Athens Walking Tour: Discovering Greek Cuisine and Local Food Markets
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Embark on a 4-hour food walking tour in Athens to discover the vibrant Greek cuisine and explore local food markets. Indulge in delicious tastings and learn about the stories behind the local food scene.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Monastiraki - Lively Monastiraki is known for iconic landmarks including the ruins of Hadrian’s Library, the Ancient Agora and the rebuilt Stoa of Attalos, with a museum exhibiting Athenian artifacts. Monastiraki Flea Market is a jumble of shops selling artisanal soaps, handmade sandals and souvenir T-shirts. The surrounding streets are crammed with traditional tavernas and restaurants, many with Acropolis views.
What's Included
- Food and drink included
- Exploration of the fish and meat market
- Enjoy 7 food stops with 12 tastings
- Guidance by a local food expert
- Sample high-quality local products
- Small-group experience with a maximum of 12 participants
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Venture away from the usual path and stimulate your taste buds on a 4-hour culinary walking tour in Athens, at a timing that aligns with your own schedule. Explore the Monastiraki Square and the central city market, Varvakios Agora, for half a day. Your tour guide will share the tales and beginnings of the regional cuisine while you get to savor delectable food and beverages at some of the top local gastronomic spots.
- The tour is bot suitable for vegans or gluten free intolerance participants
- Please make sure you will not eat anything in advance cause the amount of food is plenty.
- You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
- This tour is suitable for vegetarians, you can inform about your diet preference or alergies your tour leader on spot
- Not recommended for gluten free intolerance
Location
Pl. Monastirakiou 6
Platia Monastirakiou
Monastiraki square in front of the little church on the square
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Rbg53
May 20, 2024
Great tour of the city and it's excellent cuisine - Maria was a great guide for the tour. Knowledgeable, fluent in English, and passionate about her city and country. The food providers were outstanding without being touristy. Be warned, though: the bites keep increasing in size. My wife and I cancelled our dinner reservation after getting back to the hotel.
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Laura_i
May 20, 2024
Interesting, educational and extremely tasty! Thanks Alexandria - We spent four (4) amazing hours exploring the streets of Athens and uncovering where to get the very best tasty treats both sweet and savory Greece has to offer. Alexandria knows her way around the city and enthusiastically explained the places we visited and all of the treats we were trying, many for the first time including Greek coffee, the wines, olive oil, vinegar, honey and yogurt from various regions of Greece and the tasty street food and typical meals all Greeks enjoy. The tour was paced perfectly and felt we had just the right amount of time in each place to enjoy both the ambiance and the food and drinks. Many thanks Alexandria. And, thanks to her we highly recommend this delicious tour.
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Madelineg219
May 20, 2024
Fantastic Experience - Our tour guide Adele was so amazing, helpful, and kind. She was engaged and energized throughout the tour and made our experience memorable! I would recommend this tour and Adele specifically to anyone looking to sample a variety of Greek cuisine. Such a fantastic experience.
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Suzan_s
May 20, 2024
Athens food walking tour - Demeter was excellent, friendly & knowledgeable! Loved her & thank you for a great experience …………….
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Fiona_g
May 20, 2024
Sumptuous Food Extravaganza - What a fabulous way to explore the streets of Athens whilst experiencing the Greek food culture, including meat, seafood & vegetable markets. Katherine the guide was engaging and gave us explanations of the different foods we tried. By the last stop, we were full and took our gyros as takeaway for dinner. A great way to try a little bit of everything
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Ken_n
May 19, 2024
Don’t miss this one in Athens - What a fantastic experience - and our tour guide Demetria (Greek goddess of food) was the best part. We enjoyed some amazing and authentic Greek cuisine but all along we’re cared for and entertained by the most gracious of hosts. Highly recommended this experience and an even higher recommendation for Demetria !!!
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David_d
May 19, 2024
Nicoletta is The Best! - The tour we took was outstanding a lot of fun. Great food in depth analysis of the different restaurants and types of food. It was simply outstanding and of course, it would not have been close to that without Nicoletta.
She was a lot of fun and very knowledgeable. Clearly she enjoys what she was doing and all the guests raved about her.
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Brenda_s
May 19, 2024
The Best!!!! - Nikoletta was our guide; a native of Athens, she knew everyone and everywhere to go. We got to see things our friends in others groups didn’t get to see and she told us what shops to go to for specific items we were looking for. Her bubbly personality was so awesome as was her spunk and charm. Truly the absolute BEST!!!
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Jennifer
May 19, 2024
Greek food experience - Excellent tour. Well organised to a variety of different tasting areas. Our guide Dora was very entertaining and knowledgeable. The amount of food was very generous. Highly recommend for any food lovers.
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Alison_s
May 19, 2024
Fantastic experience - Y sons and I had the best time. Adele was a fantastic guide. Extremely knowledgeable and very personable. Highly recommend this tour.
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