Tastes and Traditions of Athens Food Tour

Tastes and Traditions of Athens Food Tour

Explore Greece’s capital through its delicious local cuisine on this food-lover’s walking tour. Follow your guide through Varvakios Market, Athens liveliest and most traditional market, and mingle with the city’s locals buying their fresh ingredients.
Stroll through the town center and Plaka with a foodie local guide, popping into the neighborhood’s best places to eat local specialties like souvlaki, Peynirli and loukoumades. Top it all off with the unique olive oil tasting.
To keep this small-group tour as intimate as possible, numbers are limited to 10 people.
• Learn the heritage of Greek cuisine Experience
• Visit various specialty food shops in Athens
• Small group limited to 10 people for a more personalized experience
• Sample Greece’s tastiest dishes
• Breakfast like an Athenian with koulouri
• Bite into classic Greek Tyropita at a shop with 100 years history
• Visit a traditional deli and have a unique olive oil tasting
• Try the best souvlaki in Athens

Itinerary
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Stop At: Syntagma, Syntagma, Athens, Attica

Our tour starts outside the Syntagma metro station where you will meet your expert local guide. At this emblematic and historic meeting point of the Athenians, is your starting point. Here you will have your first taste of a traditional greek snack and breakfast the amazing Koulouri! We strongly advise you to skip breakfast and prepare yourself for an amazing food tour! Unlock the secrets of Greek cuisine with help of your local guide’s. Learn bout the habits and traditions of Greeks starting with the breakfast and visit a historic shop to have an amazing Tyropita (cheese pie).

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Agia Irini Church, 36 Aiolou Street, Athens Greece

Walk around the narrow streets of the old city of Athens and have real food tour, not just food sampling! Have a Bougatsa, experience a unique olive oil tasting, and have the opportunity to taste the best souvlaki in Athens.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Central Market Athens, Monastiraki Greece

Next stop is the vibrant Central Market of Athens, the heart of the city's food scene. Browse the stalls and witness the wide selection of fresh meat, fish, and vegetables the locals use in their everyday cooking. Learn about the homemade dishes in Greece. Your local guide will give you a deep insight into the importance of food in Greek culture, the seasonality of the ingredients, and how different spices have different uses. Discover what makes Greek cuisine so special and taste classic, authentic Greek recipes that you will not find on your own. Eat beyond the Greek Salad, Moussaka and Gemista!

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Evripidou, Athina, Greece

The heart of spices and herbs in Athens! A road full with aromas where you will have the opportunity to try dolmades, pastourma and taste different Greek cheese, beyond feta, and some tsipouro (the Greek Vodka). Learn everything about the ways of eating of Greeks and the Mediterranean cuisine! After the tasting we will visit a local taverna and have an amazing lunch with classic Greek food that you have probably not even heard of!

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kotzia Square, 63A Athinas St, Athens Greece

After your filling lunch, we will head to Aiolou street, and visit one of the oldest sweet shops in Athens. It is time for dessert and the traditional 'loukoumades'. A doughnut-like sweet that Greeks love.

Duration: 30 minutes