Gastronomic tour of Thessaloniki

Acquaintance with the culture of any country always includes familiarization with its culinary traditions. The combination of tastes, aromas, components and spices that excite the very thirst for life always harbors a lot of secrets and features that have been formed over many centuries under the influence of a variety of factors.

In this regard, Northern Greece is at least heterogeneous – in the culinary map of Epirus you will see one mosaic of tastes, in the cuisine of the Ionian Islands – another, and significantly different from both – in the capital of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki.

As part of a gastronomic tour of the main city of Macedonia, you get the perfect opportunity to get acquainted with its unique culinary culture, combining elements of ancient Macedonian, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Jewish, Balkan, Middle Eastern and European cuisines. After all, these features make the culinary traditions of Thessaloniki so clearly recognizable even among other varieties of Greek cuisine. In the city there are establishments designed for every taste and any financial possibilities: from simple eateries, where you can have a tasty and dense lunch at very liberal prices, to expensive fish taverns, where the meal turns into a feast worthy of kings with the external simplicity of the situation and the unique home atmosphere and warmth.

During the tour you can enjoy all the main tastes of Thessaloniki. Having cheered up with a cup of coffee (and, however, taking a cup of coffee with you), you will taste various varieties of olives in the central market, plunge into the cycle of street food, which in 2012 became the subject of research by students of one of the largest Italian culinary institutes. You will learn what “gyros”, “suvlaki”, “vromika”, “couluri” and yogurt ice cream are, discover the secrets of Greek sweets and finish the day with a meal in the national tavern.

Interesting facts:
The average resident of Greece drinks an average of 2-3 cups of coffee per day.
Greeks are considered centenarians, according to one version it is due to proper nutrition;
Greeks (like Portuguese and Spanish) eat 2 to 3 times more meat than other Europeans.
Greeks try to eat only local products.
The diet of the Greeks is based on the menu of antiquity, the basis of local cuisine is the same products as thousands of years ago;
Greek coffee "Eastern" was popular in Byzantium, and spread in Europe from the 15th century during the Ottoman Empire and under the name "Turkish";
Tea in Greece is not popular, and is used as a medicine for colds, but in this case, locals prefer to brew mountain aromatic herbs - "mountain tea";
* for frying, you can use only second-pressed olive oil that has undergone heat treatment, and the cold-pressed product can be used only in raw form;
The gastronomic symbol of Thessaloniki is the couluri (dumb with sesame), the recipe of which has remained unchanged since Byzantine times.

Useful information:

walking tour; if necessary, you can order an additional transfer to the place of the beginning of the route;
For your comfort and safety, wear comfortable shoes; do not forget to bring headgear with you;
The route program can be changed for reasons beyond the control of the company (force majeure); weather conditions and at the discretion of the guide, if necessary;

* Russian language guide services

Separately paid:

* Lunch;
Transfer to the starting point of the tour (on request).