Private Athens Morning Food Tour (15+ tastings) - Best Seller

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 learn more
Highlights

Start in Syntagma Square, the popular Athens meeting point, at 10am for your 4-hour private tour of Athens cuisine with a local food expert. With 15 generous tastings of authentic Greek food, taste Athens while getting a unique glimpse into daily life.

Begin with delicious crispy Greek pies prepared in a traditional bakery from the 1920’s. Made with layers of crunchy phyllo dough and steaming leeks (or spinach, or cheese), this local treat tastes best fresh from the oven.

Over the course of the tour, taste handmade moussaka with smoky eggplant, stuffed tomatoes, mageiritsa (a traditional lamb soup), soutzoukakia (Greek Smyrna meatballs), and the dessert from the ancient Olympic Games. Visit the vibrant Athens Central Market, where fishmongers sling shiny octopus and butchers sell the freshest lamb near rows of ripe local fruit and piles of walnuts. This is the center of the market neighborhood, and the best place to see how Athenians shop.

Each dish tells a story, and your enthusiastic guide will teach you about Greek traditions and culture. The most delicious way to learn is through authentic eating, and you will experience a side of Athens few visitors get to see.

Points of Interest

  • Plateia Syntagmatos

  • Agia Irini Church

  • Central Market Athens

  • Kotzia Square

  • Monastiraki

What's Included
  • Services of an exceptional foodie guide
  • Food substitutions for vegetarians available
  • 15 food tastings (more than enough for lunch)
  • Exploration of Athens Central Market
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.

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Janelle
Jul 16, 2024
Great time, Great food! - Loved this tour! Was very interesting and offered so much delicious bites we were stuffed! The guide was amazing! I would highly recommend this as a sight seeing and tasting tour!
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Adriennes2018
Jun 10, 2024
Don’t hesitate, sign up for this tour! - Our foodie tour was outstanding. Niki our guide was so knowledgeable and explained the origins, cultural heritage, purpose, nutritional value and so much more about everything we ate and drank. I have been to Athens six times and have Greek heritage, so I thought I knew a lot about Greek food, but this tour taught me so much more. So, whatever your background, you will lave this tour.
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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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