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About this activity

Welcome to Greece, white and blue country. This tour takes you on a culinary journey of taste, color, smell and texture, right below the striking Acropolis in the heart of Athens’ historic city center. Walk along the historic streets of Athens while indulging in traditional Greek cuisine! This tour allows you to savor a wide variety of local delicacies, ranging from the mouthwatering, syrupy "loukoumades" to traditional "bougatsa", "pastourma", rusks and olives. Visit delicatessens, aromatic bakeries and sweet shops, restaurants, dairies, spice merchants, grocery stores and pie shops where you will sample traditional Greek food, including the ever-popular koulouri, a circular bread with sesame seeds.

With you, a licensed guide, he will lead you to on a food stroll and introduce you to small, hidden specialty food shops. Listen to commentary about the unique and intricate culinary heritage of Greece, as well as the famous Mediterranean diet, hailed today as a model of healthy living.

A genuine Athenian food tour would not be complete without a visit to the vibrant and central Varvakeios food market. Its bustling energy and colorful world of fruit and spice stalls and meat and fish vendors truly make for a cultural experience!