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Gin tasting experience in Athens
Αθήνα, GR

Gin tasting experience in Athens

30 minutes
30 minutesMobile ticketOffered in: EnglishWorks offline in the app

About This Experience

Greece makes remarkable gin, and almost nobody knows it: this tasting in a specially designed atelier in Athens' historic centre pours three distinctive gins from Greece and the Mediterranean, guided by an experienced gin expert and mixologist who turns botanicals into a story. The session runs as a proper guided tasting rather than a bar crawl. Your host opens with the history of gin crafting and the traditional methods behind it, then leads you through three hand-selected Mediterranean gins, teaching you to identify the unique flavours as you go: the juniper backbone, the citrus registers, and the local botanicals, born of Greek hillsides, that make these bottles taste like their geography. The Mediterranean angle is what makes the evening genuinely different. Gin's story is usually told through London; hearing it from the Aegean side, where distillers work with native herbs and a completely different palate of botanicals, reframes a spirit you thought you knew. Light snacks accompany the flight, with bottled water alongside and five-star service throughout. The atelier setting at Tournavitou 9 keeps the experience intimate: a dedicated tasting room in the historic centre, an easy walk from Monastiraki and the Acropolis neighbourhoods, sized for conversation rather than crowds. Questions are welcomed, cocktail advice flows freely, and the mixologist's recommendations for Athens' bar scene are worth the visit on their own. It also fills a genuine niche in a Greek itinerary: wine and ouzo dominate the tasting landscape, and gin lovers, or simply the curious, get an evening built for them, distinctive enough to stand out in any trip diary. Your place is confirmed instantly online through Wine Trails, booked direct with the operator and with no middleman markup on the price. The early-evening slots pair perfectly with Psyrri's dinner scene, a neighbourhood your mixologist host can navigate you through with precision, and the atelier's central location means no taxis are involved. Gin gifts are a growing Greek speciality, so ask which of the evening's bottles travel best. Three gins, one expert, and a side of Athens most visitors never taste: for the traveller who thought they had done every tasting format, the Mediterranean's juniper renaissance is waiting, three glasses deep, in a back-street atelier under the Acropolis.

Highlights

  • ✓Three different Gins from Greece and Mediterreanean
  • ✓Light snacks
  • ✓Bottled water
  • ✓5 star quality service
  • ✓Experienced Gin expert and mixologist

What's Included

  • ✓Three different Gins from Greece and Mediterreanean
  • ✓Light snacks
  • ✓Bottled water
  • ✓5 star quality service
  • ✓Experienced Gin expert and mixologist

What's Not Included

  • ✗Gratuities
  • ✗Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting Point

9 Tournavitou, Athina, 105 53, GR

Tournavitou 9

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Languages

🌐 English
🌐 German
🌐 Russian
🌐 el
🌐 Italian
🌐 French
🌐 Spanish
🌐 Chinese
⏱30 minutes

Accessibility

  • ♿STROLLER_OR_PRAM

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  • ⚠️ANIMALS_OR_PETS_ALLOWED
  • ⚠️PUBLIC_TRANSPORTATION_NEARBY

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation up to 24000 hours before. 100% charge within 24 hours of start time.

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$67.61 USD

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