Small-Group Greek Traditional Food Tour around Athens with Tastings
Discover authentic, fresh, traditional food in non tourist, hidden spots of the City! Food and places you may not find alone! Visit local streets where we see, taste and shop for cheese, cured meat, fruits, sweets and spices in markets of colour, scents and noise. Taste olives, oil and honey from a farmer and local wine made on site. 4.00pm tours will see ΜΟST of the market as it starts to close. Sundays the markets ARE SHUT so we visit a taverna and eat traditional food with ouzo and local wine. Visit a delicatessean and a spice shop and a producer of olive oil and honey. You will also enjoy Greek coffee and yogurt from a local producer. 20+ tastings offered including sit down meals of meat and fish on all tours. Learn about Greek culture and meet with the locals. Vegetarian, vegan, GF options available. Vegan not available on Sundays. Discounted childrens rate offered. If you want a particular host then please message before booking to find out which tours they are running!
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Small-Group Greek Traditional Food Tour around Athens with Tastings
What's included in Small-Group Greek Traditional Food Tour around Athens with Tastings
(Subject to Option Inclusions)We will meet at 10.30am at Monastiraki Square where we will begin our Athens adventure. Let us introduce you to this wonderful city as we take a stroll through the real areas of Athens, away from the usual tourist places, tasting traditional Greek food as we go.
Visit the areas where Greeks buy their food every week and meet Athenians who know and love the amazing city of Athens.
Experience 11 different foods whilst learning about Greek culture and lifestyle.
Our tour lasts around 4 hours as we take a stroll through the markets and streets. We will visit the non tourist food markets and will end our trip at a wonderful, traditional taverna where we will enjoy a meze meal with Greek wine. Markets are shut on Sundays so we will spend time seeing the changing of the guards at Houses of Parliament, eating sweets and enjoying a Greek coffee instead.
Whilst food tours can change from day to day you can expect to sample the following traditional Greek food and drinks:
Koulouri
Spinach pie
Dolmades
Giant beans
Stuffed peppers
Bougatsa (warm cream pie)
Souvlaki (meat or vegetarian)
Greek (red)Wine
Nuts
Olives, Fresh fruits, Local breads
All tours can be adapted to accommodate vegetarian diets but please do let us know in advance if you have an specific dietary requirements
Inclusions
- Chicken sausage, pork sausage calamari, fish, traditional beans, salad, local dishes, chicken souvlaki, vegetables, yoghurt and more. Served with ouzo and wine.
- Ouzo, raki and locally made barrel wine.
- Olives, olive oil, honey, traditional pies, cured meats, cheese, sweets, Greek yoghurt,locally grown nuts, bougatsa. cured meat, halva, fruits and handmade cheese
- Private transportation
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 1 paying adult
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- When booking the tour starting at 4pm some of the market will be closed
- On Sunday the markets are shut so we do not visit them. We have a honey and olive oil tasting instead
- Most dietery requirements can be accommodated including vegetarian, vegan and GF
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Meeting point is outside MS Roof Garden at Athinas 3 str. When you are looking for MS RF you will see an entrance way with flowers and tables out on the street.There is an entrance to the escalators of the metro.Monastiraki metro has more than one exits so please make sure you are not on the Square.
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• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended