20 editor picks across Greece.
20 food markets worth the trip across Greece, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Greece guides.
Varvakios on Athinas in Athens is the city's central food market, built in 1886 with a fish hall, a meat hall and the spice and olive stalls.
TipGo early; the best fish goes by 09:00. The spice and olive shops on Evripidou run later.
The Agora on 1866 Street is the spine of food shopping in Heraklion, a narrow run of cheese, herb, rusk and butcher stalls between two squares.
OrderGraviera, barley rusk and a bag of mountain herbs
TipRun from the Meidani end towards Kornarou Square, and look for the Venetian archway hidden inside the Koudoumas coffee shop.
Kallidromiou in Exarchia is the Saturday farmers' market that Athens runs, on the FT World's Best list, a Strefi-Hill-edge street market with seasonal fruit.
TipMost stalls are cash only; the spillover from Strefi Hill end has the best honey vendors.
Kapani is Thessaloniki's oldest surviving market, trading since the Ottoman period. At Egnatia 52. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Maison d'Olive on Xanthippou in Kolonaki Athens is the olive oil cellar of the city, 200 internationally awarded Greek olive oils plus bottarga, truffles.
TipThe daily counter tasting is free; ask the in-house sommelier for the day's PDO and varietal flights.
The fish corridor inside Kapani Market is where Thessaloniki's restaurant chefs begin their mornings. At Kapani Market fish section. Booking recommended.
Evripidou Street near Varvakios in Athens is the spice and dried-herbs strip, a row of small shops with mountain tea, oregano, saffron and cured meats.
TipClosed Sundays. Saffron from Kozani is the souvenir buy; the herb shops sell by the gram.
The cheese counters of the Heraklion Agora sell graviera, myzithra and staka by the kilo, and will tell you which mountain village made each one.
OrderGraviera Kritis, plus a tub of staka if they have it
TipAsk for a taste before buying. Most counters will cut a sliver of graviera and tell you which mountain village made the wheel.
The 1920s Modiano Market building on Ermou reopened in December 2022 after a full restoration. At Ermou 24. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Edodimon (formerly Kosmas) has run on Vasileos Irakliou for almost a century. At Vasileos Irakliou 26. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
Kostarelos in Kolonaki Athens is the cheese-counter destination, three generations of cheesemakers with 14 cheeses, charcuterie and a sit-down counter.
TipThe Sunday morning rush ends by noon; ask for the day's graviera flight to taste.
The fishmongers on Karterou at the top of the Heraklion market are the loudest corner of the Agora, and the place locals buy the day's catch.
OrderWhatever the fishmongers are shouting about that morning
TipCome before 11:00. The stalls sit near the top of the market, on the cross street that runs off 1866.
Ergon Agora on Pavlou Mela is a shortlisted marketplace for Greek producers, olive oils, honeys, pasta, cheese, charcuterie, wine. At Pavlou Mela 42.
Athonos Square and the lanes immediately around it form the city's authentic spice, herb, and traditional-product quarter. Booking recommended.
Olicatessen in Ano Ladadika is a small specialist olive-oil shop and deli founded by the Argyros family, with oils from across Greece alongside olives.
The herb shops along the Heraklion Agora sell dittany, mountain tea and spices by weight, and they are the market's most useful souvenir stop.
OrderCretan dittany and a bag of mountain tea
TipAsk what is picked on Psiloritis rather than imported. The good shops will tell you which slope the tea came off.
To Pantopolio Tis Thessalonikis on Komninon is a long-running Greek deli with shelves and counters of cured fish, mountain cheeses from Northern Greece.
The weekly organic farmers market in Kalamaria operates on Saturday mornings along the waterfront. Certified organic producers from Chalkidiki, Pieria.
Kornarou Square closes the southern end of the Heraklion market, a fountain, a coffee house and the point where 1866 Street stops being a market.
OrderA Greek coffee at the fountain end of the market
TipThe Bembo fountain and its Turkish pump house sit here, and the square marks the southern end of the 1866 Street market.
Bit Bazaar sits north of Aristotelous Square next to the Roman Forum, a tucked-in plaza ringed by tall apartment blocks and entered from Olympou, Venizelou.
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