Ilia is a musician and a travel booking manager. Her guests will indulge in cooking and pastry-making sessions, learn how to create ornamental artifacts, and immerse into the wealth of traditional greek songs
WHAT you will LEARN:
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Greek cooking and pastry making
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Hand crafting using wood and clay
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Traditional music and singing
Ilia – Athens, on Cooking, Handcrafting and Music
Itinerary: how we'll spend the day and what we'll do together
Guests will indulge in cooking and pastry-making sessions and learn traditional and authentic greek recipes, while also becoming acquainted with greek culture and way of life
Guests will learn intricate techniques on how to create ornamental artifacts using simple material like wood and clay
Taking advantage of their hostess' music background and knowledge, guests will immerse themselves into the tremendous wealth of traditional greek songs
Booking details
Ilia Themeli is your Hostess
Ilia is a musician and a travel booking manager, also operating as an AirBnB super host. She tremendously enjoys communicating with tourists. She also loves animals and devotes ample time to her own pets: two dogs and two cats. She spends a lot of time travelling, as well as crafting and painting small decorative wooden boxes
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Place: Halandri, Athens
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Meeting Point: central Halandri Square
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Duration: 4 hours
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Timetable: 12.00-16.00
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Price: 65 euros per person (food and snacks, cooking ingredients, crafting materials, and cooking-crafting lessons are included)
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Availability: throughout the year
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Group size: 3 persons max
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What’s SPECIAL about this experience: an opportunity to learn and appreciate the authentic greek culture through practicing a mixture of crafts on home-cooking, traditional singing and wood/clay carving
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Place of ORIGIN: Kefalonia
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LIVES in: Halandri, Athens
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SPEAKS: English
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LOVES: traveling, singing, reading, pet caring, gardening, outdoor trekking
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Has TRAVELLED to: Italy, France, Spain, Scotland, England, Romania, Germany
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Personal TRAITS: she enjoys cooking and looking after her pets, and loves communicating with tourists
Halandri, Athens - Where the Experience will take place
What Wikipedia says
Halandri, or Chalandri, is a suburb in Northern Athens, around 12 kilometres (7 miles) from the centre; its location corresponds with one of the 10 ancient demes (boroughs) of Athens, known as Phlya (Greek: Φλύα). The municipality has an area of 10.805 km2.
Chalandri was a small village until the rapid expansion of Athens during the 1960s and 1970s. Its built-up area is now continuous with those of the neighbouring suburbs Filothei, Marousi, Vrilissia, Agia Paraskevi, Cholargos, Neo Psychiko and Psychiko. Nevertheless, it has still a high ratio of open green areas per citizen in the Athens agglomeration.
Several embassies are based in Chalandri. It is one of the largest suburbs in terms of population, with more than 70,000 residents. It holds an independent municipality status since 1944. Chalandri is served by the Chalandri metro station.
Due to the geographical convenience of the area of Chalandri there is an extensive bike route, covering the neighbourhoods from Doukissis Plakentias metro station, to Vrilissia and Gerakas area, reaching until Chalandri downtown city centre, providing safe transportations for families and individuals improving the life level of the area.