Aug 24, 2024
Wonderful private family food walking tour - Kate was such a wonderful, kind, thoughtful guide - like walking with a friend showing our family around her city. We booked a private family morning tour to beat the heat as much as we could - she was very patient and understanding of touring with a child under 5 years old.
I highly recommend booking a private a tour if you’re able to for a young family. Someone like Kate permits the space to go at your pace, is engaging with your child, and information is still wonderful to learn from throughout the walking journey.
We would book with Kate when we return. Hopefully maybe even see her on an adventure somewhere even!
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Jul 30, 2024
Fantastic food and walking tour - It was really informative and fun. Morning tour was great to avoid the heat. Make sure you come hungry, there are so much food you won't be able to finish. My suggestion is that you save the koulouri (sesame bread ring) for later, as the big meal at the tavern is very close.
Our guide Maria was fantastic, very knowledgeable and great with kids. Gave us many trousers hints and tricks. Also the walk around the "island" neighborhood was fantastic, just beware that there are many steps involved.
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Jul 25, 2024
Athens Walking Food Tasting Tour - Fun walking tour of Athens, beware there are many steps. You do have a sit down meal so I would recommend not eating too much early on. We had a really nice time and would recommend this tour.
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Jul 24, 2024
Lovely time exploring and eating! - Great way to see more of Athens, different things and chance to chat with a local. So much yummy food!
Meat and fish market a bit underwhelming but understand with time of year, local vacations and we did the afternoon tour.
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May 27, 2024
A winner with children - There was so much food it did us for lunch and dinner (and we'd only had a pastry for breakfast). Katrina was really engaging and managed to keep both kids engaged the whole time (despite the kids struggling to sleep the night before). We also included some history /culture information on Greece/Athens. We all loved it. I'd highly recommend it
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May 26, 2024
Excellent guide and a lot of fun. Definitely one to do with the kids - Katrina was an excellent guide and kept the kids (and our) attention over more than 3 hours even after we had done the acropolis tour in the morning. We could all barely move after eating so much. The tour also includes taking us around and explaining greek culture.
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Apr 9, 2024
Authentic Walk Around Athens - This tour ended up being way more than we ever could have asked for. Costas gave us an intimate tour of the city like a true Athenian. A perfect balance of culture and food (we were STUFFED!) we saw corners of the city we never knew existed. The food (and the people serving it) were authentic and were a great representation of this beautiful city.
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Feb 14, 2024
Great food tour for families - Highly recommend this tour to get exposed to all the great food in Athens! Our guide was very knowledgeable and great with the kids. My daughter has a nut allergy and he made sure everything was safe and she had plenty of food to try.
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Apr 4, 2024
A meze meal at the end of the tour - We are a family of four (2 adults and 2 children- ages 6 & 9) and we booked the Athens Food on Foot “Athens Family Food Tour” based on the enthusiastic recommendation of our neighbors.
It was 249 euros total for all of us. I found the price a bit high, especially for the children, but was willing to give it a chance since it came recommended by a family with 3 children (preschool, elementary, middle).
Our guide Kostas was friendly, prompt, and organized. I love to cook and eat so I asked Kostas a lot of questions and he graciously answered them.
We followed the emailed directions from Athens Food on Foot and skipped lunch, arriving very hungry for the 1:45 PM tour (this tour lasts 3 hours- we ran over 3 hours- perhaps because of an extra nut stop or because we walked slowly?)
Our first stop was Fresko for a little cup of Greek sheep milk yogurt with honey and walnuts which was delicious. I would have loved to learn more about the history of Greek yogurt.
Unfortunately, there was about 1 hour of walking until the next stopm (at 3:00 PM) which is a sesame seed circle bread called koulouri. We walked through the neighborhood Anafiotika. My husband and I thought maybe we would eat some dolmas in a little house up there- we weren’t quite sure why the tour went up there- but no. Of course, it is a beautiful area with an amazing view and Kostas kindly took our photo. I was under the impression we would stop for a small bite to eat about every 20 minutes. I didn’t realize we would walk for a whole hour without a stop, and then eat a proper meal at the end of the tour. That’s fine- I simply would have planned the morning differently had I known. So, I would absolutely not start the tour hungry if you have children under age 12. I would eat a light lunch beforehand- some salad, some fruit, a small cup of soup…something.
I enjoyed stopping for the bougatsa. That was very tasty- a phyllo dough with savory or sweet fillings- we chose one with ground beef and carmelized onion, and another with sweet custard. I would go back to that cafe to try other flavors (chicken, leek, spinach).
I also enjoyed stopping at the local cheese shop. We tried 5 different types of cheeses and this was fascinating- the cheeses were all various percentages and combinations of sheep, goat, cow milk. Other westerners in the shop asked Kostas to help them translate or buy cheese, which was fine, but it did add a bit of extra time to our tour.
We walked through the meat and fish market, and I didn’t care for this as the ground was a bit wet and dirty. We liked learning about the squid though.
I asked to buy some Greek pistachios, so we took a detour to a nut shop- and we tried some nuts and Greek liqueur called mastiha. I was glad to try everything and the shopkeeper was patient. The prices were of course better here than in Plaka.
Finally, we arrived to the meze restaurant for our late lunch. Kostas ordered for us, which was great. We tried octopus, fried calamari, cold orzo with tomato and olives (I’d like to make this at home) , zucchini fritters (fluffy and light - very tasty!), fresh potatoes (chips/fries), chicken breast chunks, fava (chickpeas mixed with mashed potatoes which was surprising to learn), local sausage, saganaki (the fried salty cheese) with our choice of beverage- wine, beer, juice, etc. We were full by the end and it was a great way to end the tour.
Actually, this wasn’t the end (it was for me b/c I was too full for dessert). Kostas took us to an ice cream roll shop- not Greek, but a sweet that the kids enjoyed.
I wish we had a chance to try Greek coffee. I also would have liked to try more little dishes throughout the tour, instead of loading them all up at the end. This tour seemed like a normal, solid food tour- not necessarily one aimed at children- which is fine. I’m glad we had the chance to take a Greek food tour and look forward to eating and cooking more Greek food. Thank you Kostas!
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Oct 25, 2023
Rip off - Be careful they take your money , cancel not turn up and will not refund money. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!
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