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Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Location
Istanbul
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Duration
6 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 12 guests
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Language
English
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Discover Istanbul's culinary scene with a local guide. Savor diverse Turkish flavors from both the European and Asian sides. Join us for a delicious journey through authentic food markets.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Visit the best of the local food markets in Asian side and European side of Istanbul. Taste the food which comes from different regions of Turkey. Sample the unique flavors which your local food expert choose for you. Feel like a local at the local markets and cafes. Start with a delicious breakfast what locals eat at home made of Kaymak ( buffalo cream), with honey and sesame bread, variety of the cheeses, pistachio and hazelnuts pastes with honey, Menemen ( Turkish dish made from tomatoes, green peppers, eggs, and spices ), and olives.

Taste the popular fish wrap with spices and pomegranate sauce. Taste the delicious mussels stuffed with rice and spices.

Taste mouth watering Kunefe dessert made from angels hair noodles, pistachio, cheese and honey with accompany of Maraş dondurma ( Turkish ice cream made of goats milk ). Sip a çay ( tea ) from the tulips shape glass and enjoy the ferry ride back to European side with the great view of Istanbul.

What You Get

Menemen. Made from tomatoes, green peppers, eggs and spices.
Künefe. A dessert made of angels hair noddles, cheese, honey and pistacho
Maraş Dondurma. Famous Turkish ice cream made from goats milk and roots of mountain orchids roots.
Gratuities
No vegetarian and vegan food at 4 of the 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

What You’ll Experience

1

Eminonu Square

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.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
2

Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)

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.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included
3

Bosphorus Strait

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.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
4

KadIkoy CarsIsI

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. Walk a bit further to taste delicious Kunefe desert made from angles hair noodles, cheese, pistachio and honey with accompany of the unique Maraş dondurma ( Turkish ice cream made from goats milk ). Sip a glass of çay ( black tea ) or Turkish coffee before the ferry ride back to Europe.
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
5

Bosphorus Strait

Take another ferry ride back to the European side after the belly filled up and happy. The tour will end at the ferry pier in Emionu near where we started the tour. You also have the option to get off at karakoy pier before Eminonu. Your guide can help you with the directions to your hotel.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
6

Bosphorus Strait

Take another ferry ride back to the Modern part of Istanbul Karakoy. Enjoy the delicious fish wraps stuffed with salad, local spices and pomegranates sauce.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
7

Mumhane Caddesi

After the breakfast we will have a walk on the Galata bridge where we can see the historical peninsula of the former Constantinople todays Istanbul where you can see the European and Asian side at the same time. Great photography opportunity. We will then taste kokoreç ( lamb cooked on charcoal ) with spices in a sandwich bread. Follow with a delicious fish wrap in lavash bread with spices AB’s pomegranate sauce in at the former Jewish neighborhood.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

İtimat Fabrika Satış Yeri, Avrupa Yakası, Fatih İstanbul, Türkiye, TR, 34116

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Our meeting point is “ Itimat Fabrika Satış Yeri/Magazasi ” it is a dairy store. Please wait in front of the shop till our guide comes to you and ask for your name. On Google map : İtimat Fabrika Satış Yeri https://maps.google.com?g_st=ic
End Point

Karaköy Pier, Rıhtım Caddesi, Beyoğlu İstanbul, Türkiye, TR, 34425

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This tour will end in Karakoy neighborhood near Karakoy ferry pier ( European side ) after the dessert. The ending point is just across the Galata bridge over the Golden horn which is 10 minutes waking to the starting point. Our guide will help you how to get back to your hotel.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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