Athens Food Tour: Explore Local Cuisine, Storytelling, and Genuine Conversations (Max 8 Persons)

Embark on a mindful food tour in Athens, exploring local cuisine, storytelling, and genuine conversations. Try the best souvlaki, pies, cheeses, and more while learning about Greek culture.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Syntagma District - We will stroll through the streets of Athens City Center while visiting traditional Greek street food vendors; true Athenian icons, multi-generational family businesses, and new commendable food entrepreneurs.
    Sample menu
    Sweet & Savory pies that you will never forget (i.e. Cheese Pie, Spinach Pie)
    Koulouri (toasted sesame bread…
What's Included
  • Local guide with culinary, cultural, and historical expertise
  • Small-group tour with a maximum of 8 people
  • International group of fellow travelers
  • Includes all food and drink tastings at 8-10 locations, totaling over 10 specialties
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities / Tips for our amazing tour guides, which is always greatly appreciated!
Additional Information

This isn’t just a culinary journey, but a conscious exploration through food, sharing narratives and heartfelt dialogue. Rooted in our affection for the city, quality cuisine, and making new acquaintances.
In this delightful expedition, you’ll get to sample the finest local dishes from top-notch providers. Savor succulent souvlaki, scrumptious &…

Location
Ermou 2
Ermou
In front of the Mc Donald’s store in Syntagma Square, at the corner of Filellinon street and the pedestrian Ermou street 2. The storefront is across from the Syntagma Square & Hellenic Parliament, and you will see a Nike at the opposite corner. Metro Station: Syntagma
Cancellation Policy

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

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Alexpu630to
Nov 8, 2024
Valentini for Queen of Guides ! - Valentini is awesome ! One the best guides we have ever had throughout Europe on numerous trips. Superb on the food guide and exceptional on other historical facts. Extremely personable and a hell of lot of fun!
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Martinab1044
Nov 4, 2024
You shouldn't miss this tour - My husband I did extensive research before deciding on Athens Bites and our high expectations were fully met and beyond. Vana is a warm, welcoming and fun host with great stories to tell, that made the experience memorable. Not only we enjoyed everything we ate in all 10 stops and but also got to know the story behind every dish. The promise is to take you to the best place for the best bites and they delivered it 100%; the ideal combo of delicious and fresh/hand made. This tour is highly recommended to all visiting thus beautiful city. It's the perfect way to explore Athens’ culinary landscape and deep dive in its flavorful food culture.
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Mobile43335297185
Oct 26, 2024
The flavors of Greece… - Athens Bites and our guide Valentina gave us a wonderful walking tour around the city center while highlighting the wonderful Greek street food and providing an insightful history of the cuisine as its ties back to history of the Greek people.
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655helenb
Oct 14, 2024
Delicious and different - Florentino was such a lovely person filled with lots of local knowledge, with lots of different food choices. We had a lovely 5 hours walking around the city
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431arielk
Oct 10, 2024
Amazing food tour with amazing guide Valentini - Valentini was an amazing guide! We did a private/customized tour with her, which was perfectly tailored to all the ages in our group/our food sensitivities, but also allowed for us to take our time and stop anywhere we wanted along the walk which provided extra insight into beautiful Athens. We tried so many amazing traditional Greek foods, but we also learned so much from Valentini about the rich history and culture in Athens and Greece, where certain foods originate, how they came into the culture, etc. She also provided us with great recommendations for dishes and restaurants for the rest of our stops in Greece. Would highly recommend Athens Bites and Valentini to anyone looking to try delicious and authentic Greek foods with a personable and fun guide who can provide lots of insight and good times.
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Pawe_we6866eo
Oct 10, 2024
A memorable experience - The best designed tour, I have ever participated. Every stop was unique and every tasting was delicious. Vana, our delightful guide, is full of life, full of knowledge and kindness. There were 8 of us in the tour and Vana did an excellent job connecting us and creating a relaxed and inclusive atmosphere where everyone can interact and connect; as a result, most of us met later the same evening for drinks to an amazing wine bar, Vana suggested. Travelling is all about gaining experiences, creatine memories and immersing to the local culture as much as possible and all these came true with this food tour. Honestly, hard to think how this tour can get any better. Do yourself a favor and book this tour, preferably early in your stay to get advantage of all the knowledge and tips Vana will share with you. Thank you Vana and Athens Bites for these precious moments.
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Tessag115
Oct 10, 2024
Amazing tour for foodies! - Our tour guide, Valentini was absolutely incredible! The food tour was above and beyond what we could have expected. Not only did we get to eat amazing food we got to learn about it too. Val was such a pleasure to meet, she was incredibly kind, fun, and charming.
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G9086uhdarrenh
Oct 10, 2024
Best Tour Ever. - The guide was amazing and all the places we went to had the best food I have ever tried. I would recommend for everyone to try this food tour.
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Coldmtnmeish
Sep 25, 2024
Incredible tour and guide!!! - Valentino was our incredible, gracious, super-knowledgeable guide. She made the tour! The food was delicious from start to finish. We had great interaction with the shops, and especially the family owned oil and honey shops. It was fascinating to learn just a bit of their craft. We were able to experience the sights, smells and tastes of a variety of authentic Greek foods. So good we bought a suitcase to take home some treasures!! Found this tour through Matt Barrett’s Greek Travel Guide on FB. Wonderful tour! Highly recommend! I’m sure all the guides are great, but we were blessed to meet Valentini! 🤗
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Bizdoc2010
Sep 11, 2024
Best Food Tour in Athens - This is the best food tour in Athens, especially if Valentini is the tour guide. Here are just a few reasons why. 1. Months ago, I researched every Athens food tour across dozens of websites and created a spreadsheet to compare the prices and variety of food. This one won, hands-down. It has every type of food plus coffees/teas, drinks, many delicious desserts, an olive oil tasting, honey tasting, etc. I was in heaven. This is a great tour for both singles and groups/families. 2. This tour has a good pace with some walking, some sitting, and a chance to see a variety of sites. Valentini has excellent knowledge of Greek food, Greek history, and architecture. I peppered her with questions all day and I learned a lot. She was also so kind throughout the tour and made sure I was taken care of, at every moment. 3. Valentini is so warm and welcoming, I felt like I had a big sister or at least an old friend that I knew for years, showing me all the insider information. She is a gem and there are multiple positive reviews of her here. 4. After the tour, I received a summary of the places we visited, pictures she took of me enjoying the food, and tips for a ton of other things to do in Athens. It was so kind of her to take the photos during the tour so I could just enjoy the food. I highly recommend you do this early in your trip to Athens because it will give you ideas of restaurants to try during your visit too. This is also a great tour for locals because she knows so many hidden gem places. If you take a tour, I highly recommend you take a few minutes and write a review afterwards to share your feedback and show thanks for the great time. Enjoy!
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