ATHENS DIY FOOD TOUR - The Perfect Day in Athens, Greece (GREEK DONUTS, COFFEE & MORE)!
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- A DIY food tour is the perfect way to explore a new city on a budget. So much of our local cultures are shared through our food, and Athens is no different.
Greece is known for its tasty food, so we developed this list of top spots in Athens to visit for a sample of delicious Greek food.
Our DIY Greek food tour started at TAF Coffee where we filled up on Greek Coffee and a Freddo Cappuccino. Then, we made our way to Krinos Bakery for some of the best Loukoumades in Athens.
After filling up on coffee and Greek donuts, we gave our tummies a break by exploring Syntagma Square and the museum in Syntagma Metro Station.
Next, we walked over to the base of the Acropolis to explore the Anafiotika neighborhood in Athens’ Plaka (Old Town). Anafiotika resembles the architecture of the Anafi Islands and it has charm for days!
After wondering through the alleys of Anafiotika, we made our way to Fresko Yogurt Bar for some local, authentic Greek Yogurt. This made Jordan’s day, y’all! Then, we checked out the Central Municipal Athens Market, which was a small adventure.
Next, we made our way to get some Greek gyros at Falafellas. Come to find out, these were more like Falafel wraps rather than gyros, but they were still good. Afterwards, we walked over to Ariston Bakery for some Greek pies!
Finally, we ended our Greek food tour in Athens at LUKUMADES. We ordered a basket of fresh loukoumade balls (aka Lokma) with ice cream and they were SO GOOD! They’re basically Greek donut holes with ice cream. What’s not to like?
To sum things up, doing a walking DIY food tour is the best way to see Athens. The full day only cost us 30.75 EUR for two people - 15.38 EUR each! And, we walked a total of 5 miles! The walking route for the food tour is 3.5 miles excluding to and from our Airbnb.
Let us know in the comments if you’ve been to any of these restaurants or sights in Athens or if you have other options to recommend for others to try!
Enjoy the video and we’ll see you in our next one as we keep GOING PLACES!
-Ashley & Jordan
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Athens Food Tour Map (Walking Route in Google Maps):
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TAF Coffee:
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Krinos Bakery:
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Lukumades:
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Fresko Greek Yogurt Bar:
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Falafellas:
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Ariston Bakery (ΑΡΙΣΤΟΝ ΛΟΜΠΟΤΕΣΗ):
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Anafiotika - Neighborhood in Athens Plaka:
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How to get to Anafiotika:
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Central Municipal Athens Market:
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Syntagma Square:
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Cold coffee is a greek doing. Italians until recently didnt serve cold coffee. I remember many years ago being in Italy and I asked for a freddo cappuccino, and they didn't even knew what was it.
Yep, cold (freddo) espresso and cappuccino is a religion in Greece mostly during the warm months
All the Artifacts at the train station were found when they were building the Metro. Really Cool!!! Doubt we would see something like that here in the states.
Lovely video, everything looks beautiful and tasty!
Thanks for sharing!
I love Greek food
first time seeing your content; love it!! so well done and shot...as a Greek, I love seeing people experience Athens for the first time! thank you for sharing!
Thank you! We're so glad you enjoyed our video. Greece was such a wonderful experience for us. We visited Santorini and Athens and cannot wait to explore more of your beautiful country.
Hope you enjoyed ur stay, much love to you both 🤗
Guys thank you amazing video. Hope you enjoyed your stay. You look great together 😁
Thank you! We loved our time in Athens.
to eat and foods .greek cuisine are the best.....kisses from greece.....
Amazing vlog, you guys are awesome😊😊😊 Glad you enjoyed it so much, Ashley is just gorgeous, congrats Jordan 😉😉
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! And, you're right :)
Yum! I have only been to Athens on day trips from a cruise ship... can’t wait to try out all these places when we visit longer. Greek coffee - yummy 😍
We did Santorini as well but would loooove to explore more! The freddo coffee was excellent!
Great video. Athens is on my list to visit in early September. You made me so hungry and showed me some really interesting places to check out. Will be hitting the Athenian Riviera. Would enjoy a video of the Athenian Riviera. Your videos are so easy and relaxing to watch
Thanks, Judy! This video/day is one of our all time favorites! We are very keen to get back to Athens/Greece. So much left to see and eat. ☺️
I just saw u went to ariston for the pies.excelent choice and research! It is the oldest pastry shop in athens.im greek btw.Great video,thank you for sharing! Subscribed.Keep it up!
