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Bahar
Spices since 1940
Evripidou’s founding spice house: 2,500 spices, herbs, blends and teas, run by one family since 1940
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In the area: Monastiraki Square with the Tzistarakis Mosque and the Acropolis beyond. Image courtesy of © Taken by the uploader, w:es:Usuario:Barcex · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Bahar
Bahar has traded from the same address, 31 Evripidou Street, since 1940, when Antonis Manolessos from Santorini opened a small spice business; his son Matthaios turned it towards the shop counter in 1976. Today the shelves hold some 2,500 lines, from Sichuan pepper and Madras curry to Cretan dittany and Chios blossom water, alongside nuts, herbs, teas and natural beauty bases. The house blends are the thing to buy, and the staff behind the counter will happily explain what goes with what. Go on a weekday morning, when the market streets are at their liveliest. Our advice: bring a list, then let the counter talk you into one blend you have never heard of.
Our take
- Same address on Evripidou since 1940
- Around 2,500 spices, herbs and blends
- Exclusive house spice mixes
- Address
- Ευριπίδου 31, Αθήνα
Central Market, Athens - Phone
- +30 210 321 7225
- Website
- bahar.gr
- @bahar_spices
- Price guide
- € (shopping price guide)
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Bahar before you go.
Last checked: October 2026 How we choose
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