Athens Family Food Tour
- Education and fun for children (to book a family tour requires at least one child between 5-11 years old)
- Food tasting
- Orientation around the historical centre
- Varvakios Market (closed on Sundays and every year on national holidays 28/10 and 25/3)
- Educational discussion about Greek cuisine and Greek History
- Tasting greek dishes at traditional cookeries
- Browsing of the Acropolis
- products you purchase
What You Can Expect from the Family Food Tour in Athens
The family food tour in Athens starts in Anafiotika, a small old neighborhood near the Acropolis, with Greek yogurt, honey, and nuts. From there the group moves through Monastiraki, dipping bread into different olive oils and trying spanakopita, the Greek spinach pie.
More Greek Food for Kids
In the center of the city, Varvakeios market shows kids where food comes from and how it is sold. If the timing is right, they watch locals bargain over prices. The group tastes olives, Greek cheeses, cured meats, and rusks, then stops at a bakery where the pies come out of the oven warm.
How the Family Food Tour Ends
The tour ends at a small ice cream shop. Come with an empty stomach. You leave full, the way Greek grandchildren are sent home. If your family also wants the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum, there is a separate guided tour built around Greek mythology and history for kids and families. See the Acropolis family tour.
Tour Highlights
- Watch a Greek bakery make its pies, then eat them warm.
- Try Greek yogurt with honey and nuts.
- Taste bougatsa, a warm custard pie.
- Eat Greek cheese, cold cuts, and mezze, the small plates Greeks share.
- Stop at Varvakeios, the central meat and fish market of Athens, and watch the vendors work.
- Finish with an ice cream roll.
- Come hungry. You leave full, the way Greek grandchildren do.
An Important Note on Cancellations
Cancellations more than 48 hours before a food tour’s scheduled start time are refunded in full within 30 days of the cancellation request.
Cancellations less than 48 hours before a food tour’s scheduled start time are not refundable.
If you do not attend your tour & do not provide a notice, you may reschedule your tour within 24 hours of your original tour for a 60€ fee (rescheduled tours are subject to availability). There are no refunds of balance in case of rescheduling a tour with a lower price.
No cancellations or refunds are available following any rescheduling of tours regardless of when rescheduled.
There are no tours on Christmas Day, New Years Day and Orthodox Easter Sunday
