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Private Athens For Foodies: More Than A Greek Food Tour
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16 Ratings
Athina
Experience the best of Athens' culinary scene with our private and personalized walking food tour. Discover local markets, traditional food spots, and indulge in 15 delicious tastings. Fully customizable and unforgettable!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Plateia Syntagmatos - Begin your food tour by meeting your local guide in Syntagma Square, the emblematic meeting point of the Athenians. After a brief introduction to Athens’ food scene and gastronomy, set off on a 4-hour long exploration of Athens’ well-hidden culinary gems. Starting your tastings with a traditional ‘koulouri’ and a traditional phyllo pie from a family-run shop. And the best is yet to come!
- Agia Irini Church - While walking down Athens’ streets, you’ll stumble upon the famous Agia Irini Square, a popular and beloved local hangout.
Discover the gastronomic culture by coming across a number of local delis and spice shops along Evripidou street. You will stop for some local cheese-tasting and you will even have the opportunity to try some local meze!
- Central Market Athens - Up next is the beating heart of Athens’ culinary culture, Athens Central Market. Explore the vast variety of fresh meat, fish, and vegetables the locals use for their everyday cooking and try for yourselves the riches of the Greek land.
Let your expert guide take you to an offbeat family-run tavern, learn why food is a special element of Greek culture and indulge in a traditional Greek meal. 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.
- Kotzia Square - After your hearty meal, it’s time for dessert! Walk on Aiolou street, and enter one of the oldest sweets shops in Athens, housed in a beautiful neoclassical building, to try traditional ‘loukoumades’, the doughnut-like dessert. As your final stop, you will get to try a cup of traditional Greek coffee; sip your aromatic brew while daydreaming about coming back to Greece as soon as possible!
- 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
- Services of an exceptional foodie guide
- Vegetarian food substitutions available
- Includes 15 food tastings, sufficient for lunch
What's Not Included
- Private Transportation
Additional Information
Our exclusive private and tailored culinary walking tour promises to enlighten you about the city’s flavors and food traditions. Observe locals as they visit the Central Market, engage in conversation with sellers, and stop by conventional food locales for 15 samplings of delights like pies, loukoumades, home-prepared mains and desserts, all enriched with food anecdotes and insights you might otherwise overlook. Fully adaptable and undeniably enjoyable, this food expedition will leave you satiated with good food and cherished recollections!
- Children under the age of six are free.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
Syntagma Square
Platia Sintagmatos
Your guide will be waiting for you at the fountain in the middle of Syntagma Square, holding a sign with your name.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Billh1010
Nov 6, 2023
Fun experience - We highly recommend this tour and tour provider. Tour was personalized and covered ground we would never have discovered or learned on our own.
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Solihullrichard
Sep 26, 2023
One of the best walking tours I've ever been on - great guide, great food - We take a trip to a European city for around 12 friends each year, and typically arrange a heritage or foodie walking tour. This was a combination, and undoubtedly the best we've experienced across maybe 20 years. Mini was an excellent guide, and we stopped at seven different locations to sample substantial quantities of local specialities and opportunities to speak with the owners. Everything was top quality and provided a great insight into Greek cuisine. When you read the communication from Greeking.me it tells you not to have a large breakfast - make sure you follow their advice
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Rsampson0528
Jun 15, 2023
A Taste of Athens: Highlights and History - We had a fabulous time with Eugenia as our foodie guide on this tour! I especially appreciated the stories she told about the food we tasted as we strolled through various Athens neighborhoods.
My favorite tastings were the Greek coffee, koulouri, loukoumades, Greek pies, cheeses, and Greek yoghurt with honey. Unfortunately, moussaka was not on the tasting menu. Would love to have that included in future food tours.
I also liked that we visited small, family-owned businesses and got to know their story about their shops as well. Supporting small businesses is very important to me.
Eugenia was very attentive and made sure we comfortable at all times, especially at the Central Market.
All in all, my husband and I truly enjoyed the food tour and the conversations we had with Eugenia about life and food.
