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Taste Of İstanbul walking Food Tour with Local Guide

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Taste Of İstanbul walking Food Tour with Local Guide

About this activity

We guide the tourists and make them taste local street delicacies and taste different delicious dishes at different points. This includes appetizers, entrees, main course, dessert, tea or Turkish coffee. We will drink tea and coffee while relaxing and chatting in a place that was a madrasa, a place where education was given in the Ottoman period, and where locals now stop by after work and drink tea, coffee smoke hookah./ sisha.

Dining Experiences Dinner Small Group New Product Short term availability Weather Dependent - Low

At a glance

Duration
5 hours
Confirmation
Instant confirmation
Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group
Up to 12 people
People per booking
1–10
Guide
English
Operated by
magic doors of istanbul

Ages: Infants (0–0 years) · Children (7–12 years) · Adults (13–99 years)

What is included

Included

  • Included: Dessert
  • Included: All Fees and Taxes
  • Included: Dinner
  • Included: Licensed Guide
  • Included: Bottled water: Soft drinks with meal
  • Included: Tea and coffee: Coffee and/or Tea

Not included

  • Not included: There is no transportation on this tour. It will be a walking food tour.

Itinerary

Discover the local culinary in İstanbul with a small group of people at the evening walking food tour by the local guide, exploring the local’s life and cuisine in European side of İstanbul. Have a chance of tasting the Turkiye’s variety food in Fatih district (which called historical peninsula) throughout the golden horn neighborhood. Join a small group and enjoy the food in local places with a local English speaking guide. We will be walking and stopping in different places for eating ( in some places we will sit and eat, in some places we will stand and eat). There won’t be any transportation. Start walking towards where local people live and work. We will pass by a bridge which is located in Golden Horn and where cars pass over and reach taksim. We will stop by the seaside of Golden Horn and you may enjoy taking some pictures throughout there. We will take a walk to the neighborhood as known women’s market ( kadınlar pazarı in türkish) which is popular with bringing most of product from Southeast Anatolia like meat, cheese, honey, grape molasses, butter and much more product. We will stop at different local places and taste different local street food.

  1. Stop 1

Lahmacun ( türkish pizza) and Büryan kebap — Lahmacun made with minced meat and finely chopped vegetables. Büryan kebap (well-baked büryan kebab) · İstanbul Street Food. — Lentil soup, white rice with chickpeas,stuffed mussels, çiğ köfte (Traditional snack made with fine bulgur, tomato paste and vegetables). · Künefe melted cheese, and sweet syrup. Thin, crispy, shredded pastry. — Künefe is a famous Middle Eastern and Turkish dessert made with shredded phyllo dough (called kadayif), melted cheese, and sweet syrup. · Türkish tea or türkish coffee — End the tour at Ancient Madrasa with some Turkish tea or coffee, chating and watching how the locals getting socialized with smoking hookah

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

  • meet your guide please at 5pm ( 17:00) at the entry of the Karakoy İskelesi ( Karakoy pier ) on the right side of the entry to pier under the yellow sign ( Karakoy İskelesi )

    Your guide will come to you and ask if you are waiting for the food tour.

End point

  • meet your guide please at 5pm ( 17:00) at the entry of the Karakoy İskelesi ( Karakoy pier ) on the right side of the entry to pier under the yellow sign ( Karakoy İskelesi )

    Your guide will come to you and ask if you are waiting for the food tour.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Good to know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

  • We would be very happy if guests with gluten allergy, vegetarians, or do not consume dairy products or any other sensitivity please inform us in advance.

  • Guests who are vegan cannot participate

Traveller ratings

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