# Greek cooking class in the centre

What to do en Athens · Athens

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/things-to-do/greek-cooking-class · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 95 € per person
- Duración: 3 h
- Temporada: All year, at 10:30 and 17:30
- Para quién: Families and teenagers

A three-hour hands-on class with Alternative Athens: pita, tzatziki, gyros and yoghurt cake, which you then eat. €95 per person.

What it involves
It is a hands-on class of about three hours in which you cook an everyday Greek menu and then eat it at the table with the rest of the group. It is run by Alternative Athens, an Athenian company offering routes and experiences, and called Greek Cooking Class. It is not a demonstration: you knead, chop and assemble yourself, with someone from the kitchen team explaining each step and telling you where each dish comes from.
The published menu has three parts. As a starter, tzatziki, tirokafteri (the spicy feta dip) and pita bread made on the spot. As a main, gyros wrapped in your own pita with chips, onion and tomato, in pork, chicken, vegetables or mixed, or a vegetarian mushroom gyros. For dessert, a Greek yoghurt cheesecake with fresh mint. During the meal wine, beer and water are included.
When and how much
There are two sessions a day, at 10:30 and at 17:30, and each lasts about three hours. The published price is €95 per person, with no separate child rate. It does not run on 1 January, 15 August, 25, 26 and 31 December or Easter Sunday.
The company asks you to book at least two days ahead. In high season, and especially for the morning session, it is best to do so earlier.
Meeting point
You meet at the Apollonion bakery, at 1 Themistokleous Street, next to Omonia Square. Someone from the team will be waiting for you there and walks you to the kitchen. Getting to the meeting point is not included: from Syntagma or Monastiraki you reach Omonia by metro, on lines 1 and 2, or on foot in a quarter of an hour.
Who it suits
It works for anyone who wants to take home recipes to repeat later, and for families with children who can cope with a long activity with their hands busy. The company sets no minimum age, but warns that it is a hands-on class and asks parents to judge whether it suits the youngest. With teenagers it usually goes well: they make the pita and the gyros from start to finish and eat their own.
Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diets are catered for. Tell them when booking about any other allergy or intolerance.
How to organise the day
The morning session ends around 13:30 and replaces lunch; the afternoon one, around 20:30, replaces dinner. If you do the class on the day of the Acropolis, go up the rock in the first slot, at 8:00, and you will reach Omonia in time for 10:30. Very close to the meeting point is the National Archaeological Museum, on Patision: it combines well with the afternoon session.
For something to eat or to buy Greek produce afterwards, Fanis' Karamanlidika, next to the central market, is on the way back towards Monastiraki.

Lo organiza: Alternative Athens, desde 95 € per person (https://www.alternativeathens.com/tours/cooking-dionysia/)

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.alternativeathens.com/tours/cooking-dionysia/
- Coordenadas: 37.9842, 23.7305

## Cerca de aquí

- [Fanis' Karamanlidika](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/where-to-eat/karamanlidika), a 569 m
- [National Archaeological Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/things-to-do/national-archaeological-museum), a 574 m
- [Lukumades](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/where-to-eat/loukoumades), a 769 m
- [City Circus Athens Hostel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/where-to-stay/city-circus-athens), a 875 m
- [Plaka Hotel Athens](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/where-to-stay/plaka-hotel), a 949 m
- [Electra Metropolis Athens](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/where-to-stay/electra-metropolis-athens), a 992 m
- [Changing of the guard of the Evzones at Syntagma](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/things-to-do/changing-of-the-guard), a 1.1 km
- [Electra Palace Athens](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens/where-to-stay/electra-palace-athens), a 1.2 km

## Consejos

### Choose your session according to the day's plan
The 10:30 one serves as lunch and the 17:30 one as dinner: don't book a table elsewhere.

### Tell them about diets when booking
Vegetarians, vegans and gluten-free guests have an alternative if you let them know in good time.

### Ask for the recipes
The idea is to repeat them at home: note down the steps for the pita, which is the hardest.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the cooking class cost?
€95 per person according to the Alternative Athens website, with food and drink included.

### Can children take part?
Yes. There is no published minimum age, but it is a three-hour hands-on class: with small children, judge whether they can cope.

### Where do you meet?
At the Apollonion bakery, 1 Themistokleous Street, near Omonia. From there they walk you to the kitchen.

Destino: [Athens](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/athens.md)