This is a must-do tour if you really want to experience the heart of Athens through its people, food and culture.
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322jeanchristopheb
Sep 15, 2022
A Highlight in Athens - The foodie walking tour was so great - we thoroughly enjoyed it. Penelope was wonderful and shared interesting facts and stories with us. She was so kind to the kids, which made it a happy morning for all of us, we were even surprised at all the new things they tried. We loved walking to all the spots and meeting all the people and places where local Athenians shop. The highlight of our trip to Athens
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Gardenworker
May 5, 2022
Just as Great the Second Time - We had a terrific private food tour. Our guide was charming and interesting. We loved all the food and enjoyed the conversations we shared with our guide during the tour. The time flew by. There was a nice mix of walking and sitting while enjoying the food . We never felt rushed and loved the interaction of our guide with the owners at each of the stops. She had bits of personal information about each which we thoroughly enjoyed. Five years ago we had a great food tour in Athens with Greekingme. We think this one might be even better.
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W5861vsmarciah
Aug 11, 2021
The Highlight of Athens - The food tour with Greeking me was the highlight of our visit to Athens. Our guide, Penelope, took us to 8 stops which were all amazing. We tasted everything from Koulouri to vegetarian moussaka. Don't miss this tour if you go to Athens.!
Marcia H
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Jowcol61
Mar 15, 2020
Get the know the City as well as the food-- - Our guide, Max, was entertaining, knowledgeable, and also very responsive to our preferences. If I could do it all over, the only think I would do differently is to make this the first tour of a visit to Athens-- it would have helped us throughout our visit.
ALhtough the primary focus was food, we also felt on this tour that we really got a good "taste" about the city of Athens. While we enjoyed our private tours of the attractions, this walking tour helped to "connect the dots". I've always believed that a food tour is the best way to get to know a city and culture, and this should be an indispensible part of anyone's itenerary.
Also, by FAR, our best dinner in Greece was at a place that Max recommended.
I'd also point out that, when he heard we hand't yet seen the changing of the Guard, he altered teh end of the tour to lead us there, with instructions on getting back to our hotel.
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Debbie
Oct 15, 2019
Absolutely Wonderful! - This tour was one of the highlights of my trip to Greece. Max, our tour guide was phenomenal! His knowledge, warm personality and ability to make us all feel so welcomed - was extraordinary. He took us to great restaurants and the food was amazing! Greeking-Me is lucky to have Max on their staff as he is truly a gifted guide! Thank you for a wonderful evening!
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Deirdre
Aug 18, 2019
Insider food tour — wonderful! - Eleni, our private guide, spoke perfect English and took us from a food cart for traditional koulouri or sesame, round, snack bread to lunch at Ipeiros in the fish agora where celebrity chefs have eaten. For good reason.The food was delicious. I highly recommend this tour with Eleni. She paced the tour well and was lovely to us and our sons, ages 15 and 11. It was worth every euro.
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Cwsp00n
Jul 8, 2019
Amazing food, come hungry! - We booked a private food tour with greeking.me and had Penelope as our guide. She was absolutely outstanding. She was extremely professional and knowledgeable... not only about the food we were eating but also about the history of Greece and Athens itself. It was so nice to haven open dialogue to get a really in depth view of the city and its culture - Penelope made you feel like you were roaming the streets with a friend. While we knew were going to eat, make sure you come hungry! You definitely get your money's worth in food. We tried a variety of items: thessaloniki, spanakopita, REAL feta and Greek yogurt, olives and loukoumades. We also stopped by a local deli and sampled an amazing charcuterie board, as well as, eating at a small restaurant in the heart of the meat market to sample some traditional local dishes. At the end of our day, Penelope took us to a restaurant for some Greek coffee that has an amazing view of Acropolis. A perfect end to an amazing day! Keep in mind that this is a walking tour and while we did a good amount of walking, it was definitely nice to walk off some of the food between our stops. Would definitely do again and will recommend to others.
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