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Athens Food Tour: Discover Local Flavors
4.9
828 Ratings
Athina
Savor the flavors of Athens on an acclaimed small group tour! Follow your guide through the winding streets to 10 handpicked specialty food shops, where you’ll taste the best olive oil, cheese, cured meats, sweets, spices, tapas, and Greek souvlaki. Enjoy all 15 tastings included. Experience Athens’ culinary delights, one bite at a time!
Savor the flavors of Athens on an acclaimed small group tour! Follow your guide through the winding streets to 10 handpicked specialty food shops, where you’ll taste the best olive oil, cheese, cured meats, sweets, spices, tapas, and Greek souvlaki. Enjoy all 15 tastings included. Experience Athens’ culinary delights, one bite at a time!
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Syntagma - The heart of Athens is marked by the Greek Parliament (once the Royal Palace) and is known for its vibrant atmosphere, fueled by the continuous flow of people through the city’s busiest intersection.
- Plaka - This charming area, with its souvenir shops, ancient landmarks, and as the oldest part of the city, draws the largest number…
- Syntagma - The heart of Athens is marked by the Greek Parliament (once the Royal Palace) and is known for its vibrant atmosphere, fueled by the continuous flow of people through the city’s busiest intersection.
- Plaka - This charming area, with its souvenir shops, ancient landmarks, and as the oldest part of the city, draws the largest number of tourists in Athens. It is nestled in a picturesque maze of narrow streets just beneath the towering stone sides of the Acropolis.
- Monastiraki - Visitors to this antique and flea market district can explore Hadrian’s library, enjoy delicious street food, and discover an underground river hidden within a metro station, all while seeking bargains or viewing one of the city’s few remaining Ottoman mosques.
- Psiri - Once a hub for local artisans working in small shops, Psiri has transformed into one of the city’s trendiest spots for evening dining and drinks. It is also a prime location to admire the city’s latest street art.
- Varvakios Central Municipal Market - Athens’ bustling food market is a hive of activity, with locals shopping for fresh produce, meats, and fish. Despite its lively environment, it offers an authentic glimpse into the city’s culinary traditions.
What's Included
- Local Food Expert guide
- All tastings during the tour (15 tastings that equal lunch)
- Local Food Expert guide
- All tastings during the tour (15 tastings that equal lunch)
What's Not Included
- Any extra food or drinks participants may get on their own
- Transfers from/to the meeting point
- Any extra food or drinks participants may get on their own
- Transfers from/to the meeting point
Additional Information
- This tour equals lunch. It visits 10 food places, has 15 tastings and goes through 4 different neighborhoods
- We recommend you have a light breakfast as there will be plenty to taste!
- Suitable for vegetarians
- Can accommodate special dietary requirements, please ask
- Not recommended for travelers with constraining dietary restrictions or severe food allergies
- This tour equals lunch. It visits 10 food places, has 15 tastings and goes through 4 different neighborhoods
- We recommend you have a light breakfast as there will be plenty to taste!
- Suitable for vegetarians
- Can accommodate special dietary requirements, please ask
- Not recommended for travelers with constraining dietary restrictions or severe food allergies
Location
Public Syntagma
Karagiorgi Servias
The tour starts at the MAIN entrance of PUBLIC store located at the lower part of Syntagma square, next to the Everest store (be careful, there is a side entrance on Karageorgis Servias street, this is NOT the main entrance)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(828 Ratings)
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Notsl
May 7, 2025
A great introduction to Greek food and surrounding neighborhoods of Athens - The food tour was better than I imagined! Our guide, Elena, was amazing! We started in Syntagma Square and as we walked through the neighborhood, Elena pointed out some points of interests as well as talked about Greek culture. And she gave us recipes at the end of our tour!
Just as their website states, you will end the tour feeling full, so definitely have a light breakfast. I appreciated that we just didn't go from one food place to another, we went inside a church, walked through the meat and fish market, as well as the fruit and vegetable market, and other places. Booking through the website was easy. They were communicative and responded timely to my inquiries.
