Acropolis Private Guided Tour with Traditional Food Tasting

Name: Acropolis Private Guided Tour with Traditional Food Tasting
Start: 2026-07-03T08:30:00Z
Location: Athens

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Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Location

Athens

Duration

2 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 14 guests

Language

English, Italian, German

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Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Explore ancient wonders on a private Acropolis tour, guided by an expert. Experience Greek culinary delights with traditional dishes at a local eatery, making your visit unforgettable.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

With our Licensed Archaeological Expert, combine an Exclusive Private Tour of the Acropolis, together with food tastings at family-run authentic local eateries

On meeting your experienced guide, you will tour the Acropolis and all of the amazing monuments including among others, the giant entrance 'Propylaia', 420 BC Temple of Athena Nike, Mythical Erechtheion, as well as the Worlds oldest Theater and of course the PARTHENON.

Then immerse yourself in Local food culture. Sample the famous 'loukomades', and at a local hidden eatery your guide will show you many of the dishes being prepared such as 'yemista', yigandes' beeftekia, and others including a wide variety of traditional pittas (special sweet and savoury pies made with thin 'filo' pastry). Your guide will also help you choose the dishes you want before leaving you to enjoy them in the shade!

Flexible booking options are also available to let you add Acropolis Admission, Greek Mythology, and the Acropolis Museum!

What You Get

ACROPOLIS ADMISSION TICKETS. are ONLY included If choosing the option with Tickets Included

FULLY PRIVATE TOUR. Only your group is guided exclusively from start to finish

FOOD TASTINGS. Tastings include Loukomades and a main dish from the choices of the day & soft drink

Acropolis Admission Tickets & Cost (unless choosing the booking option with admission)

Good To Know

ADMISSION TICKETS: Are included ONLY when selecting the '+ Tickets' option. For all other options we can still have skip-the-line tickets for you by request (to our email: [email protected]. Extra cost), or you can buy your own tickets directly. If you have booked an option other than the one including tickets and we have received no written request from you to buy them, then we expect that you will turn up with your own tickets for the appropriate date and time slot..
BOOKING OPTIONS: Flexible booking options are also available to let you include Acropolis Admission, Greek Mythology, and the Acropolis Museum. We can also tailor your tour further on request
It is your responsibility to inform the eatery in the case of any food allergies
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

Acropolis

MEETING OUR GUIDE. Your guide will be waiting at Makrygianni Street at the Acropolis Metro stop which is just around the corner from the Acropolis Main Entrance. Our meeting spot gives an ideal perspective from which to view the surrounding wall of the Acropolis built by the earlier Mycenean civilization and to provide you with an introduction to the History of the Acropolis, its importance and role in the life of ancient Greece, and an overview of the temples and amazing monuments you are about to see.

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

Acropolis

TOURING THE ACROPOLIS AND PARTHENON The Acropolis is home to the Parthenon, and many other amazing monuments including the giant entrance 'Propylaia' you will enter through, behind which stood a huge gold encrusted statue of the Goddess Athena which must have struck awe into any ancient visitor. Once inside your expert guide will explain all of the other monuments including the 420 BC Temple of Athena Nike, Mythical Erechtheion, as well as the other structures including the Theater of Dionysis. Constructed in the 6th Century BC and the worlds oldest Theater, it would have seen the very fist performances of ancient plays by Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus among others. Finally you will tour the Parthenon, widely considered as a masterpiece of science, engineering culture, and the pinnacle of the Greek Classical Period.

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

Acropolis

FOOD TASTING Immerse yourself in local Greek Food Culture as you learn about many traditional delicacies, from Loukomades to yemista', yigandes' beeftekia, and many others, including a wide variety of traditional pittas (special pies made with thin 'filo' pastry). See how they are made and end with your choice of dish with your helpful guide.

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

Acropolis

ENDING YOUR TOUR. After your guide has explained the local dishes and helped you make your food choices, she will leave you enjoy them and will also check that you are orientated for any onward plans you have for the rest of your day.

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

Acropolis (Pass By)

OPTION TO INCLUDE ACROPOLIS TICKETS If you have selected this booking option, your guide will have your dated and timed entry tickets ready for you. You need do nothing more.

Acropolis Museum (Pass By)

OPTION TO INCLUDE THE NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM If you have selected this booking option, your tour is extended to include the nearby Acropolis Museum

Temple of Olympian Zeus (Pass By)

OPTION TO INCLUDE GREEK MYTHOLOGY If you have selected this booking option, you will start your tour at the Arch of Hadrian. The Temple of Olympian Zeus will be included (commentary but not entered) and your guide will focus commentary on Greek Mythology throughout.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Makrigianni 7, Makrigianni, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Greece, GR, 117 42

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MEETING POINT: the ‘ACROPOLI’ Metro station, at street level. 7 Makrygianni Street. Your guide will have a sign with the name of the lead traveler written.

End Point