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Thessaloniki: Food Tour with Rooftop Views

By Athens Wine tours
8.0 out of 10
Very good
Free cancellation available
Price is €55 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Savour the flavours of Thessaloniki on a guided food tour with a local guide
  • Explore the historic Kapani Market and discover its culinary treasures
  • Enjoy 5 curated food stops and try dishes you might otherwise miss
  • Learn about the spices and herbs that shape Greek cuisine
  • End your tour with a refreshing iced coffee on a rooftop with great views

Activity location

    • Thessaloniki
    • Thessaloniki, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Leof. Nikis 1, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece | Your guide will be waiting in front of "Limani bar" , at the old Port of Thessaloniki
    • Thessaloniki, Greece

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Thessaloniki: Food Tour with Rooftop Views

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Starting time: 12:00
Price details
€55.00 x 1 Adult€55.00
Total
Price is €55.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fod tour with a local in Thessaloniki
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit to Kapani market
  • What's includedWhat's included
    5 curated food stops
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Food tastings including piroski, Asia Minor recipes, seafood meze, traditional Greek mezedes, trigona, lukumades, souvlaki
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Explanations of spices and herbs
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Iced coffee at a rooftop with great views
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport to the meeting point
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Additional food and drinks not included in the tastings

Know before you book

  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

You are about to eat your way through one of the most fascinating food cities in the world , and you're going to do it the right way.
Thessaloniki is the culinary capital of Greece and if you've ever wondered why the food here hits differently, this tour is your answer.
This experience is led by someone who know the spots that don't appear on any tourist map, the hidden gems that locals fiercely protect, and the stories behind every dish that you'd never hear if you were wandering on your own.

No tourist traps, just the real, raw, delicious Thessaloniki, shared with you by someone who genuinely calls it home.

Together, we'll visit five handpicked stops that take you on a journey through the flavours that built this city.
You'll taste the legacy of the Ottoman occupation, the recipes that Asia Minor immigrants carried across the Aegean Sea in the 1920s with nothing but their memories and their spice jars, and the dishes that define modern Greek cooking today.
And then comes the market . Your guide will walk you through a world of spices and herbs that most visitors stroll past without a second glance. Saffron, cumin, wild oregano, dried herbs carried into this city through centuries of trade and migration, and they are the very foundation of the Mediterranean diet that has made Greek cuisine one of the most beloved and respected in the entire world.
Hearing your guide explain all of this (someone who grew up smelling these exact spices at their grandmother's kitchen) is a completely different experience from reading it in a book.
And then, just when you think it can't get any better, it does.
The tour ends on a rooftop, high above the city, with a traditional Greek coffee in your hands and Thessaloniki spread out beneath your feet. This is a tour to experience the city in a way that most visitors never get to.

Location

Activity location

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    • Thessaloniki
    • Thessaloniki, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Leof. Nikis 1, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece | Your guide will be waiting in front of "Limani bar" , at the old Port of Thessaloniki
    • Thessaloniki, Greece