As soon as you started making a list of the coffee price breakdown, I had to subscribe!! I have been slow traveling for a few years now and have used some of these travel vlogs as my go to reference when I’m looking for ideas on where to travel to next. I usually base it on the cost of living as I’m on a budget. You both remind me my two favorite travel youtubers Daneger and Stacy. Very down to earth and just a joy to watch exploring the food and coffee scene and the local markets. Thank you for much for taking us along around Athens. 😹I’ve been to Athens many times but sadly I haven’t explored some of the places and eateries you guys have tried. 😹 I can’t wait to return soon after the corona virus lockdown. ❤️
TravelDiva6 K Wow! What a compliment! We *love* Dane and Stacey! I’m so glad our video was helpful. Athens was such a delight and definitely on the list of must-return places. Stay safe and healthy and we will all be on the road again soon I hope!
Welcome to Greece and thank you for sharing with us.
The weird sweet from Ariston bakery is called "Kataifi". The pastry is like long hair and the filling is with nuts.
You made me feel soooooo hungry......
You mean Kadayıf
@@mkalaft mongols...🙄🤦
@@dimitrakapa4887 Thieves 💁♂️
Funny. But I like the food review. Thank you guys.
Nice Channel, glad to have found it. Subscribed 😊
Thank you!
Hi, I love Athens (so much so that I've visited 5 times so far!) and I'm always interested in new places to take my wife to, I'll definately be visiting some of the places you visited! If you go back to Athens visit Lukumades again and try the filled Lukumades (basically Lukumades with a choice of fillings, sweet or savoury), I had some with lemon cream filling and they were sooo good! I'd also recommend visiting Thessaloniki in northern Greece, it's a beautiful city and has amazing food too!
Oooh! Great suggestions, I so hope we get to go back and try these. Thanks for watching.
@@KeepGoingPlaces - - I'd also suggest getting the ferry from Piraeus to Egina. It's a beautiful island (and not far from Athens so you can do a day trip!). It has the Temple of Aphaia , the only known temple to that Goddess, and just off the south of the island there is the uninhabited island of Moni. You can get a boat across to it from Perdika and it has lots of wild peacocks & deer just wandering around the beach & woods, it's an amazing place (there arevideos on TH-cam of it).
wow ..love greek food
It's so good!
Εσύ μπαίνεις σε κάθε ελληνικό βίντεο και γράφεις την ίδια μαλακία. Δεν έχεις τίποτα άλλο να πεις; Μποτ είσαι;
@@theatisgr ΘΕΛΕΙ ΣΥΜΜΑΣΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΣΕΞΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΓΩ
@@kyprosalbakri8963 σημασία** το ότι του αρέσει το ελληνικό φαγητό? Έλεος είστε
@@dimitrakapa4887 ένα σχόλιο έκανα καλή μου μην τα περνεις:)
I love your videos! I would LOVE to travel like you and your husband! So the second best is watching y’all and seeing the sights ❤️
Donna Jean thank you! we are so glad you enjoy watching! ☺️
Loukoumades with honey is the most popular version. But the real pros put ''petimezi'' on their loukoumades. Petimezi is a syrup made from wine must. Its very sweet and has a wine-ish aftertaste. Its not easy to access good petimezi, thats why ''commercial'' version of loukoumades is always with honey. If you ever try it, you will never go back.
Next time try Freddo Cappuccino with cinammon or chocolate powder on top
great video guys..
You sould visit nothern Hellas(Macedonia,Thrace etc)
So happy to see that you visited Anafkiotika,it is one of the most beautiful places in our capital .Great video!!We do eat chickpeas here in greece but it is a soup we make with them mostly.We eat a lot of fava which many people confuse with hummus but it is actually made from fava beans and in my opinion it is much tastier than hummus.
Thank you! We LOVED Anafkiotika and Athens. We'll have to try the fava beans next time!
@@KeepGoingPlaces Since i learned you are vegetarian you can buy fava beans in the usa also.The recipe is very easy and i am sure that you will LOVE the taste of it.Fava beans in greece are like this:www.amazon.com/Arosis-Fava-Beans/dp/B006U0WGTC (i am not advertising anything hahah)
Fava is from split peas, fava beans is what we call κουκιά.
great vlog from 👏 Athens, I hope someday you will visit the city I live called Volos in central Greece. 😉
Thank you! Adding it to our list of potential travel destinations in the future!
Ashley and Jordan Going Places yes volos amd the pelion some of the most stunning areas on mainland greece.
@@florrie8767 you can combine winter and summer, mountain pelio and beautiful beaches, I m very happy you like it 🙌
Great video guys, I miss Athens very much, but next time you are in Athens and want Greek traditional yogurt go to STANI its in the center of Athens and has been around since 1930s.
