Street Food Tour - Sample the Food the Locals Love
Description
From eye to hand to mouth, we are taking you into the Athenian kitchens of the streets, markets and alleyways hiding the best street food. Sample the food the locals love while exploring Athens. Learn the history of the Greek street food. The great Greek culinary tradition of tasty street food just waiting to be discovered, from Koulouri(pretzel with sesame seeds) and loukoumades ( Greek doughnuts) Souvlaki and Kebab, Greek pies and desserts. Get into the city's most popular food market and experience the street food locals love to eat!
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We start our experience from Monastiraki square Οur guide will be waiting for you, at Monastiraki square, in front of the little medieval church with the tower bell. We discover few the Romam, medieval, Ottoman past of the city, and how life goes on now. We start our tour with a coffee, Greeks are heavy coffee drinkers and like to socialize in cafes, and a fresh koulouri, from one of the oldest bakery which is the source of all peddlers in Athens, for those who have sweet tooth hot loukoumades with honey and cinnamon is a must. We stroll around the central Market and the old commercial center in Athens, and we taste the best Greek pies in Athens, in one of the most old and famous and pastry shop in Athens, no worries the are choices for vegans and vegetarians also, our tour is ending with fresh soups or souvlaki. We are heading trough Monastiraki square to Psirri, passing form the Flea Market of Athens
We are heading to the former working class district of Psirri, that now is one of the most alternative neighborhoods of Athens, making a stop for Koulouri, in one of the oldest Bakeries of Athens
From Psirri, we are heading to the Public Market of Athens, we taste Greek Olives, discover Greek Herbs, honey and fresh fruits and vegetables.
As we heading to Roman Agora, we taste the Greek Souvlaki, drnk Greek coffee and eat Lukumades with honey and cinammon. We end the tours in the famous Roman Agora, the roman market, which is used with the same way since the middle of 19th century
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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
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Wear comfortable clothes and shoes
Reviews(13)
The tour feeds you a lot of food so come hungry…don’t eat two meals before the tour. Wear comfortable shoes because you will do a lot of walking.
Excellent tour. I learned a lot of history of the area in addition to trying some great food. Helen was the perfect guide
Dionysius was very knowledgeable and educated re: Athens & ancient history. I most enjoyed our conversations as he cleared up many historical questions related to the sites & cultural areas we visited.
No earphones provided so couldn’t hear the guide despite being a group of 5 in total. The guide was a lovely person but most of the experience was awkward. Food was nice but to be honest nothing special or different, we would have easily found it ourselves!
We are sorry that we didn't meet your expectations. This tour is a walking tour that visitors taste street food in Athens in small private tours, no need for earphones for so small groups. As we cannot directly get in touch with you from here, please email us at info@urbanathenscollective.org and we will make sure to follow up on this issue. We are looking forward to your email. Thank you in advance. Have a great day
A bit pricey I thought but an enjoyable evening after a transatlantic flight. Good for our first evening when we were tired and didn’t want to figure out dinner plans. Ate any things we may not have tried otherwise. Got off the beaten track and away from tourists.
Helen was very informative. The good we sampled was great and gave a nice overview of Greece cuisine. We tried food we would not have ordered on our own and loved it!
We all typically fell in love with the Greek food once again...and this time learnt Hasapiko dance, too '')
Our tour guide Helen was less than enthusiastic about the food or the tour. She shared very little history or stories of any of the food we sampled. While the street food we sampled was good, it was a shame that she shared almost nothing about the cultural background of any of them, especially in a culture in which food plays such a big part like Greece. She was disengaged most of the time. On quite a few occasions, we saw her texting or doing something else on her phone during the tour. She simply didn't even want to be there! One of the worst food tours I've had traveling around the world.
Thank you for taking the time for reviewing us. We are sorry that we couldn't manage to meet your expectations. Eleni is an experienced guide and always does the best. She choose very carefully the places that you could have the best street food, has a very personal way to contact her guests, knows very well the out off the beaten track places of Athens and the history of the city. As she told us you discovered with her really secret corners of Athens and also took photos for you, explained you everything that you tasted and its history and also she changed the menu because as you told her you had already taste some of the food that is in the menu of the tour. She was very detailed about the street food and drinks you tasted, explaining the differences and the similarities with Balkan and Middle East culinary and the ancient history of some dishes and drinks. We hope to see you again in Athens and you are welcome to join us in another food experience.
Fantastic way to see Athens, meet locals and sample traditional food. Eleni my guide was interesting, informative and a delight to be with. Would thoroughly recommend this Tour.
<p>Great tour through the flea market and trying some local traditional Greek dishes that tourists would not typically know about. Some of the restaurants that we ate at were for locals and it was nice to be able to see what the locals eat and how they dine. I highly recommend this tour.</p>
