Tour Highlights
- Shop at the local dairy store with your guide for the freshest local products for Turkish breakfast; olives, hazelnut paste, Açuka and cheeses and mouth water Bal and Kaymak ( cream from the buffaloes milk )
- Sample Menemen which is the master dish of Turkish breakfast made of tomatoes, onion, green peppers, egg with local spices.
- Taste the mouth watering kaymak dairy cream with organic honey combs on top
- Enjoy the unique flavor of Simit (sesame bread ) hazelnut paste and with Turkish cheese varieties
- Taste the fish wrap in lavash bread with spices and salad
- Take a bite of Tantuni dish made of diced beef wrap in lavash bread with yoghurt sauce.
- Have break at a local restaurant in Asian side and taste famous İskender kebap made of Doner kebap on top of pitta bread with butter, yoghurt and tomatoes sauces.
- Taste the mussels cooked in their shells with rice and spices and lemon sauce.
- Taste lahmacun ( Turkish Pittza ) with minced lamb, onion, tomatoes, paprika cook in the stone oven with the wood fire.
- Taste the Kokoreç dish made of lamb tripe serve with spices, tomatoes and onions in fresh bread.
- Enjoy the unique desert Kunefe made of angels hair models stuffed with cheese, pistachio and honey syrup with the Turkish ice cream ( Maraş Dondurma ) topping.
- Sip the Turkish coffee which cooked in the traditional way in a coper jar on charcoal
- Enjoy the ferry ride to and from Asian side of Istanbul and have many photographic opportunities
- Try five unique local drinks during the tour.
Tour details
Tour style: Street food tour. Boat cruise. City orientation. Local lifestyle. Turkish and Kurdish cuisine and drinks. Storytelling. Hidden gems.
Appeals to: Travelers who like to explore the local food and food markets, food lovers.
Inclusions: Licensed English speaking local food guide. Bosporus public ferry crossing (return). Food sampling at eight - nine stops ( changing depend of the season ). Five local drinks.
Exclusions: Extra food and drinks not mentioned above. Shopping expenses. Tipping to the guide. ( recommended amount 10-20 USD per person )
Group size: This tour is available to depart daily for a maximum of 10 people.
Special notes: Our meeting point is a short walk from the Eminönü tram station. The public tram system starts at 6am and finishes around 12am. Children aged 5 to 11 years are 50 Euro per child. Children above the age of 12 are charged full price. Parents of children under 5 years are advised to book a private tour.
Appeals to: Travelers who like to explore the local food and food markets, food lovers.
Inclusions: Licensed English speaking local food guide. Bosporus public ferry crossing (return). Food sampling at eight - nine stops ( changing depend of the season ). Five local drinks.
Exclusions: Extra food and drinks not mentioned above. Shopping expenses. Tipping to the guide. ( recommended amount 10-20 USD per person )
Group size: This tour is available to depart daily for a maximum of 10 people.
Special notes: Our meeting point is a short walk from the Eminönü tram station. The public tram system starts at 6am and finishes around 12am. Children aged 5 to 11 years are 50 Euro per child. Children above the age of 12 are charged full price. Parents of children under 5 years are advised to book a private tour.
Tour schedule |
65 Euro : Kids age 5-12
90 euro: Adults age 13 + |
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Duration: 5-6 hrs
Meeting point: Itimat Fabrika Satış Yeri.
Rüstem Paşa, Avrupa Yakası, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul.
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Starting time: 10-30 - 11:00 am ( two different starting time to choose one )
Approximate finishing time: 17:00 ( 5:00 pm)
Finishing point: This tour will end near the Karaköy ferry pier. Your guide can help you how to get to get back to your hotel.
Please meet your guide at 11:00 am or 10:30 ( depend on your booking) at in front of the of the dairy shop Itimat Satış Yeri at the right side of the entry gate of the Spice/Egyptian bazaar.
Our guide will come to you and will ask if you are waiting for the food tour.
If you come by tram, please get off at Eminönü tram station. Please face the direction to where the closest big mosque with two minarets ( towers ). Cross the road with traffic lights ,walk on the right side of the mosque and you will see the entry of the Spice bazaar. Please note that Spice bazaar has more then one entry so make sure you are at the gate facing the Galata tower on the hill on the other side of the water and the Galata bridge.
If you come by a taxi. Please tell the taxi driver "Mısır Çarşısı " which is the name of the Spice market in Turkish.
Meeting point: Itimat Fabrika Satış Yeri.