Thank you, Greg! Glad you enjoyed the video. We’ll add STANI to our list for next time; thanks for the recommendation.
greg bistolas I just looked up STANI and am so sad that we didn’t know about that place. Not sure how we didn’t find it during all our research! Definitely going during our next visit.
They also have the cream of the yogurt served in a glass cup. Not as sour or tart as yogurt, a little creamier and sweeter served with honey. I highly recommend.
I love that you guys know about Dragon’s Beard candy. I have never been to China but in Hong Kong they have it and it is so delicious! It’s too bad there’s not a better translation because in Chinese, dragon’s beard sound so much better and more poetic than it does translated to English.
This was a great food tour video! All the food made me hungry. 😊
Now we need to hear how it sounds in Chinese! Thanks for the tip. We could eat Greek food all day long! So good
💙ly video.
Thank you!
Great video! But, most Greeks have never eaten falafel. Most of us don’t even know what it is. Those Greek restaurants in USA have fooled you 😁. Although, there are similar traditional recipes in Greece using chickpeas, but we call them “revythokeftedes”.
No matter. She enjoyed it. And Greek cuisine has thousands upon thousands of incredible dishes that they have never ever eaten, but if they would, they would taste angels on their tongue. I know this as I am a strong admirer of the Greek cuisine and for years finding out the endless incredible dishes of the country. Till I die I won't be able to complete my quest.
@@Ptolemy336VV Why would it matter? I'm not blaming them. I'm just saying it for those who are confused. Falafel and hummus are not part of Greek cuisine.
@@kabamaru_Iga_No Entirely true. And I can say that I have had Greek chickpea dishes that are to be honest far more delicious than Falafel.
I'm glad you enjoyed our video! True, falafel is not greek. We were aiming for Gyros on that stop and primarily eat vegetarian, so we substituted with falafel. Come to find out, Falafellas served wraps, not gyros...
@@Ptolemy336VV We love Greek cuisine too! It's one of our favorite. Let us know if you have any favorites we should try!
Hello there.
I hope you'll make it to Greece again sometime in the future. Then you can ask for some ground cinnamon or powdered chocolate sprinkled over the cream of that freddo cappuccino. It will add an extra layer of tastiness to the coffee.
I'm also very happy you took the time to take a good look at the mini-museum that it is Syntagma square underground station. It is so frustrating to me when people pass by and don't even realize what lies literally in front of their eyes.
Great job, many thumbs up.
Thank you so much! Ground cinnamon sounds so tasty atop the freddo cappuccino. Will try that next time!
Agreed, there's so much history to admire in Greece.
Why are there so much graffitis in Athens?🤔
@@holyfox94 Although it would seem that always some people felt they were entitled to paint graffitis wherever they wanted to, claiming they wanted to "brighten the grey surroundings of the city", this was elevated to a problem as a result of the financial troubles the country is in for the past decade. This is when the so-called Antifa and other left-leaning groups literally flooded every centimeter of space available around the city with their slogans, and with them came the artists, genuine and self-proclaimed.
Iomar1975 Thanks. I thought it has something to do with the left/ anarchos.
I hope they don’t tag the ancient sites.
Nothing against well done murals.
But this tagging everywhere is horrible.
Reminds me of dogs marking their tree.
@@holyfox94 They have no respect for the ancient sites since they consider them nationalistic, so I wouldn't be surprised to learn they tagged some as well. It is exactly that, dogs marking what they consider to be their trees with absolute disregard for what anybody else thinks.
What drives me up the wall is that they fancy themselves superior to us petty-bourgeois, when in reality they are nothing but illiterate children that can barely parrot what they consider their ideology and are only drawn to the violence it entails.
As far as murals are concerned, there is or there should be a line drawn between using some space for this activity and flooding the whole city with drawings whose artistic value is questionable at best.
Nice video
Thank you!
Hey nice vlog, it was cool you went to some different places in Athens rather than the usual vlogger stops!
Thank you! We try to always do something local and unique in destinations we travel to. Takes a little more research and planning, but definitely worth it!
if you guys ever come to NY let us know, you have to travel Greek Astoria :D
Looks sooooo good! We are heading to Athens in a few days and we are so excited! Any pointers?
Im a local so feel free to ask me anything!
TINY TRAVEL TWO How fun! I’d say just get out there and wander around on your own. We always enjoy strolling around and seeing what we find. AND LOTS OF FOOD, be sure to eat lots of good food!
This is an ok tour but really missed the best of Greek food. No olive oil, no real souvlaki, wrong pie at Ariston. Etc.
konstantinos pesmatzoglou - How would they eat "real souvlaki" when they are vegetarians? As for the pie at Ariston, it depends on each and everyone's individual taste (even for the Greeks).
