Athens food tours and cooking classes compared: street food walks from €57, market tours with a seated meal, a rooftop cooking class and wine and ouzo tastings, with GetYourGuide prices

💡 The Short Version: For a first food walk, book the Street Food Tasting Tourad: from €59, 3 hours, 4,146 reviews, meeting at Syntagma Square. For a sit-down meal at a taverna, the Original Athens Food Tourad is from €69 for 4 hours, meeting in Monastiraki Square. For a class, the Food Market Visit and Cooking Class with Winead is from €69 for 4 hours. On Sundays and in the evening the tours that visit the Central Market swap it for other stops. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices and move with the date.

The tours and classes, compared

Street food walks

Street Food Tasting Tour

From €59 · 4,146 reviews · 3 hours

Athens: Street Food Tasting Tourad is run by Greekality, in English. It starts at a pie shop with cheese pie or spanakopita, then souvlaki with beer or wine, a boat-shaped Greek pizza, loukoumades from an old pastry shop, a walk through Psyrri and Greek desserts. You meet at Syntagma Square by the round fountain, where the guide wears a Greekality pin. Vegetarian options are offered at every stop, and gluten-free ones are not. The tour passes areas that are not easy for pushchairs and wheelchairs.

Greek Street Food Tour with 5 Tastings & a Drink

From €57 · 295 reviews · 2.5 hours

Athens: Greek Street Food Tour with 5 Tastings & a Drinkad is run by Truevoyagers, in English. The tastings are a koulouri, a filo pie, souvlaki or gyros, a peinirli, the boat-shaped Greek pizza, and loukoumades, with a beer or a refreshment. You meet at Athinas 7, in front of the Lonis pastry shop, at the Athinas Street exit of Monastiraki station. At weekends and in the evening the stops can differ, because the market stop is replaced.

An Athenian Street Food Adventure

From €58 · 151 reviews · 3 hours

Athens: 10-Stop Street Food Tour with 22 Tastingsad is run in English and Greek. It stops ten times for three pies, a lamb patty, five meze, a pita with gyros, three sweets and tastings of ouzo, tsipouro and wine, and a fresh oyster on some daytime departures. The meat and fish market stops run only on the 9:30 and 12:30 departures, and the evening tours swap them for other stops. The meeting point is at the University of Athens.

No Diet Club

From €54 · 69 reviews · 2.5 hours

No Diet Club – Unique local Food Tour in Athens!ad offers seven tastings of street food, among them gyros in pita, peinirli and loukoumades. It meets at Korai 3 and welcomes vegetarians.

Market and meal tours

A spice and dried-herb shop on Evripidou Street. Photo: Palickap, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Original Athens Food Tour

From €69 · 3,631 reviews · 4 hours

Athens: Original Athens Food Tour (Full Meal Experience)ad is run by Athens Walks. You meet in front of the small church in the middle of Monastiraki Square. It tastes koulouria, loukoumades and custard-filled filo, walks through the Varvakios meat and fish market, visits specialist shops for wine, olive oil and herbs, goes down Evripidou Street and stops at a tavern for meze, and ends with a souvlaki. Wine, ouzo, tsipouro and coffee are included. Vegetarians are accommodated and vegans and gluten-free diets are not. It is not suitable for wheelchair users and runs rain or shine.

Evening Food Walking Tour

From €80 · 613 reviews · 3 hours

Athens: Evening Food Walking Tourad is run by Truevoyagers. You meet at Athinas 7. It takes in cold cuts, cheeses, olives, a pie or souvlaki and a dessert, then a seated dinner of meze at a taverna. The evening walk does not visit the food market, and alcohol is served at dinner only.

Authentic Greek Food Walking Tour with a Seated Meal

From €74 · 618 reviews · 3 hours

Athens: Authentic Greek Food Walking Tour with a Seated Mealad is also run by Truevoyagers from Athinas 7. It includes a pie or souvlaki, a tasting of cold cuts, cheeses, olives and olive oil, a seated lunch in the morning and afternoon or a dinner in the evening, and wine or beer. On weekdays after 16:00 and at weekends the operator swaps the market and some delis for other stops. It is not suitable for people with gluten intolerance.

Greek Food Discovery Small Group Walking Tour

From €69 · 701 reviews · 3.5 hours

Athens: Greek Food Discovery Small Group Walking Tourad is run by Alternative Athens, with no more than 12 people. It starts with Greek coffee, tastes olive oils and cheeses in a specialist shop, stops at a baklava bakery and for souvlaki, walks through the Varvakios Market and Spice Street, and ends with meze at a tavern. Sunday departures leave out the olive oil tasting and the markets.

The Classic Food Tasting Tour

From €68 · 411 reviews · 3 to 3.5 hours

Athens: The Classic Food Tasting Tourad is run by Athens Food on Foot. It starts in Omonia with Greek yoghurt and pies, goes through the Varvakios market to delis selling Cretan cheeses, olives, rusks and wine, and ends with meze and tsipouro. It names more than 18 tastings. You meet at Monastiraki Square in front of the little church.

A delicatessen on Evripidou Street with cured meats hanging above the counter. Photo: Palickap, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Original Greek Food Guided Walking Tour

From €69 · 105 reviews · 3 hours

Athens: the Original Greek Food Guided Walking Tourad is run by Athens Walking Tours. It includes souvlaki with pork or chicken, cheeses, olives and loukoumades. Only the morning tours visit the Varvakios market, and the afternoon and Sunday tours skip it. It has two meeting points, depending on the option, and is not suitable for wheelchair users.

