Tour Highlights
In Kotzia Square, the Square is opposite the City Hall of the Municipality of Athens on Athinas Street.
We will be standing next to the fountain in the middle of Kotzia Square holding an Athens Local Adventures sign
Kotzia Square, Athens 105 51. See the Map
Guests’ pickup is offered for the private group option. Pick up time adjustable upon your request. We will meet you at your Athens hotel lobby or Piraeus Port. Our guide will be holding a sign with your name. Call us to arrange.
On this Athens food and wine tour, you are introduced to Greek cuisine, local wines, and our culinary traditions that date back to ancient times and have influenced not only European cuisine but also many others! Don’t expect to visit highly ranked shops, but rather lesser-known traditional vendors who show you why Greek cuisine is the most delicious in the world.
Taste the best authentic local gastronomy, including feta, olives, olive oil, local tapas, and three different wines and spirits like ouzo on a food tour that is more than enough to skip lunch!
Athens food is a variety blend of old and new, traditional and modern, and this tour will help you to reveal all these delicious aspects.
Your tour will start by meeting us at Kotzia Square, a charming square in the heart of Athens, surrounded by stunning neoclassical buildings of the early 19th century, as well as some ruins from the ancient times.
As the modern Greeks like to do every morning, you’ll enjoy a Greek coffee or a cold Greek frappe before you start exploring Athens. Then, you’ll venture into Athens central market which has been operating for more than a hundred years. Enjoy one of Europe’s most unique marketplaces and get the opportunity to talk to vendors and see all the fresh produce.
We will help you discover the best of the Central Market showing you a variety of delicious Greek specialties in places that don’t see many tourists. Sample various local tastes such as koulouri (a round-shaped bread with sesame seeds), feta, olives, olive oil, honey, cheese, and many more.
Next, you’ll visit unique small family-owned businesses located around the historical center and the ancient Agora, the very same place where Ancient Greeks like Pericles, Aristotle, and Platon used to stroll around.
Then, we will share a “meze” platter (local tapas) and enjoy unique cheeses, savory pies, Greek pastries, and traditional dips in a local-favorite deli. Later, you’ll have the opportunity to taste our traditional spirits and local wines at a rooftop bar with views over Athens’ most famous landmark, the Acropolis, while you’ll end your experience in the sweetest way by enjoying one of Greece’s oldest sweets, Loukoumades.
Your tour will come to an end at Monastiraki Square where you can continue your own exploration, or we can give you directions on how to get back to your hotel. Before we part ways, don’t forget to ask us for more hints and tips on how to get the best of your trip to amazing Athens.
Tastings of Greek sweets, koulouri, olive oil, olives, cheeses, rusks, Greek alcohol (wine, ouzo), spices, herbs, and traditional meze (a meze is a small appetizer or side dish). Visits to markets, Kotzia Square, Avyssinias Square, Monastiraki Square, Athena’s Road, churches, and traditional delis and restaurants. Food is more than enough to skip lunch!
Additional food and drinks, souvenirs or personal shopping, tips/gratuities