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Private Flavors of Athens Food Tour
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Private Flavors of Athens Food Tour

By Athens Insiders
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Touring Athens’ food scene on your own, you probably just skim the surface of the city’s cuisine. Get a taste of local flavor with a guide who takes you to food destinations beloved by Athenians. Taste loukoumades (donuts), sample Greek coffee, and peruse the central market with your guide’s tips and pointers. All tastings included for added value, and because it’s a private tour, you get plenty of personal attention.
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Duration: 4h
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Highlights
  • Explore the flavors of Athens on a private food walking tour
  • Tour shops and markets to discover local foods you might otherwise miss
  • Try cold cuts, loukoumades, and more, and visit the central market
  • Personalized attention from private guide, with tastings and drinks included

  • 4-hour private walking experience
  • Hotel pick-up (for hotels within walking distance from the tour’s location)
  • Visits to local food establishments
  • Sampling of local beverages and delicacies – enough to replace lunch
  • Private services of a food-wise ‘Insider’ tour leader
  • All taxes
What's not included
  • Visit, guided tour, and entry fees to any archeological site
  • Personal expenses
  • Hotel drop-off

Greet your guide at your central Athens hotel on foot or at a convenient meeting point, and set off to explore the city’s culinary scene. As you walk, learn how Athenians are passionate about food, and hear about their daily cooking routines and favorite ingredients, techniques, and recipes. Delve into backstreets for an authentic take on the local gastronomy, and visit bakeries, specialized food shops, and more to taste sweet and savory delicacies. Chat with artisans and vendors for insight into their creations, and visit the central market to peruse wares from across Greece. Plus, tap into your guide’s local knowledge for ideas on tasty souvenirs to buy. Dishes you may try include straight-from-the-oven pies, souvlaki (meat skewers), loukoumades—honey-soaked mini-donuts—and cold cuts. Stop for a traditional Greek coffee and local spirits that are part of the fabric of life here. Your tour concludes at a central location.

Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
  • Syntagma Square, Plateia Syntagmatos, Athina, Greece
    By the fountain
Hotel pickup offered
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      • Pushchair accessible
      • Near public transportation
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10199P27

      • Most travellers can participate
      • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10199P27

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      HermioneShortbread
      Kent, UK24 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Oct 2022
      We took this tour on the morning of our second day, most of our first day was happily spent at the Acropolis hill and museum, so it helped us to get orientated in other areas of the city.

      Our friendly, knowledgeable guide was Yannis and he gave us a wonderful overview of the food culture of his city with great good humour and intelligence. In addition to the gastronomy, we appreciated Yannis helping us make sense of the different districts and with Greek culture, answering our questions about architecture, history and politics.

      We loved the flexibility of the tour - while ensuring we didn't miss out on any of the most recommended things to try, Yannis would also offer us choices to suit our tastes and interests. We were so happy to take the opportunity to try an off-the-beaten track restaurant that we would otherwise have not have come across. With this tour we immediately felt looked after and confident that we were taken to really authentic, trusted restaurants and food purveyors.

      The booking and payment process was really easy. All email correspondence regarding where to meet and answering my questions was also friendly and efficient. Thank you to Glykeria in the office, and a big thank you to Yannis for his kindness, great story telling, and an overall splendid tour that we would very much recommend.
      Written October 30, 2022
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      kcmpls
      Minneapolis, MN17 contributions
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      Sept 2022
      I traveled to Athens with my two adult children and their friends. They had just arrived late morning from the US and I thought the food tour would be a great way to keep everyone awake and active. It was the perfect tour from start to finish. Panos was our guide and he really made the whole experience very special. His laid back nature and humor, along with his knowledge of the area and its food made for a very fun night for everyone. We experienced food we had never tried before and it was all delicious. Panos helped us order at each stop and the food did not disappoint. We ended the tour with a wine tasting and then a final gelato stop. Fantastic all around. We all agreed that the tour was a highlight of our time in Athens. Thank you Panos!!!
      Written September 26, 2022
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      Paa
      7 contributions
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      Jul 2021
      This was a perfect way to start our Greek vacation - we were with our 2 teenagers who don't love formal tours but totally loved this experience. Our guide was George, who is a professional chef and really combined culture and history with delicious foods. George happily customized to any tastes we had and also have us great recipe and wine tips that helped as we continued our trip. Totally exceeded our expectations!
      Written July 21, 2021
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      Sofia
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      Sept 2023 • Friends
      Thanks to our incredibly knowledgeable guide Stelios, we immersed ourselves in a series of culinary experiences, set throughout Athens as a backdrop, which proved to be absolutely delightful. This provided us with various opportunities to experience the city in the yummiest of ways! Learning not just about architecture, but about the people, their food and customs. Thanks team!
      Written September 16, 2023
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      Julie C
      4 contributions
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      May 2023
      Vicky took us (mom/18 yo daughter) on a walking food tasting tour of Athens. It was a great first introduction to Greece at the beginning of our 2 week trip. Some of the best food we had the entire trips was on the tour with Vicky. We combined our food tasting tour with a tour of the Acropolis and she knew a lot about history, mythology, and travel throughout Greece as well. Vicky provided us with a lot of tips that were helpful throughout the rest of our trip.
      Hanging out with Vicky in Athens was one of the highlights of our trip.
      Written July 9, 2023
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      Ed A
      Cincinnati, OH29 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      May 2022
      This tour was set up for us by Ivonni, our agent from Zicasso. It was not something I wanted to do, but my wife did. I'm so glad we went, it was a mazing and i highly recommend it. Nota, our guide was excellent and I was very impressed with her knowledge. She is very highly educated and fun to be around. We did not want the tour to end.
      Written May 31, 2022
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      onmyway
      boston54 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Jun 2023
      Yiannis our guide was fabulous. Felt like we were walking with friend showing us his home town. Perfect mix of history, culture and of course food.

      Highly recommend. This was a flawless company to work with and I was very nervous as I planned the trip last minute.

      We were tow people, Tow to three is a good number for the tour. Lots of walking which for us was great. We worked off some of the delicious food.
      Written July 11, 2023
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      Monica M
      Phoenix, AZ35 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Arlo was our guide! He was amazing, he took
      Y husband and I to about 6 different restaurants to experience the local food at its best. We also toured the local food bazaar- seafood, meat, vegetables etc… we felt he was very knowledgeable
      Written December 10, 2024
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      Alissa H
      46 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Our Athens food tour with Jason has been a highlight of our 2 weeks in Greece so far. We went to many different local spots and restaurants and tasted souvlaki/gyros, baklava and the traditional orange cake, coffees, honeys, nuts and dried fruits, olive oils, bougatsa (savory pies), and delicacies such as smoked eggplant, fava dip, sardine dolmades, cured anchovies, loukmades, local wines and more! Jason was knowledgeable and personable and we enjoyed wandering the Plaka neighborhood and flea market with him on our tasting journey.
      Written June 7, 2024
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      jeanolivia
      Harvest, AL24 contributions
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      Aug 2023 • Couples
      Having just done a group tour in Reykjavik that was excellent, I was prepared to be underwhelmed with this one but to my surprise, it was amazing! Mostly because our guide Era was wonderful. She was personable and very knowledgeable about the area and the food. She easily answered all of our questions and led us to several small, family-owned shops with different types of food. She also took us to the local market to see how most local folks got their groceries. We sampled lots of different food, learned about the various types of olive oil, and traveled down many beautiful small walkways among other things. As an added bonus her English was very clear and easy to understand. Just be ready to walk on cobblestones and climb steps.
      Written August 14, 2023
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