Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
5.0
(234)
Free cancellation
Taste your way around both European and Asian sides of the Turkish capital during this half-day, small-group food tour of Istanbul. Lunch, breakfast, and snacks are included. Get help deciphering local menus as you traverse bustling food markets and family-run shops and eateries in Kadikoy and Karakoy.
Languages:
English
📍Rüstem Paşa, Avrupa Yakası, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
🏢Operated by My Local Guide lstanbul
Highlights
- ✓A small-group half-day food tour in Istanbul with breakfast and lunch
- ✓Taste both sweet and savory dishes, from spiced kebabs to honey-drizzled baklava
- ✓Learn the significance of each food item and history of the city from your guide
- ✓Tours are capped at only 8 participants to ensure an intimate experience
What you'll see & do
- ✓Meeting with the group. Our guide will give information about the tour and we will walk to the dairy store to shop for the breakfast.
- ✓Start your day with a delicious local breakfast near the Spice market. Enjoy the breakfast shopping with your gourmet guide at the local dairy store. Taste some of the mouth watering pastrami, Kaymak ( buffalo cream) with organic honey, cheese varieties, sesame bread bread ( simit ), Menemen which is made of tomatoes, onion, green peppers and eggs. Taste the yummy pistacho and hazelnut pastes, variety of cheeses, Acuka paste with accompany of the Turkish çay ( tea ) in a tulip shape glass.
- ✓Enjoy the ferry ride with a great view of Istanbul. It is an amazing experience which will take you from Europe to Asia in only twenty minutes!! Learn about the sites you see from the ferry from your historian guide. Be ready to visit a unique local food market to sample some of the delicious local foods away from the tourist spots.
- ✓Walk in to the Kadikoy food market and feel that you are the only tourist around. Enjoy the stories behind the food by your gourmet guide. Start with a slice of sun dried beef pastrami and grape leafs stuffed with rice and spices. Taste a mouth watering Lahmacun ( local Pittza with minced meat of lamb & beef, onions, tomatoes and paprika ) cooking in a stone oven with the wood fire. Sample the unique mussels stuffed with rice and spices that it doesn’t taste like any other mussels you might tried before. Enjoy tasting İskender kebap which is made from the finely slices kebap on top of pitta bread with tomatoes, butter and yoghurt sauce at place where Doner kebap was invented.
- ✓After filling the belly with the delicious local food it is time to take a coffee break at a cafe which runs by a Kurdish family. The best coffee is know when it is made on charcoal and in a copper jar. After you drink your coffee ask your guide to read your coffee fortune for you. If you are not a coffee drinker then try Menengic kahvesi ( coffee made from the seed of wild pictachio trees ). This is unique flavor to Southeast Turkey and a must try thing.
- ✓Enjoy the breeze of the Bosporus once again to land in Karakoy the modern part of Istanbul.
- ✓Take a stroll into the back streets of Karakoy neighborhood and sit at a small family run business to sample a fish wrap stuffed with salad, spices and pomegranate seeds and molasses.
- ✓We will end this tour with the most delicious but less know dessert call Kunefe which is made from angles hair noodles, cheese, pistachio and honey syroop. It will be accompany of the unique Maraş dondurma ( Turkish ice cream made from goats milk ).
What's included
- ✓Çay. Turkish black brew tea serve in the tulip shaped glasses
- ✓Iskender. Lamb cooked on charcoal on top of pitta bread cubes with tomatoes, butter and yoghurt sauc
- ✓Midye ; Mussels stuffed with rice and spices cooked in the shell serve with lemon
- ✓Ferry tickets. Ferry tickets to and from Uskudar neighborhood in Asian side
- ✓Balık dürüm. Grilled mackerel fish wrap in lavash bread with salad, pomegranate sauce and spices
- ✓Turkish coffee. Coffee brew on sand or charcoal
- ✓Turk kahvesi & Çay ; Turkish coffee or Çay ( tea ) options
- ✓Maraş Dondurma. Famous Turkish ice cream made from goats milk and roots of mountain orchids roots.
- ✓Künefe. A dessert made of angels hair noddles, cheese, honey and pistacho
- ✓Menemen. Made from tomatoes, green peppers, eggs and spices.
- ✓Börek. Filo pastry wrapped with minded meat, cheese, potatoes, spices and butter.
- ✓Breakfast
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓No vegetarian food options at 2 of the food stops.
