8 Food Walking Tours in Athens Worth Booking

1.Greek Food Walking Tour in Athens

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4,740 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $87Our pick

Spend about three and a half hours eating your way through central Athens with a local food leader. You’ll visit Monastiraki, Varvakios Agora, Psyrri, and the herb-and-spice street, stopping for 12 tastings that may include coffee, meze, souvlaki, wine, tsipouro, yogurt with honey, and loukoumades. The tour is private, English-speaking, and limited to your group.

“Fun, very informative of the Greek cuisine and all the food tasting were delicious. Our tour guide, Dorela, was excellent. We enjoyed all the food. Highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Athens. Come hungry since you will get a lot of food!!”

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2.Guided Greek Food Walking Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 2,859 reviews · 4 hours · from $81

Join an English-speaking guide such as Adele, Anna, Tonia, or Dorela for a four-hour food walk from Monastiraki Square through Varvakios Agora and central Athens. Taste pastries, cheeses, olives, wine, ouzo, olive oil, mezze, and gyros, with enough food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

“Adele was simply wonderful as a guide and patient human being. I am in the business so I know my stuff”

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3.Athens Authentic Greek Food Walking Tour (Small Group)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 809 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $83

Start at Syntagma Square and walk with a local food expert through Plaka, Monastiraki, Psiri, and Varvakios Market. In about three and a half hours, you will visit around 10 food shops and taste 15 Greek specialties, including olive oils, cured meat, cheese, souvlaki, Greek coffee, baklava, and loukoumades. Groups are limited to 12.

“Our guide Josef was engaging and shared history and culture as we walked and snacked our way through the Athens old city center. The pace was leisurely and the food stops tasty as we chatted along. Lunch was great as we sampled 8 or so typical foods at a sit down restuarant, and then Greek donuts at our final stop.”

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4.Ultimate Food Walking Tour with 15 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 567 reviews · 4 hours · from $93

Start at Syntagma Square with a local guide such as Gari, Niki, or Eugenia, then eat your way through family-run shops, taverns, specialty stores, and Athens Central Market. Expect phyllo pies, feta, olives, cured meats, loukoumades, cakes, coffee, wine, and more. Vegetarian substitutions are available, while gluten-free tastings require the private tour.

“Come hungry because there is too much food on this tour. We started the morning with Greek pies, followed by lukamades. We then visited the central market and sampled lots of cheese including feta from the barrel and authentic sheep yogurt. We then visited a deli to sample different kinds of cured meats along with red/white wine, a local spirit, more cheese, olives and Paximadia. This was followed by a sit down lunch in a taverna right inside the market. Lunch was followed by visiting an olive shop and a dessert shop for coffee and desserts. We didn’t eat anything prior to this tour and still found the food more…”

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5.Authentic Greek Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 549 reviews · 3 hours · from $87

Meet at Athinas 7 for three hours of Greek food and neighborhood walks. Your English-speaking guide leads you through Monastiraki, Athinas, the Central Market, Psyri, and Evripidou, with tastings of cheeses, olives, olive oil, pies, souvlaki, mezes, wine, and loukoumades. Come hungry, especially for the seated meal.

“Our guide Orestes was super knowledgeable and keen for questions from us. We moved at a reasonable pace and everyone had plenty of snacks to try. He also did a good job helping us deal with a heckler who was shouting at our group. He was super professional and courteous and kind!”

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6.Evening Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 422 reviews · 3 hours · from $94

Walk central Athens with an English-speaking food guide such as Katerina, Dimitri, or Lucas. Sample cheeses, olives, cold cuts, dakos, pies, souvlaki, desserts, and meze across Monastiraki, Psyri, Evripidou, Athinas, and Agia Irini Square. Finish with a seated Greek meal and a glass of wine or beer.

“Marina was our guide on the great food tour through Athen and she was very amazing in explaining everything to our very good dishes aswell as in telling about history and background of food and beverages-great tour and super tasty food 👍🏻😀👍🏻”

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7.Athens Street Food Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 385 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $71Best value

Spend about three hours walking from Syntagma Square to Monastiraki, stopping at local bakeries, food counters, and market-area shops. You will try Greek pies, koulouri, souvlaki, peinirli, loukoumades, orange pie, and baklava-style sweets. Guides such as Fotis, Jenny, Emi, and Maria add food, culture, and neighborhood context.

“We had an opportunity to try many Greek traditional foods. Our guide used an iPad to show us history, culture and geography related to Greek food. He was friendly, informative and had a wonderful sense of humor.”

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8.Feast on Athens: LGBTQ+ Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · from $83

Join GK, a bilingual Athens local and LGBTQ+ ally, for a private 2 to 3 hour food walk beginning at Monastiraki station. Taste koulouri, bougatsa, Greek coffee, tea, charcuterie, gyro or souvlaki, Greek salad, and loukoumades while learning about Greek food, local culture, and queer-friendly Athens.

“What an awesome tour! GK took us through such a foodie experience. Being that GK is from the Athens area, he was so knowledgeable about Athens, Greek food and Greece in general. We enjoyed the different stops, and we felt completely Read more”

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