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Tasting Greece: Private Culinary Workshop & Plaka Walking Tour
Join us for an exploration of traditional flavors from across Greece. Begin your adventure with a guided walking tour of Plaka and taste a variety of spirits paired with hand-picked delicacies while learning about the origins and role in local customs on a delicious culinary workshop in Athens!
Duration 3 hours
Private tour available in English, Spanish
Group tour available in English
Group tour pricing from 180 EUR per group
Highlights
A 3-hour tasting workshop designed to immerse you in Greek culture through the medium of local spirits & product tasting!
Services of a local guide and a food connoisseur
A perfect experience for foodies, families, couples and any lover of Greek culture and cuisine!
Tastings of local products, wine and traditional Greek spirits
A 1-hour walking tour around the historic neighborhood of Plaka
Description
Kick-off your culinary exploit alongside your local guide with a walking tour of Plaka. Get insight into the local culture and marvel at the imposing monuments of the region that reveal the rich history of Athens, such as the Tower of the Winds, the Roman Forum, and the monument of Lysicrates.
Next up is our 2-hour tasting Greece workshop, where a food connoisseur will help you learn the origins of numerous Greek spirits and products as well as their production methods. Taste local varieties of cheese like 'kasseri', 'metsovone', and feta, kalamata olives, cured sardines, and 'sygklino' smoked ham and wash them all down with a glass of two different local wine varieties.
Learn how to pair Greek wine, 'raki' and 'tsipouro' with the most compatible cheese, charcuterie, and other PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) products, and end your tasting experience with the unique mastic liqueur of Chios.
To help you visualize each region’s produce, we give you your very own gastronomy map of Greece! Use it during your workshop and take it home with you as a memento of your introduction to products that will surely become household favorites!
Next up is our 2-hour tasting Greece workshop, where a food connoisseur will help you learn the origins of numerous Greek spirits and products as well as their production methods. Taste local varieties of cheese like 'kasseri', 'metsovone', and feta, kalamata olives, cured sardines, and 'sygklino' smoked ham and wash them all down with a glass of two different local wine varieties.
Learn how to pair Greek wine, 'raki' and 'tsipouro' with the most compatible cheese, charcuterie, and other PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) products, and end your tasting experience with the unique mastic liqueur of Chios.
To help you visualize each region’s produce, we give you your very own gastronomy map of Greece! Use it during your workshop and take it home with you as a memento of your introduction to products that will surely become household favorites!
What’s included & not included
Expert local foodie guide and foo connoissur
Food tastings, wine and spirits tasting
Gastronomy map of Greece
Hotel pick-up on foot
All taxes and VAT
Any additional orders or purchases
Gratuities
Meeting point
Fountain at Syntagma Square
Athens
Fountain at Syntagma Square+302109567326
athens@greeking.me
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