Rüstem Paşa, Avrupa Yakası, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul.
on google map
Starting time: 10-30 - 11:00 am ( two different starting time to choose one )
Approximate finishing time: 17:00 ( 5:00 pm)
Finishing point: This tour will end near the Karaköy ferry pier. Your guide can help you how to get to get back to your hotel.
Please meet your guide at 11:00 am or 10:30 ( depend on your booking) at in front of the of the dairy shop Itimat Satış Yeri at the right side of the entry gate of the Spice/Egyptian bazaar.
Our guide will come to you and will ask if you are waiting for the food tour.
If you come by tram, please get off at Eminönü tram station. Please face the direction to where the closest big mosque with two minarets ( towers ). Cross the road with traffic lights ,walk on the right side of the mosque and you will see the entry of the Spice bazaar. Please note that Spice bazaar has more then one entry so make sure you are at the gate facing the Galata tower on the hill on the other side of the water and the Galata bridge.
If you come by a taxi. Please tell the taxi driver "Mısır Çarşısı " which is the name of the Spice market in Turkish.
Itinerary
Our tour starts from our meeting point Itimat Fabrika Satış Yeri which is located at the heart of old Istanbul. Our guide will meet you in front of the dairy store at tour stating time. We will walk to a local dairy store to shop for Kaymak ( a delicious dairy cream made from buffalos milk ), hazelnut and Pistachio past, açuka, variety of cheeses and Simit ( sesame bread ). We walk to a café nearby to order a Menemen with the accompany of Çay in a tulip shape glasses to enjoy a delicious local breakfast. After the breakfast we will take a public ferry ride to the Asian Kadıköy with crossing the Bosporus straight. . Be ready for some great photo opportunities of Bosporus bridge, Dolmabaçe palace, Maidens tower and more.. Your guide will tell you about the attractions you see from the ferry
Once we land in Asian side we will take short walk to Kadikoy çarşı ( Kadıköy market ) for a coffee break which is brewed on the charcoal where coffee was originally made in the history. If you are lucky your guide may have the talent of reading your fortune from your coffee cup.
After the coffee break, let’s stroll in the market to see how local shop for daily cooking. We will try a small sandwich of Kokorec ( spicy lamb ). After this we will We will continue with Lahmacun ( a thin and crispy bread with minced beef and lamb, onions, tomatoes and paprika ). we follow work tasting the mouth water mussels stuffed with rice and spices. After the mussels let’s walk for an İskender kebap made of Doner kebap on top of pitta bread with tomatoes, yoghurt and butter sauces at the restaurant by the descendent of Mr. İskender who believed to be the inventor of the Doner kebap.
It is time to have sweet break! We say " eat sweet, talk sweet" in Turkey, so lets enjoy a Kunefe a mouth watering dessert. We will take the next ferry to Eminönü ( near where we started ) and enjoy the breeze of the Bosporus once again. Follow with a delicious fish wrap with spices and pomegranate sauce. After this there will be no space left in stomach, so lets conclude the tour with a Turkish coffee or a çay tea at a café with the excellent view of Istanbul.
If you think it is too much food for you, it is not as we have tried on many of our previous guests and so far everyone has survived. :) The food portions will be small so you can have the space in your belly to the last dish.
Once we land in Asian side we will take short walk to Kadikoy çarşı ( Kadıköy market ) for a coffee break which is brewed on the charcoal where coffee was originally made in the history. If you are lucky your guide may have the talent of reading your fortune from your coffee cup.
After the coffee break, let’s stroll in the market to see how local shop for daily cooking. We will try a small sandwich of Kokorec ( spicy lamb ). After this we will We will continue with Lahmacun ( a thin and crispy bread with minced beef and lamb, onions, tomatoes and paprika ). we follow work tasting the mouth water mussels stuffed with rice and spices. After the mussels let’s walk for an İskender kebap made of Doner kebap on top of pitta bread with tomatoes, yoghurt and butter sauces at the restaurant by the descendent of Mr. İskender who believed to be the inventor of the Doner kebap.
It is time to have sweet break! We say " eat sweet, talk sweet" in Turkey, so lets enjoy a Kunefe a mouth watering dessert. We will take the next ferry to Eminönü ( near where we started ) and enjoy the breeze of the Bosporus once again. Follow with a delicious fish wrap with spices and pomegranate sauce. After this there will be no space left in stomach, so lets conclude the tour with a Turkish coffee or a çay tea at a café with the excellent view of Istanbul.
If you think it is too much food for you, it is not as we have tried on many of our previous guests and so far everyone has survived. :) The food portions will be small so you can have the space in your belly to the last dish.
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