Eat your way around downtown Athens – 5th May 2018

  We would like to invite you on a wonderful tour of downtown Athens, taking in the sights and sampling over 9 food tastings of traditional Greek food.  Walking through the wonderful areas of Monastiraki, Psiri, Thisseo until  our tour ends in Plaka  (http://www.athens24.com/plaka.html) , the oldest area of Athens, where  you we will enjoy a meze […]

What is POLITISMOS

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With a 21st century online format, POLITISMOS gives visitors the chance to explore Greek history and culture, from antiquity to modernity, from the comfort of their computer, tablet and even their smartphone. POLITISMOS has an online presence and also hosts in our hometown of Sacramento, California a variety of pop-up exhibits, lecture series, children’s programs, all of […]

25th March for Foodies

Greek Independence Day and The Annunciation 25th of March is a Greek National Holiday. A double holiday combining history and religion. It is also called Greek Independence Day because it commemorates the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821. The same day coincides with the Greek Orthodox Church’s celebration of The Annunciation. Annunciation Day honors […]

Clean Monday or Koulouma for Foodies

Food is one of the most important aspects of Greek everyday life and culture. This is no different in the Greek Orthodox fasting periods. Although Lent – the 40-days fasting pre-Easter  – is about mourning and abstinence, there is an abundance of special fasting products available making Lent just another glorious Greek culinary experience. Let’s […]

Food around Athens is in the news!

Food Around Athens is in the news again;  #NEWSMAG interviews entrepreneur Rachel Montague. Interview with a woman who decided to invest in Greece. “Food tours are here to stay” Rachel Montague is from England and decided to start her own business in Greece following the new trend of food experiences. That is how the company […]

Win a free tour for foodies in Athens

Food Around Athens Lunch for two

Free tour anyone? Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch! A New Year has come and we have set new goals and made new plans. Several new tours around Athens are in development and interesting new food shops and food places are ready to be discovered. We are celebrating the arrival […]

Συνέντευξη από μία γυναίκα που αποφάσισε να επενδύσει στην Ελλάδα. “Τα food tours ήρθαν για να μείνουν”

Η Rachel Montague από την Αγγλία αποφάσισε να αρχίσει τη δική της επιχείρηση στην Ελλάδα ακολουθώντας τη νέα τάση των Food Tours. Ετσι γεννήθηκε το Food Around Athens. Ας δούμε τι έχει να μας πει για τα όσα αντιμετώπισε όταν ξεκίνησε την επιχείρησή της.

Its January 2018. Let them eat cake!

Cake is THE food item that cannot be missed at the end of the year in Greece. The New Year is a wonderful time to reflect on the past and set goals for the year ahead. Traditions, resolutions and emotions are abundant. It’s this time of year that in homes of Greeks, both in the […]

A tour of the best Food Around Athens

Best Food Around Athens? If you are a follower of my Family Experiences Blog,  you are probably well aware by now that I love Athens and I love food…In an effort to combine these two passions and to find the best food around Athens, I signed up for a tour with Food Around Athens. A […]