Classic Athens Food Tour with Local Drink & Market Visit

From €47.20 · 120 reviews · 4 hours

Classic Athens Food Tour with Local Drink & Market Visitad is run by Athenian Tours for a small group. It meets at 1 Mitropoleos Street, opposite Syntagma Square, where the guide holds a light blue sign. It includes a local drink such as tsipouro or ouzo, a visit to the central market and recipes sent after the tour, and has vegetarian options at every spot.

Guided Food Tour with Tastings & Drinks

From €43.37 · 28 reviews · 3.5 hours

Athens: Guided Food Tour with Tastings & Drinks (5+ Stops)ad is run by Do Eat Better Experience for up to 12 people, from Omonia. It includes water and one drink, and the yoghurt and the Greek coffee are on the morning tours only.

Cooking classes

Food Market Visit and Cooking Class with Wine

From €69 · 1,295 reviews · 4 hours

Athens: Food Market Visit and Cooking Class with Winead is run by Endless Events IKE at The Greek Kitchen, Athinas 36. The cook takes you shopping at the Varvakios market, which the listing says is not a tour of the market, then you cook dolmades, spanakopita and more, and eat with wine and a shot of Greek liqueur. The class starts at 9:30 or 15:00 and includes about 30 minutes of walking. It is not suitable for wheelchair users.

Fruit and vegetable stalls at the Central Market. Photo: Artemisia72, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Greek Cooking Class & Dinner on a Rooftop

From €102 · 518 reviews · 4 hours

Athens: Greek Cooking Class & Dinner on a Rooftopad is run by Athens Walks, in English. The class is in a kitchen near Monastiraki Square in Psyrri: you make a spinach pie, a milk pie, a salad with tomatoes and local vinegar, tzatziki and moussaka, then eat on a rooftop terrace with the Acropolis lit at night. A wine list is available to buy, and gluten-free options are not offered.

Kerameikos Stone House Cooking Class

From €97 · 206 reviews · 3.5 hours

Athens: Kerameikos Stone House Cooking Classad is run by Mama’s Roots at Keramikou 82, in a stone house of the 1920s. You cook six dishes from Crete and the Peloponnese with local olive oil and eat them with wine. On Tuesdays a farmers’ market is in front of the house, and the group spends about 15 minutes there. The recipes arrive in digital form.

5-Course Greek Cooking Class with Acropolis View

From €102 · 86 reviews · 3.5 hours

Athens: 5-Course Greek Cooking Class with Acropolis Viewad is run by The Artist Athens at Melanthiou 4. You cook tzatziki, an Aegean salad, a spinach pie, moussaka and galatopita, a milk pie, and eat them looking at the Acropolis.

5-Course Hands-On Greek Cooking Class with Wine

From €79 · 51 reviews · 3.5 hours

Athens: 5-Course Hands-On Greek Cooking Class with Winead is run by the Ateneo cooking experience at Sarri 12 in Psyrri, for lunch or dinner. The menu is a Greek salad, tzatziki, spanakopita, moussaka and galaktoboureko, with wine, water and soft drinks.

Small-Group Cooking Class & Private Balcony Dining

From €65.45 · 57 reviews · 3.5 hours

Athens: Small Group Cooking Class & Private Balcony Diningad is run by Native Tongue, meeting at Athinas 44. It begins with a 20-minute visit to the Central Market, then a class in a high-floor space with a balcony. On Sundays there is no market visit, and the group makes Greek coffee instead. It is vegetarian-friendly, with no gluten-free or vegan option.

Souvlaki Pita Gyros Cooking Class

From €110 · 50 reviews · 3 hours

Athens: Greek Souvlaki Pita Gyros Cooking Class with a Localad is run by Athens Cooking Classes at Panepistimiou 64. You make the pita dough and cook gyros five ways, finish with a patsabouropita or a Greek-style cheesecake, and eat as much as you like with drinks. Where to eat the real thing is in best souvlaki in Athens.

Wine, ouzo and olive oil

How to choose

• The most reviewed walk: the Street Food Tasting Tour, from €59.
• A sit-down meal: the Original Athens Food Tour, from €69, or the Truevoyagers walk with a seated meal, from €74.
• An evening: the Evening Food Walking Tour, from €80. The evening walks skip the market.
• The cheapest: the Do Eat Better tour, from €43.37 with 28 reviews, or Athenian Tours at €47.20 with 120.
• The market: the morning departures of the Athens Walks, Alternative Athens and Athens Walking Tours tours, or the Endless Events class, which shops there with the cook.
• Vegetarian: most operators cater for vegetarians. Check vegan and gluten-free before booking.
• A view: the rooftop class in Psyrri or the Acropolis-view class at Melanthiou 4.

For where to eat on your own, see where to eat in Athens, best souvlaki in Athens and rooftop bars in Athens. To fit a tour into a trip, see Athens in one or two days and what to book before you go to Athens. The guided walks of the sights are compared in Athens walking tours. Where to stay in Athens compares the areas, and Monastiraki flea market is beside the meeting point of several tours. For other cities, see Istanbul food tours, Rome food tours and Madrid food tours.