Food Tour with a Local Chef: Markets, Tastings & Lunch
Overview
Discover Thessaloniki's food culture with a local chef, exploring its historic market, tasting seasonal Greek specialties and finishing with a restaurant lunch shaped by the day's freshest ingredients.
You'll learn not only what you're tasting, but how these ingredients are used in Greek kitchens and why seasonality is so important to Greek cuisine.
The experience continues with a sit-down lunch at one of Thessaloniki's carefully selected independent restaurants. These are places where the daily menu is driven by the market and the season rather than a standard tourist menu.
Menus and tastings change according to the season and the day's best ingredients. This means that there is no rigid menu to follow — instead, you experience Thessaloniki as we would eat it ourselves: according to what is fresh, local and at its best that day!
What's Included
- Breakfast
- Tea and coffee Coffee and/or Tea
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic Beverages
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- Hotel Pickup
Meeting Location
Kastritsiou 32
Thessaloniki 546 23, Greece
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
Ionos Dragoumi 4
Thessaloniki 546 25, Greece
What To Expect
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Thessaloniki
20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
The Kapani (Vlali) Market
1 hour 20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Athonos Square
2 hours Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (8)
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EET).
- Breakfast.
- Tea and coffee. Coffee and/or Tea.
- Lunch.
- Snacks.
- Alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic Beverages.
- Bottled water.
- Private transportation.
- Hotel Pickup.
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025The minimum age to participate is 15..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Food Tour with a Local Chef: Markets, Tastings & Lunch is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Food Tour with a Local Chef: Markets, Tastings & Lunch will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Breakfast
- Tea and coffeeCoffee and/or Tea
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Alcoholic beveragesAlcoholic Beverages
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- Hotel Pickup
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
