Athens Food and City Private Walking Tour
Description
Athens came together through a mixture of cultures across the centuries, and there’s still a lot of that history around, in the food as well as in the neighborhoods. This 5-hour, guided food and walking tour lets you and your small group see and taste your way through the complex heritage that created contemporary Greek culture and cuisine. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included for city center hotels only.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The business heart of Athens, home to the Greek parliament
Athens' trendy neigborhood for bars, cafes and restaurants
Athens' flea market, part of Ottoman Athens
Athens' aristocratic area
Athens' 'rebelious' area
The "belly" of Athens, the food markets and spice street
This is where the tour comes to an end
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
If your hotel or apartment is located in the historic center of Athens, your guide will meet you there. Otherwise, you will meet your guide at the location arranged with your travel designer. If your meeting point has not yet been confirmed, please contact us.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Approximate distance covered: 5 kilometers, flat
- Not suitable for wheelchair users due to lack of infrastructure in the Greek capital
- Maximum is 12 people per booking
Reviews(150)
We had an incredible experience on the Alternative Athens food tour with Andreas! From start to finish, he was knowledgeable, engaging, and genuinely passionate about both Athens and its food culture. He did a fantastic job blending the city's history with each food stop, making the experience feel like much more than just a tasting tour. Every stop was thoughtfully chosen, and every bite was delicious. We loved trying authentic local dishes. If you're visiting Athens and want a fun, informative, and delicious way to experience the city, I can't recommend this tour enough. Thank you, Andreas, for making our first day in Athens so memorable!
Our "Great Eats and Street Food Tour" with Alternative Athens was an absolute highlight of our trip! Our guide, Antigoni, was amazing. Not only did she introduce us to incredible local flavors, but she also gave us wonderful insights into everyday life in Athens alongside fascinating historical background of the different neighborhoods we visited. Her passion and knowledge made the experience incredibly special. Highly recommend this tour and Antigoni!
This tour is a must for anyone that wants to see the off-the-beaten path places in Athens. The food was terrific! The guide was spectacular! This was the highlight of our time in Athens.
Great food great Guide. One of our most favorite things we did on the trip.
We greatly appreciated our experience. We were able to taste several local specialties (generous portions, to consider for smaller appetites), the food was excellent. We were able to discover places that we would not have known otherwise than with a local guide; it was very typical and an authentic experience. Our guide Nikos was very friendly, attentive, and very interesting. We highly recommend it. The stroll through the Plaka and Monastiraki neighborhoods was also very pleasant.
Simos our guide took us on a walking food tour filled with traditional Greek dishes and brought the history of Athens to life.
Andreas was an excellent tour guide! The choices for food stops were a amazing! He was extremely knowledgeable and very cordial. It was a highlight of our visit Athens.
Andreas was an incredible guide! He is very knowledgeable and his love of his city and country is evident. We learned a lot about Athens’s history, both ancient and current and visited several neighborhoods. The food was delicious and abundant. I would highly recommend this tour. Thank you Andreas for providing us with such an enjoyable experience!
My family had a wonderful experience with Antigoni on the Athens food tour. We felt like we really got to know the local hidden gems of Athens. The experience was very authentic not to mention tasty! It was a highlight of our holiday.
Very nicely planned and presented, many visited locations and very many sorts of dishes. Andreas was very explenatory and explaond the history and origin of the various dishes
