ATHENS
26 Tours Reviewed
Shopping for dinner in central Athens feels like theater. You start with a walk to the Central Market for a hands-on ingredient hunt, then you cook a traditional meal in Penelope’s home using family recipes and whatever looks best that…
Phyllo dough feels harder than it is. I like the relaxed, at-home pace with Eirini (Ειρηνη), and I love that you make phyllo dough from scratch with your own hands. The one real drawback is simple: it’s hands-on, so you’ll…
This is Athens food as a hands-on skill, not a show. In a private, central-Athens setting, an Insider chef helps you make classic meze like melitzanosalata (eggplant salad) and two other traditional bites, then you eat what you make with…
Poros has a tasty way to slow you down. This small-group class at Odyssey Bistro is built around real cooking, using garden-to-table organic ingredients and classic dishes like tzatziki, spanakopita-style pastry, plaki, and bougatsa. What I like most is the…
Cooking in Athens shouldn’t feel like a classroom. Aspasia’s class is a private cooking experience in a light-filled home in the center of the city, built around making (and then eating) a full spread of Greek favorites. I like that…
Cooking in a real Athenian home feels different. You get a hands-on class with Christo and Fotini, guided by island-focused know-how and served up in an elegant, art-heavy space in Nea Smirni. You’re not just learning steps. You’re hearing why…
Greek food is more fun when you learn it at the source. This private class in Katerina’s home gives you hands-on practice, live feedback, and a real feel for how families cook day to day—not just a demo. I love…
You’ll leave with flour under your nails. This Athens class is all about phyllo—the paper-thin dough behind Greece’s most loved savory pies—taught step by step in Christina’s home kitchen. You start with a traditional Greek coffee, learn to make dough…
Cooking Greek food in Athens feels practical. This class turns a Greek meal into a hands-on experience, not a lecture. You’ll work with fresh ingredients in a home-like kitchen, start with nibbles and wine, then sit down to the meal…
That smell in the market starts the whole day. This Athens cooking class pairs a real shopping stroll with hands-on cooking in a traditional taverna, so you’re not just watching from the sidelines. You walk through Central Market, buy ingredients…
One of Athens’ best dinners is the one you cook. This 3-hour, in-town kitchen session is built around pita gyros from scratch, with stories about Greek food traditions and how the family keeps things low-waste. It’s casual on purpose: grab…
A Greek cooking class, but vegan. This hands-on session in Koukaki shows you how Greek comfort food works when you swap meat and dairy for plant-based technique. You’ll learn classics like moussaka and tzatziki, then you’ll eat what you cook…
That view makes dinner feel like a treat. This small-group Greek meze cooking class pairs hands-on cooking with an Acropolis-facing setting, so you’re not just eating—you’re making the meal while Athens sits right there. I like that you’ll learn at…
Cooking here feels different because your kitchen has a view. You’ll be making classic Greek dishes while looking at the Acropolis from The Artist Rooftop Bar & Restaurant, which turns dinner into something cinematic without being staged. Two things I…
Greek cooking starts at the market. In this small-group Athens experience, you’ll shop ingredients with a local host at the Central Market, then head to a traditional taverna to do the cooking yourself—hands-on, not watch-and-hope. I especially like that you…
