Athens Food Tour
Acropolis & Acropolis Museum Tour
13/01/2017
Acropolis Museum Tour
13/01/2017Athens Food Tour
Athens Food Tour
| Small Group Tour, max 16 | |||
| Start | 09:30 am | Operated | Daily except on Sundays |
| Duration | 3 hours & 30 min | Walking time | 45 minutes |
| Guide | Local Food specialist | Walking pace | Easy |
| Language | English | Entrance fees | No entrance fees – No extra cost |
| Meeting point | Τhe meeting point is outside Panepistimio metro station at “Korai” pedestrian walkway, in front of the Zara Department Store at 09:15am.ZARA is located close to the Panepistimio metro station, at the corner of the pedestrian walk way Korai (opposite the University of Athens) and 32, Stadiou Street, next to Starbucks café. Your tour guide will hold the orange colored Athens Walking Tours sign to identify him/her.
THE FOOD TOUR STARTS AT 9:30 AM |
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Inclusions:
- Food specialist guide
- Food & Beverages sampling (22 various foods and drinks)
Exclusions:
- Lunch or dinner
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Gratuities (gratuity rates in Greece are around 10% of service cost)
The most delicious food tour of Athens
Seize the opportunity to taste a wide variety of Greek delicacies ranging from the mouth-watering sweet and syrupy “loukoumades” to traditional “bougatsa” or the savoury “pastourma”, Feta cheese and famous Greek olives. Enjoy this unique tour, in the non-touristy area of Athens and acquaint yourself with the Greek cuisine in the company of your food specialist guide.
An “off the beaten track” tour
Discover another side of Athens which lies in the shadow of the famous Acropolis where a kaleidoscope of colors, smells, tastes and textures await. Your expert and totally passionate about food guide will lead you by produce stalls bursting with color, intoxicating spice shops, enticing sweet shops, and of course the bustling central food market of Athens.
We will visit various specialty food shops, colorful and alluring delicatessens, restaurants, spice, grocery and pie shops where you will sample and taste the most traditional Greek food and not necessarily the Greek food stereotypes such as “Greek salad” or “moussaka”. A genuine Athenian food tour would not be complete without a visit to the vibrant central Varvakeios food market, with its bustling energy and loud bargaining; this dazzling galaxy of fruit and spice, meat and fish will enchant you
Our guides will knowledgeably lead you through a food stroll and introduce you to small, hidden specialty food shops. They will provide valuable insight both on the unique and intricate culinary heritage of Greece as well as the famous Mediterranean diet, hailed today as a model of healthy living.
Join us as we embark on a culinary journey and a delightful world of the five senses and the culinary Athens will be revealed to you.
The tour ends close to Monastiraki metro station at approx. 13:00 (1 pm).
BLOCK OUT DATES
- January 1st – New Year’s Day
- January 2nd
- January 6th- Epiphany
- February 27th- Shrove Monday
- March 25th – National Holiday
- April 14th – Greek Orthodox Good Friday (before 12:00)
- Αpril 16th – Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday
- Αpril 17th – Greek Orthodox Easter Monday
- Αpril 18th – Greek Orthodox Easter Tuesday
- May 1st – Labor Day
- Αugust 10 to August 23
- October 28th- National Holiday
- December 25th & 26th – Christmas
