On this tour– our own take on a classic Athens Sunday – we will start off at a leisurely pace, enjoying the quiet streets around downtown’s normally bustling historic Monastiraki Square.
Summary Description
Highlights
- Experience the traditional Sunday in Athens
- Visit to market and family run businesses
- Visits residential neighborhoods
- Experience the traditional Sunday in Athens
Description
This tour will begin with a fresh-baked koulouri, before exploring the nearby weekly flea market. There will be a good Greek coffee and breakfast’s second course: thick strained yogurt with honey and nuts alongside hosaf. As our Sunday stroll continues through the streets of Plaka, we’ll walk past buildings and monuments representing the depth of Athenian history, from the ancient Agora and the Stoa of Attalos, to one of Athens’ oldest functioning churches, where students still go to get a blessing before exams.
We’ll wend our way through Thissio and Petralona, where we will make our first lunch stop, sitting down for a meal of unforgettable grilled lamb chops andfries in a family-run local institution.
Our final stop will be in nearby Psyri, where we’ll join the locals who are eating out with their extended families. There we’ll enjoy Greek comfort food like dolmades, soutzoukakia and the season’s best horta among Athenian families and friends – a fitting end to our moveable feast.
Included / Excluded
- Culinary Backstreets Guide
- All food consumed on the walk – almost a dozen different edible specialties
- Visit old city of Plaka
- Culinary Backstreets Guide
- Transportation to and from the meeting point
- Transportation to and from the meeting point
Start / End Locations
Start Location: Monastiraki, Athens, Greece
Important Information
Know Before You Book
- Food Tasting - Let us know if you have any allergies
- Wear comfortable shoes
Cancellation
Cancellation Cutoff: 72 hours
Cancellation Notes: 100% refund if given 1 week notice prior to walk. 50% refund if given 72 hours notice or more. Less than 72 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund
Options and Pricing
| Athens The Moveable Sunday Feast | RETAIL PRICE |
|---|---|
| Adult (18 - 64 years) | $135.00 |
| Child (5 - 11 years) | $67.50 |
Points of interest
- Pantheon, Geronta, Athens, Greece
- National Archaeological Museum, 28is Oktovriou, Athens, Greece
- Kallidromiou Farmers' Market, Kallidromiou, Athens, Greece
- ATHENS FLEA MARKET, Platia Monastirakiou, Athens, Greece
- Monastiraki Square, Apollonos, Athens, Greece
- Holy University Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary - Panagia Kapnikarea, Platia Kapnikareas, Athens, Greece
- Self-managed Park Navarinou, Zoodochou Pigis, Athens, Greece
- Navarinou Park, Ilioupoli, Greece
- Metropolitan Church of Athens, Mitropoleos, Athens, Greece
- Monastiraki Flea Market, Ifestou, Athens, Greece
- Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Terms and Conditions
Liability Waiver
By completing the reservation you acknowledge the following:
If you have food allergies, you are ultimately responsible to ensure your own health and safety. If you share information about your allergies, we can provide you with some guidance about the food purveyors on your tour, but we are not responsible for any allergic reactions that you may have. We are not responsible for any damages or losses incurred as result of acts by entities beyond our control, including but not limited to restaurants, shops, market stalls, eateries and food carts. We are not responsible for acts beyond our control, including but not limited to acts of God, act of nature, acts of war, or other unrest caused by state or non-state actors. If you are disruptive, we have the right to ask you to leave the tour without refunding you or providing you with a credit for your tour. You are aware of and responsible for all damages or losses that may arise during the course of the tour resulting from:
Risks associated with food, water or other drinks, including alcoholic beverages; physical accidents during the tour or at any of the locations visited; transportation failures; forces of nature; criminal activity; damage, loss or misplaced property; or accident or illness without means of rapid evacuation or availability of medical supplies or services. You agree that any claims that may arise will first go to arbitration and only if not resolved in that manner shall be heard in court. In both cases, grievances shall be heard in the jurisdiction of Washington, DC. You further agree to be responsible for your own welfare and property and accept any and all risks of delay, unanticipated events, inconvenience, illness, injury, emotional trauma or death. You further acknowledge that participation in Culinary Backstreets tours is based upon execution of this Liability Waiver. By completing the reservation process you release and discharge forever Culinary Backstreets, its employees, owners, affiliates, officers, directors, successors, agents, and assigns, from and against any liability arising from participating in this tour. You further agree that this release shall be legally binding upon you personally, all members of your family, all minors traveling with you, your heirs, successors, assigns, and legal representatives, to the maximum extent of the law.
I am aware that while on or traveling to or from my activity with Culinary Backstreets, I might be exposed to COVID-19 from other people, animals or objects. I assume all risk of any such contacts, including sickness, incapacity or death and agree to hold harmless Culinary Backstreets from any such developments. In addition, I recognize that the World Health Organization, U.S. Department of State as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have warnings concerning same and am choosing to travel and assume all risk myself.
