Athens For Foodies: More Than A Greek Food Tour
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Embark on a 4-hour walking tour of Athens' food scene and discover the rich culinary culture of Greece. Indulge in 15 different tastings of local flavors and explore the vibrant Athens Central Market. Join us and experience Athens like a true foodie!
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Plateia Syntagmatos - Your tour will begin with Syntagma Square, the emblematic meeting point of the Athenians, as your starting point. Meet your local foodie guide and kick off your culinary adventure with a tasting of the traditional ‘koulouri’. As your guide narrates stories about the enduring history of Greek food and the local culture, go to a local favorite family-run pie shop that has stood the test of time to try a traditional phyllo pie.
  • Agia Irini Church - Next up, you will walk down the streets of Athens and reach the popular Agia Irini Square, one of the local hangouts that burst with life and mouthwatering delicacies. Visit a number of local delis and spice shops along Evripidou street and enjoy some local cheese-tasting and local meze from different parts of Greece. Featuring 15 delicious tastings, like dolmades, pastourma, feta cheese, and the famous Kalamata olives, you’ll get to escape the crowds and taste the best of what Athens has to offer.
  • Central Market Athens - Your next stop will take to the heart of the city’s food scene, the vibrant Athens Central Market, where you will browse the stalls and witness the wide selection of fresh meat, fish, and vegetables the locals use in their everyday cooking.

Having seen for yourself the treasures of the fertile Greek land, you can now taste traditional, homemade dishes from a family-run business. Traveling with an expert local means that you’ll get an insight into the importance of food in Greek culture, the seasonability of the ingredients, and how different spices have different uses. You will discover what makes Greek cuisine so special by tasting cult-classic, authentic Greek recipes such as ‘gemista’, ‘tzatziki’, ‘fava’, and the world-renowned Greek salad!

  • Kotzia Square - Following your filling meal, you’ll stroll around Aiolou street, where one of the oldest sweet shops in Athens is located, housed in a beautiful neoclassical building, to try traditional ‘loukoumades’, the doughnut-like dessert the locals love. As your final stop, you will get to try a cup of traditional Greek coffee; there is nothing quite like drinking the aromatic brew after a long, adventurous day!
  • Monastiraki - End your tour at the vibrant Monastiraki and go souvenir-hunting at its famous flea market. With a full stomach and a head full of wonderful memories, your perfect day will come to a perfect conclusion.
What's Included
  • 4-hour guided food tour with a local foodie
  • Numerous tastings of traditional Greek cuisine
  • Ample food servings, sufficient as a full lunch
  • Vegetarian options available upon request
  • Visit to the iconic Athens Central Market
  • Rich mix of culinary, cultural, and historical insights
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

Embark on a 4-hour trek around Athens’ gastronomic landscape and immerse yourself in the rich culinary traditions of Greece. Allow a local guide to show you the prime culinary locations this historic city boasts, enjoying 15 unique tastings of regional cuisine. Tour the bustling Athens Central Market, drop by local stores, bakeries, classic taverns and eateries, and experience Athens culinary delights like a native!

  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
Location
Syntagma Square
Your guide will be waiting for you by the fountain at Syntagma Square. Please be there 10' early, in order to meet the rest of the group and begin your tour promptly.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Alexis_h
Mar 28, 2024
Perfect Activity to Start Your Trip in a New City! - This was our first food tour ever, and it was an incredible experience! From now on, when we travel, we are ALWAYS going to book a food tour at the beginning of a trip because of this great experience! Our tour guide, Nino (pronounced "Nikki") was very enthusiastic about Greek food, and food in general, and she taught us a lot about Athens and how locals buy their food and live in the area. We started the tour with homemade pastry pies, Greek donuts (loukamades), went to a local deli for meats and enjoyed Greek "lunch" wine and a bit of tsipouro, then went to a local cheese market for cheese and Greek yogurt, then we strolled through the meat/fish market and ate at a very traditional restaurant located INSIDE the market. Afterwards we tried Greek olives, and then finished the tour off with Greek baklava and Greek coffee. It was a TON of food (we were SO full) and it was so fun! Since we visited during a slower time of year (March), we shared the tour experience with just one another couple, but Nino said she likes to keep her groups relatively small to maximize the personal experience. We had a great time with the other couple. We actually returned to the pie shop later in our trip because they were too good! And walking around the neighborhood was helpful for our exploration later on in the trip. All in all, HIGHLY recommend this tour!! (I will say we did have a difficult time meeting our tour guide, but it was resolved quickly!)
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Jennysaxton93
Mar 20, 2024
Excellent tour and fabulous food - Constantina was a wonderful guide. So much food and we really got A fabulous taste of the city. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Albap149
Mar 6, 2024
Trully recommended - Eugenia was very kind and show us really nice places where we could taste many greek dishes and drinks. All the spots we visited where really interesting. Furthermore, Eugenia knows a lot about culture, history and gastronomy. We trully recommend the tour for foodies, you will discover many things that will surprise you a lot and you can't find it by your own.
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Diane_w
Jan 25, 2024
Loved it. Wow! - Had such a great time sampling sweet to savory, snacks to a full lunch. We learned so much about Greek food, customs, culture and history surrounding the food.
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Abigail_j
Dec 23, 2023
What a wonderful way to explore Athens! - This was such a great experience! Our tour guide, Eugenia, was fantastic. She took us on a winding city tour to all the authentic Greek restaurants and cafes. We started with Greek pies, visited a meat market (crazy stuff there!), tried all kinds of new cheeses and meats, and ended with dessert. 10/10 recommend!
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Marcnsand
Nov 27, 2023
Fantastic Foodie Tour of Greek cuisine - This was an outstanding experience! We were 3 couples and had a private tour along the market streets of Athens. Guide was very flexible in our timing and allowing for a couple of extra stops to watch the changing of the guard before our tour started. Highlights were the stops at Harry's Pies and the walk through the meat market - but really enjoyed all of the food samplings! We ate sooooo much great food! Thank you for a wonderful experience - strongly recommend this tour.
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Kpj0hns0
Nov 21, 2023
Best Athens small group food tour! - I highly recommend this Athens small group walking food tour to try out some of Athen's most famous specialities. We had a such a wonderful time trying really wonderful food in places that you probably wouldn't go on your own, learning the history of Athens through its food. While I would recommend doing this on day one, we did it on our last day in the city and still would go again and again!
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Doyle_h
Nov 18, 2023
We consider this a must-do tour for a visit to Athens. - We loved the experience and our guide Niki. She was very knowledgeable, informative, friendly, and took us to places that we would have not found on our own. We can't imagine a better guide for this tour... with an education in food technology and nutrition no less! And she is a professional cook and teaches cooking classes. The variety of sweet treats, savory tastings, lunch at an eatery in the middle of the fresh meat market(!), wine, coffee, desserts, etc. was excellent! For any food left over at the seven stops, everyone was encouraged to take the extras with them and the owners were happy to wrap the extra food. Eat a very light breakfast, if at all. We did not go out for dinner that evening, as we had extras from the food tour and were not really hungry.
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Emma_s
Nov 11, 2023
Yummy Athens Food Tour - Konstantina’s tour was excellent! Lots of fun, very informative, and most importantly, the food was delicious. We enjoyed being able to understand the cultural and historical significance of the different foods that we were eating. This definitely added an extra layer of depth to the experience. The tour was also very accommodating of different dietary restrictions within our group. This made it a fun and inclusive experience for all.
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Jenniferbritt
Nov 9, 2023
Tasty - The variety of food was great and it's the best way to learn about the culture and get recommendations on authentic restaurants
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