catalonia, and the Region of Valencia meet.
This is where you will find the world's largest concentration of millenary olive trees. Nowadays there are 6.358 registered specimens which trunk has a perimeter greater than 3,50 m measured at 1,30 m above the ground, the predominant variety being Farga. Its very existence has given character to the landscape by providing a mosaic of trees and dry-stone walls.
To facilitate tours to see the most majestic olive trees and the areas of greatest concentration (all of which are located on estates that are still in production), two open-air museums have been created, as well as different areas with olive trees that are marked and explained, routes for walking or cycling, etc., in addition to a wide range of museums and interpretation centers, working oil mills, guided tours, selling and tasting of oil from millenary olive trees, and a wealth of culinary offerings.
On Monday, 16 March 2026, in Barcelona, Òscar Ordeig, Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Catalonia, presided over the presentation of the 2nd Guide to the Best Extra Virgin Olive Oils of Catalonia, where he stated: “we aim to become a global benchmark in the production of extra virgin olive oils from Catalonia.”
OTRart has been a Creative Europe initiative that has addressed waste-related issues in the Mediterranean through creative and transformative artistic expressions, involving 6 countries: Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Croatia.
Organised by FAO (Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, UfM), AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) and Casa Mediterráneo, the Mediterranean Meeting Workshop on SIPAM: exchange of good practices and lessons learned was held at Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante on 2, 3 and 4 October, in which the 5 Spanish SIPAMs participated: Uva pasa de la Axarquía, Salinas de Añana, Olivos milenarios Territorio Sénia, Irrigation historical in l’Horta de Vale