Greek Traditional Tastes: Kalamata Food Tour

Explore Kalamata’s culinary delights with a local guide. Taste traditional foods, meet shop owners, and uncover Greek food culture and history.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ypapanti Church - The magnificent Metropolitan Church of Kalamata. Our journey of sampling local delicacies begins here.
  • Kalamata Farmer’s Market - Guests can savor a variety of local products in the city’s most vibrant and aromatic area!
  • Plateia 23is Martiou - The core of the historical center, where we’ll explore family-owned shops and taste local products. We’ll also have our lunch in this area.
What's Included
  • Food tastings, snacks, alcoholic drinks at our 1st stop
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Embark on a delightful culinary journey that highlights traditional Greek cuisine. With the guidance of a local expert, explore handpicked food shops and engage with local shopkeepers. Savor the flavors of Kalamata olives and olive oil, cheese, traditional juicy pork, fresh vegetables, fruits, pastries, and pies, all while gaining insights into Greek…

Location
The Metropolitan church of Ypapanti- Kalamata
We meet in front of the main entrance of the Church of Ypapantis (entrance with the statues) in the historical center of Kalamata. Our guide will hold a sign with the text Food Philosophy.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Z8964azcheryla
Sep 10, 2025
A Great Experience! We Recommend! - It was a wonderful foodtour with Sofia today. She was not only letting us try the best of Kalamata, but she was also a story teller, she was sharing how every shop came to be. Every place we went to had a piece of history and you will be visiting shops that have been running for some generations already. We recommend everyone to join this tour, it is a nice and authentic way to get to know Kalamata and visit the best places. Also very important, join the tour with an empty stomach! Haha
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Wendybv6180bw
Sep 3, 2025
Authentic Greek food tour - We walked locally around the old town of Kalamata . We met local bakers and sampled their food and were shown around the bustling market with helpful explanations of produce varieties and had tastings from traditional Greek dishes. We enjoyed it a lot and Dora was very personable.
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Jodybro
Aug 19, 2025
A behind-the-scenes tour of the best of Kalamata - We had a marvelous time on the food tour with our knowledgeable, interesting and fun guide Sarah. She arranged visits to historically significant, second- and third-generation owned businesses and told us the history behind each of the stops. We chatted with the shops' owners and even got some bonus behind-the-scene tours. The stories were fascinating and of course the foods were delicious: artisan-quality, produced on site, refined from many decades of experience, and full of fun surprises and extras.
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Megan_s
Aug 10, 2025
Best way to experience the city and culture! - This was a great way to see the city and experience the culture through food! Our guide, Dora, was amazing! We met locals, sampled local food from local shops, and we went on a Wednesday, a full market day, and got to experience that with Dora's insight! Definitely take your appetite, you will sample dozens of foods! We highly recommend this tour!
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237emilia
May 6, 2025
Don't miss out on this one! - Last week we did this amazing tour together with Sofia and Sara and we felt extra special since we had them completely to ourselves! We learned many things about Greece in general, its cuisine, people also its culture and truly enjoyed the tastings, it was a grand experience and we would highly recommend others to try it out too! Thanks again Sofia and Sara for the lovely time and all the deliciousness you had to offer us, it was one of the highlights of our trip!
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Sergee630
Nov 15, 2024
Wonderful Food Tour - The food tour with Sofia was wonderful ! We learn a lot of things about Kalamata history. Sofia knows very well the city and the gastronomy. We have visited a lot of shops and the market. We have tested a lot of good specialities, meet nice people and spent really a great time ! 😀 It was like a dream 👍🙏 I recommend you !!!
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Stuartd298
Sep 30, 2024
When In Kalamata Do Not Miss Out On This Tour. - This was a fascinating tour that took us to parts of Kalamata that we would never have discovered by ourselves. Added to that ,our guide Sofia knew where to find all the best local delicacies and interacted well with the vendors so that all our questions could be answered. You come away not only wiser about Kalamata and its food but also having a better grasp of local history and culture.
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170hansb
Sep 5, 2024
Nice food tour in Kalamata - Sofia introduced us to Greek/Kalamata food culture by visiting several family owned food shops. We ate and drank very nice locally produced products. She was very pleasant as a guide and we got to see Kalamata. Overall a very nice tour.
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From $105
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).