I highly recommend Alternative Athens and Elena. What a great way to start your visit in Athens -- a great introduction to Greek food and surrounding neighborhoods!
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Grendyl
May 4, 2025
The sights, the sounds, the smells, the history, but best of all - the food! - Our tour guide was Andreas - knowledgeable, friendly, and an excellent ambassador for all that is Athens. The tour works its way zig-zagging from Syntagma square to Monastiraki square. The tour is 3 hours long and ends in a sit-down meal with Grecian specialties. The problem is you are probably full by the time you get there as you have stopped for breakfast pastry, loukoumades at the oldest purveyor in Athens, souvlaki from the oldest stand in Athens, Greek coffee with Turkish delight, and copious amounts of fresh bread at your olive oil tasting. A quick tour to the open air meat and fish market show the wide variety of items available for fresh purchase.
This tour should be everyone's first in Athens as it gives you an appreciation for everything Greek - their history, their food, their neighborhoods and their attitudes.
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Wolverinejoe1981
May 4, 2025
Greek Food Tastings - This was an excellent tour. Our tour guide was Klelia, who was great. She provided much information, not only on food but also Greek history. There were only three participants in the tour, and that made it even better and more personalized. Not too much walking as the places we visited were maybe 5 minutes apart. Plenty of time at each stop to enjoy the food and learn about its origin. The finishing touch was a pork souvlaki at one of the best local places, and it was excellent! Definitely plenty of food on this tour, and so glad I took this tour. Highly recommend.
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Todd's
May 1, 2025
Don’t eat breakfast! - My wife and I took this tour in late April. The first thing I can tell you is skip breakfast. While the servings are small, by the time we made it to our last stop, we had to take our wrap to go and eat it later. Our guide Jonathan was very nice, spoke good English, and was knowledgeable. We got lucky and our group only consisted of three people so it allowed more individual interaction. All the food we ate was delicious. We also did an olive oil tasting which was very interesting. You will do some walking/standing so wear comfortable shoes. I would say we walked no more than 5 minutes between any stop and most of that time was stopping to talk or playing frogger with the traffic. PAY ATTENTION WHEN WALKING!! Greek drivers do not respect pedestrian traffic. The total tour took exactly 3.5 hours and was a good half day experience.
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Cande-travels
Apr 28, 2025
Great way to see Athens - This is a must do tour in Athens! Our guide Simos was excellent! We learned so much about Greek culture and were able to explore different areas of the city. We tried all the famous Greek dishes and some we had never tried before. Excellent way to explore the city.
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Coenie4e
Apr 24, 2025
Awesome experience!!! - The tour exceeded my best expectations and we truly enjoyed Andreas’ passionate accounting of the history of Greece and how it played a role in the culinary offerings we got to savour. Not only was the food great with an excellent variety, but Andreas provided so much relevant historic information which put everything into context. Highly recommended and I will come back for it on my next trip to Greece.
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Katieht8068sl
Apr 23, 2025
The Delicious Athens Food tasting tour review - The guide was great, she had lots to tell us about Greek food and knew all the best places to buy it. We also had so much to eat so it was well worth the money.
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Dreamer486626
Apr 11, 2025
Great food tour of Athens - One of the best food tours we’ve had. Liz was a great tour guide, informative & interesting. She gave us lots of different information about the areas we passed & the food we ate. We had 8 stops w a great selection of sweet & savory foods. There was so much food, come extra hungry!!
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268lillyg
Apr 11, 2025
Well-led tour with delicious food - Well-led tour with lots of delicious food, food tales and Athenian history. So much to eat - definitely skip breakfast. Very enjoyable
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Nmichel-1970
Apr 2, 2025
Nikos, the best! - Nikos took us on a taste walk in Athens and it will remain our best memory. Nikos is very cultured, totally available to his customers and fond of sharing the love of his country, his culture and his history. There were three of us, Nikos, my husband and myself. To be done as a couple or group, at the beginning of the stay. Nikos will share with you its good addresses and tips. Must do during your stay in the Hellenic capital.
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