Love the way Americans hold their knife and fork cutting with the knife then putting down the knife and swapping fork to the knife hand 🤷😆
Planning fingers crossed to get a vaccine and to be back Athens for my 5th time!
🤞 Same!
Put some sunblock on if you're going to walk in the sun for so long. Greek sun is nothing to take lightly, especially in the summer.
It's pronounced 'FEE-low' dough. not Fie(rhymes with pie) low. And it Spah-no-KOE-peeta, not cop, as in in cops and robbers. Also the Loukoumathes you ate near the end of the video is the traditional appearance. Loukoumathes usually have no hole in them. Go to any Greek festival in the U.S. and they'll be made without a hole.
Thanks for the pronunciation info. We'll keep an eye out for Loukoumathes everywhere we go :)
Loukoumades traditionally are with the whole.
It's actually Fee-loh and Spah-nah-koh-peeta. As for loukoumades, they are equally 'traditional' with and without hole, the difference is they vary in terms of texture and consistency, which purely a matter of preference.
Thanks for the pronunciation Info 🙋🏻♀️🙂
That dessert with honey it get called kataifi. Like thin looking hair...
That’s right! It’s so good! 😃
When in Greece please use greek music. When in Sweden swedish music etc. More real then and interesting,
We kind of simplify it by writing it as 'gyros', as it's kind of closer to the original Greek spelling 'γύρος', but if you want to pronounce it the right way and sound almost like a native Greek, it's something like "YEE-ROSS", the 'yee' part pronounced the way the word 'see' does, but obviously with a 'y' instead of an 's', and 'ross', pronounced like the 'sauce' with an 'r'. Just say it with authority, like yeeeeeross!
Ahhh, thanks for the pronunciation info. I didn't realize it was "Ross" at the end.
@@KeepGoingPlaces Well, Greek is quite a complex language, let's just say that it depends on the situation ; if you are to ask for it, you just have to entirely skip the "S" at the end, we just say it "yee-raw", the exact same way that 'raw' is pronounced in English (e.g. raw vegetables), more like 'law' with an 'r', it doesn't sound like "row", you've got to barely say it, just emphasize on the 'yee' part. "Yee-raw" 😜😜
Gelto
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It is nice that you have enjoyed Greek food but Falafel is not a greek food.
True. We knew falafel is not Greek, but rather Middle Eastern food. We were going for Greek Gyros, vegetarian style since we don't eat a lot of meat. But, what we ended up getting was a wrap :( Still good, but not quite what we were going for! Ha
@@KeepGoingPlaces το
Hi very nice video but this is not falafel gyro this is pita falafel
Thank you! And, agreed. We mentioned that in the video and were a little sad they didn't have a gyro.
It's fresh meat without all the red food dye and blood packaged in united states.
Be care ful in the UK There are alot of fanatic people there now. so be careful.
Well, actually, donughts have greek origins from loukoumades
They do look very similar :) And delicious
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Done! You should check out our more recent videos :)
Jordan kinda sticks out like a foreigner, as for Ashley I'd easily mistake you for a local if not for the american accent.
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It's actually called Loukoumades not greek donat
Correct, we mentioned that in the video. But, donut is instantly noticeable for others not familiar with the word Loukoumades.
İt’s actually called Lokma
22:00 Its Falafel Pita not Falafel Gyros. Google what Gyros is please !
We acknowledged that exact thing in the video at 23:40...
Actually Armenians invented coffee
you must be the only person in the planet earth do not like greek yogurt. better visit a doctor.
You came in Greece to eat falafel? It's not Greek.
We came to Greece to experience a beautiful new country. I don’t think having Greek food at every meal is required to do that. Thanks for watching!
@@KeepGoingPlaces thank you for visiting our country, you are always welcome here.
We would love to come back one day! ☺️
That, was not Greek food.
All from Turkish cuisine as usual, even the names
Turkish cuisine took them from Byzantine
@@johnvolos8667 woav what were they called in Byzantine give some examples and enlighten us more
@@mkalaft Kokorec is ancient greek food called Plekti
@@johnvolos8667 Kokorec is not Turkish food. We already know that. The name is not even Turkish. İt comes from corncob. We love it, we eat it, we dont call it our own kitchen like our lovely neighboors do
It is true that a lot of the famous plates of Greek cuisine have Turkish origins. However, Greeks have popularised them, simply because they cook them better and Greek ingredients are fresher and better.
mpravo re mages kserete na pinete kalo kafe !!
Gelto