The Ultimate Food Tasting Tour of Athens
- Food tasting
- Tour guide
- Tour of Athens Centre
- Varvakios Market (closed on Sundays and every year on national holidays 28/10 and 25/3)
- Alcohol in specific stops
- This tour is also available with vegetarian only options.
- Products you purchase
What You’ll Taste on This Food Tour in Athens
You’ll try more than 18 things across the morning. It starts small: a Greek coffee and a koulouri, the way most people here begin the day. Then the bakeries, for spanakopita and bougatsa still warm from the oven. Three Greek dips, olives, good olive oil. Greek cheeses and yogurt.
Later comes a proper Greek meal, soutzoukakia, spiced meatballs in tomato sauce, with fresh bread on the side. And to finish, mezze at a taverna: calamari, zucchini fritters with tzatziki, pan-fried pork, gigantes in tomato sauce. Local wine or tsipouro alongside.
Where The Tour Goes
The tour runs through the historical centre of Athens. It starts in Psyrri, one of the older neighbourhoods, and works its way through the Varvakios market, where the meat and fish are sold. In between you pass the monuments and the side streets that connect them. A few of these places you probably wouldn’t find on your own.
Your Guide through Athens
A local, licensed guide leads the way. They know the shop and taverna owners by name. At the Varvakios market they’ll tell you what you’re looking at and what you’re eating. The group stays small, so there’s always room to ask.
Vegetarian Option
There’s a vegetarian-only version of this tour on request, and the food can be adjusted for other preferences and dietary needs. Or you might prefer our food tour that is vegetarian from start to finish.
Tour Highlights
- A full orientation of central Athens with a local, licensed guide
- A stop at the Varvakios market, the open meat and fish market
- Small, local places you would not find on your own
- Tastings of pies, cheese, cured meats and olives, plus olive oil
- Greek coffee, brewed the traditional way
- Mastiha, the Greek tree resin
- Greek mezze with local wine or a Greek spirit
- Arrive with an empty stomach and let us treat you like a Greek God and Goddess!
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