- ✓No vegan food options at 4 food stops
Good to know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Not recommended for people who have serious allergies
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
£ 94.00
Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
5.0
(234)
Free cancellation
Taste your way around both European and Asian sides of the Turkish capital during this half-day, small-group food tour of Istanbul. Lunch, breakfast, and snacks are included. Get help deciphering local menus as you traverse bustling food markets and family-run shops and eateries in Kadikoy and Karakoy.
Languages:
English
📍Rüstem Paşa, Avrupa Yakası, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
🏢Operated by My Local Guide lstanbul
Highlights
- ✓A small-group half-day food tour in Istanbul with breakfast and lunch
- ✓Taste both sweet and savory dishes, from spiced kebabs to honey-drizzled baklava
- ✓Learn the significance of each food item and history of the city from your guide
- ✓Tours are capped at only 8 participants to ensure an intimate experience
What you'll see & do
- ✓Meeting with the group. Our guide will give information about the tour and we will walk to the dairy store to shop for the breakfast.
- ✓Start your day with a delicious local breakfast near the Spice market. Enjoy the breakfast shopping with your gourmet guide at the local dairy store. Taste some of the mouth watering pastrami, Kaymak ( buffalo cream) with organic honey, cheese varieties, sesame bread bread ( simit ), Menemen which is made of tomatoes, onion, green peppers and eggs. Taste the yummy pistacho and hazelnut pastes, variety of cheeses, Acuka paste with accompany of the Turkish çay ( tea ) in a tulip shape glass.
- ✓Enjoy the ferry ride with a great view of Istanbul. It is an amazing experience which will take you from Europe to Asia in only twenty minutes!! Learn about the sites you see from the ferry from your historian guide. Be ready to visit a unique local food market to sample some of the delicious local foods away from the tourist spots.
- ✓Walk in to the Kadikoy food market and feel that you are the only tourist around. Enjoy the stories behind the food by your gourmet guide. Start with a slice of sun dried beef pastrami and grape leafs stuffed with rice and spices. Taste a mouth watering Lahmacun ( local Pittza with minced meat of lamb & beef, onions, tomatoes and paprika ) cooking in a stone oven with the wood fire. Sample the unique mussels stuffed with rice and spices that it doesn’t taste like any other mussels you might tried before. Enjoy tasting İskender kebap which is made from the finely slices kebap on top of pitta bread with tomatoes, butter and yoghurt sauce at place where Doner kebap was invented.
- ✓After filling the belly with the delicious local food it is time to take a coffee break at a cafe which runs by a Kurdish family. The best coffee is know when it is made on charcoal and in a copper jar. After you drink your coffee ask your guide to read your coffee fortune for you. If you are not a coffee drinker then try Menengic kahvesi ( coffee made from the seed of wild pictachio trees ). This is unique flavor to Southeast Turkey and a must try thing.
- ✓Enjoy the breeze of the Bosporus once again to land in Karakoy the modern part of Istanbul.
- ✓Take a stroll into the back streets of Karakoy neighborhood and sit at a small family run business to sample a fish wrap stuffed with salad, spices and pomegranate seeds and molasses.
- ✓We will end this tour with the most delicious but less know dessert call Kunefe which is made from angles hair noodles, cheese, pistachio and honey syroop. It will be accompany of the unique Maraş dondurma ( Turkish ice cream made from goats milk ).
What's included
- ✓Çay. Turkish black brew tea serve in the tulip shaped glasses
- ✓Iskender. Lamb cooked on charcoal on top of pitta bread cubes with tomatoes, butter and yoghurt sauc
- ✓Midye ; Mussels stuffed with rice and spices cooked in the shell serve with lemon
- ✓Ferry tickets. Ferry tickets to and from Uskudar neighborhood in Asian side
- ✓Balık dürüm. Grilled mackerel fish wrap in lavash bread with salad, pomegranate sauce and spices
- ✓Turkish coffee. Coffee brew on sand or charcoal
- ✓Turk kahvesi & Çay ; Turkish coffee or Çay ( tea ) options
- ✓Maraş Dondurma. Famous Turkish ice cream made from goats milk and roots of mountain orchids roots.
- ✓Künefe. A dessert made of angels hair noddles, cheese, honey and pistacho
- ✓Menemen. Made from tomatoes, green peppers, eggs and spices.
- ✓Börek. Filo pastry wrapped with minded meat, cheese, potatoes, spices and butter.
- ✓Breakfast
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓No vegetarian food options at 2 of the food stops.
- ✓No vegan food options at 4 food stops
Good to know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Not recommended for people who have serious allergies
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
£ 94.00