Farmers Market

"Farmers Market" by Greek artist, Professor, and Member of the Athens Academy, the late P. Tetsis.

Farmers' Market

One day per week a Farmers' Market takes place in every neighborhood of Athens. A long stretch of a central street is taken over from farmers or their representatives who offer seasonal fruit and vegetables, grains, beans and legumes, several agricultural treasures such as honey, hand-picked herbs, olives and olive oil, vinegar, eggs, etc., etc. There is also a fish section with both fresh and frozen fish and seafood, a couple of florists, and a few vendors selling houseware and affordable clothing.

Gourmet Food Walking Tour with Tastings

$60.62

Step off the beaten track and awaken your senses on a gourmet food walking tour in Athens, taken at a time that suits your schedule.
Discover Athens through its food culture and taste superb Greek pastries, wine, cheese and salamis. Enjoy authentic Greek delis, visit traditional food stores, markets and grocery stores and try mouth-watering Greek desserts.

My typical "harvest" this time of the year includes plenty of oranges from Leonidion in the Peloponnese for our daily fresh OJ, apples from the region of Magnesia, apricots, tangerines, now that there is limited seasonal selection of fruit. But also greens, lettuce, fresh green onions, lemons, of course, eggs from the area of Megara, famous for its eggs since antiquity... Ask your host, or even a person in the street who looks friendly as to the location and day of the market near where you are! It will be well worth a visit!

Select Locations in Central Athens
each day of the week:

Tuesday

Ambelokipi
Lambrou Katsoni Street, all year

Votanikos
Aimou Street, all year

Kerameikos
Kerameikou Street, all year

Pangrati
Laertou Street, all year

Wednesday

Kato Petralona
Pandorou Street

Thursday

Agios Eleftherios
Papantoniou Street

Friday

Acropolis - Koukaki
Zaharitsa Street

Ilissia - Hilton area
Dioharous Street

Kolonaki
Xenokratous Street

Pangrati
Archimidous Street

Petralona
Kalisthenous Street

Filt String Bag in Ecru - Long

£10.95 from Sous Chef

With a French Filt string bag in ecru in your pocket or handbag, you’ll never need a plastic bag again. As well as being almost endlessly reusable, the ecru string bag is also made from organic cotton. It truly is the original ‘eco’ bag.
It is available in two handle lengths. Choose short handles for a bag to simply carry in the hand, or choose long handles for a bag you can pop over your shoulder.

String bags like these have been used in France for decades and were traditionally used to carry groceries. The strong cotton net bags squish down into almost nothing, so they’re a convenient way to make sure you always have a bag to hand.

"Farmers' Market" by Bedros Aslanian.