09 Dec 2022
This was our second culinary backstreets tour in Athens. I debated between a 4 and 5 rating. Our guide was very good and it was a very interesting tour with a lot of background information. This was an area of town that I doubt many tourists explore. There was plenty of food and drink. Most of our stops were excellent - fresh juice stand, a bakery and a wonderful deli. The two stops with multiple dishes at restaurants were okay. The coffee stop had a good explanation of the process for making the coffee but we’ve had better elsewhere. It was nice to get to try the different versions of the Greek grappa type drink. The wine place at the end was quite interesting but 3 soso wines at the end of the tour after lots of liquor during the tour was not a good ending.
We thought the backstreet plaka tour was better.