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Lauren Mccullagh

I have spent the past three years traveling as a digital nomad. I spend my summers in Spain and Greece. I can't wait to share all my tips with you.

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  • Food and Dining
  • Art and Culture
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  • COVID safe
  • Free
  • Near the shop center
Location

Athens, Attica, Greece

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One of the best parts of visiting a town and learning about the culture, is to visit the farmer's markets. Why hear it from a tour guide when you can learn about local foods from the producers themselves. You get to speak to locals and learn about the crops that are in season, the places they grow the food and the environment struggles to growing and getting that food on your plates. Same goes for the fishermen and the livestock farmers, This itinerary will take you on an agricultural journey through the city. Stop at the spice market to smell the wonderful Greek herbs, eat pastrami lunch in the Jewish district, and visit the huge fish and butcher market to learn about all the Mediterranean fish.

Activity 1
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Fresh Fruits and a Computer Anyone?

Located across the street from the Varvakios Central Municipal Market is home to the freshest fish market fruit and veggies. Greece in the summer produces some of the tastiest fruits. Cherries and peaches are seasonal in June and July. Moving on to watermelons and figs and pomegranates in August. I recommend trying to the local small, bit size mangos. They are great for snack as you walk through the hot streets of Athens.

  • Type
    Family Friendly, Food and Dining
  • Season
    All Year
  • Transportation
    Take the subway to the center of the old town, stop Monastiraki Square. Walk north and the market is between Athinas, Sofokleous, Euripidou and Aiolou Streets
  • Duration
    30 minutes - 1 hour
  • Energy Level
    Low
  • Cost Per Person (USD)
    $ 0
  • What to bring
    Cash to pay for fruits and veggies
  • Fun fact / Local tip
    The market is closed on Sundays and shops usually close their doors at 6pm, but we recommend going early when the food is fresh and there aren't so many people.Besides fruits and veggies, there are little flea market shops around the perimeter of the market that sell anything and everything. Sure it might be a computer from 1998, but you might just find that extra piece you have always been looking for.Plans for construction began in 1876. Back then, the market was mostly open-air and vendors sold their goods from shacks around the Roman Agora nearby. The cost of construction was covered by a donation from benefactor (and caviar importer) Ioannis Varvakis, who gave the market its Greek name: Varvakios Agora. After several delays, the Varvakios was inaugurated in 1884. In the last few years the EU has made the market comply with their standards and now meat is kept cool in refrigerators and the whole market got a facelift.
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Activity 1 Location

Central Municipal Athens Market, Athinas, Athina, Attica 105 51, Greece

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Activity 2

Greek Spice Market

One block south of the market is Evripidou Street. Here you will find all your pantry supplies to become a true Greek chef. Greek specialities are honey, coffee, eggs, flour, selling a variety of nuts, dried fruit, spices. and oregano spices. There is a speciality store for each of these items. A little further down you will find the sausage shops. With all this food shopping, you will probably work up a hunger which is a great time to stop for lunch at Karamanlidika

  • Type
    Art and Culture, Food and Dining
  • Season
    All Year
  • Transportation
    -
  • Duration
    30 minutes - 1 hour
  • Energy Level
    Low
  • Cost Per Person (USD)
    $ 0
  • What to bring
    Cash to stock up on some of the organic spices to bring home as souvenirs.
  • Fun fact / Local tip
    Athinas Street is Mokka, an historic coffee specialist and roastery housed in this 19th century building since 1922. This is one of the best places to enjoy a classic Greek coffee prepared on the hovoli (brewed on warm sand), along with some loukoumi (Turkish delight) or a “spoon sweet” (fruits preserved in a sugary syrup). I highly recommend all of their coffees, from cold brew to iced cappuccino, AKA “freddo”.I Folia tou Meliou, is a small honey shop. The shopkeepers produce their own excellent honey from 500 beehives scattered around Attica, Evia and Pelion.
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Activity 2 Location

Αγίων Αναργύρων 6, 105 54 Athina, Greece

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    Karamanlidika - Τα Καραμανλίδικα του Φάνη, Μεζετζίδικο, Σωκράτους

    This restaurant is Greek but with a Jewish flare. Their store front and the store fronts around it sell a variety Anatolian-style cured meats, sausages and other charcuterie. Try their pastourma, soutzouki and kebabs. .. This neighborhood is influenced by it's Jewish heritage and this restaurant dates back to the original owners who fled to Greece during World War two. It's a beautiful antique house with a garden in the back. Ask to try a mix of their sausages.

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    • August 14, 2022 10:38 am local time

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    Athens, Attica, Greece

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