Get a Taste of Thessaloniki - Food tour to local tastes
Description
Explore Thessaloniki and greek cuisine the local way! This food tour is for you, if you love tasting authentic flavors and discovering culture and history! In this small-group personalized tour, you'll be: - beginning with a local breakfast pastry - walking to various artisan food shops to taste original savory and sweet flavors (16+ tastings) - learning about Thessaloniki's culinary culture and stories behind each product - discovering hidden places of the food markets that a local knows - savoring delicious local dishes at a cozy restaurant By coming in this tour, you'll get connected to Thessaloniki’s culture and local everyday life, get guided by a warm food-expert, expand your taste buds and learn culinary past and present stories ! Contact us for any custom arrangements! We can adapt to vegetarian or vegan options, please inform in advance!
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Itinerary
The tour begins at the area of Ladadika, a vibrant place with restaurants and bars, and heads to a local spot to taste Thessaloniki's breakfast pastry: bougatsa
This is the heart of local markets. Our selected tasting stops include olive varieties, olive oil, sweets, cured meat, spices, herbs, and cooked greek cuisine dishes
Past and present featured in Modiano market.
Food - a memorable way to experience travel Together with your local food-expert guide, you'll visit the hidden gems of the food market, delis, and pastry places, while listening to cultural stories that shaped Thessaloniki’s culinary heritage! * welcome with a brewed greek coffee & bougatsa pastry * stroll around downtown food spots, the old food market, hidden alleyways * enjoy 16+ food tastings --olive varieties, olive oil tasting, diverse artisan local cheeses & cold cuts, greek spice blends & herbs, distilled local drink, homemade sweets
Ending with cooked dishes at a local restaurant
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- 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
Reviews(8)
This was a charming and informative tour. Our guide was lovely, attentive, and very experienced. Most importantly, she personalized the experience and information around our interests. We take many food tours and this was one of the best. Highly recommended.
We had a most mémorable evening with Xana. She introduced us to the Lattica area of Thessolaniki. She showed cased foods from different areas of Greece visiting different artisan shops of unique cheeses, cold cuts, spices, olives, olive oils, honey & preserves. Most interestingly is how she closed the cultural gap allowing us interaction with shop keepers proud of their products. We felt truly pulled into the city life. We were no longer tourists observing from the outside.
It's wonderful to guide travellers into such a feeling of being part of the city and feeling warmth! Thank you!
Had a great day fully exploring local tastes! We enjoyed so much tasting olive oil and olives that we couldn’t find in our place. Bugatsa definitely was a great kick-starter in the tour! During our lunch together, we felt like having a friend accompanying us. I would suggest this tour to anyone that wants a cozy, informative and delicious way to meet Thessaloniki’s downtown area and food culture!
Walking with Hara was simply amazing as she introduced us to the many tastes and flavors of Greece, while also answering many questions as to what life is like living in Greece! We did have some restrictions in our group of 6, which she navigated very respectfully. Best 4 hours in Thesseloniki!
We had such an amazing day with Hara. She taught us so much about the Thessaloniki culture. We met many passionate store owners in the local markets and enjoyed many different types of food. We would highly recommend this tour.
Grateful to host nice persons... thank you!!
Great way to explore Thessaloniki downtown and eat like a local! Host was cozy, and we tasted delicious food in several food spots. Higly recommended!
Very enjoyable walk! The host was friendly, got us connected with the food heritage of the place, and we had amazing greek traditional food!
Hara did an amazing job with the tour. It felt like we were just meeting a friend who lives in Thessaloniki. The food was excellent, and the Storytelling was top-notch. She knew the city's history and could put all of the food in context. I also really appreciated that even when we were taken to shops to see the different kinds of wares and try things, there wasn’t any uncomfortable pressure to buy something from that store. Highly recommended!
