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Istanbul Food Tour - History and Culture of Turkish Culinary

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Get a Taste of Turkish Cuisine: Outstanding gourmet street foods, good eateries, local meyhane, traditional raki tasting, mezes, kebabs, baklava and more

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Pruebe la cocina turca: Excelentes comidas callejeras gourmet, buenos restaurantes, meyhane local, degustación de raki tradicional, mezes, kebabs

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Highlights

Get a taste of Turkey's varied cuisine during this half-day food tour through the Beyoglu (Pera) neighborhood. With a small group limited to eight, enjoy samplings of everything from mezes to baklava to kebabs; there is even a chance to enjoy raki, an anise-flavored liquor local to the region. Stop at bustling markets, street food stalls, restaurants, and backstreets for a closer look at Turkish culture and history.


⦿ Take a half-day food tour of Istanbul's Beyoglu neighborhood
⦿ Sample snacks, drinks, confections, meats, mussels, and more
⦿ Learn about Turkish culture, history, and cuisine from your guide
⦿ This tour is limited to eight travelers for a personalized experience

Itinerary

  • Karakoy(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Karaköy is one of the oldest and most historic districts of the city, and is today an important commercial center and transport hub.
  • Halic(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Halic (Golden Horn) means inlet in English separates the old and new sections of Istanbul.
  • Galata Koprusu(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    This bridge spans the Golden Horn, connecting the old city with Beyoglu, the modern district of Istanbul.
  • Galata Tower(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Galata Tower is one of the most iconic symbols of Istanbul. It also features to be one of the highest and oldest towers of the city.
  • Istiklal Caddesi

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    This tour takes you into the heart of the modern sectıon of Istanbul, 'quirky' meyhanes and bustling food markets. You and your friends and family will embark on a four-hour gastronomy tour around the world famous Beyoğlu (Pera) neighborhood. All food, snacks, desserts and drinks (such as rakı and Turkish coffee), and a professional tour passing its most famous hidden passages (Flower Passage, Hazzo Poulo, Asmalı Mescit,) are included in the price. Once our experienced guide concludes Istanbul Street Food Walking Tour, you will leave with a stomach full of traditional food, plus local knowledge and sightseeing tips, to enhance the pleasure of your trip that will last with you a lifetime.
  • St Anthony of Padua

    10 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Venetian Neogotic Style largest Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul and has the largest community following its masses.
  • Passage Hazzopulo

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    You must not leave Turkey without tasting Dürüm Kebab that is the sliced meat of a döner kebab may be served on a plate with various accompaniments, stuffed into a pita or other type of bread as a sandwich, or wrapped in a thin flatbread such as lavash or yufka, known as a dürüm. Since the early 1970s, the sandwich or wrap form has become popular around the world as a fast food dish sold by kebab shops and is often called simply a “kebab”. The sandwich generally contains salad or vegetables, which may include tomato, lettuce, cabbage, onion with sumac, fresh or pickled cucumber, or chili, and various types of sauces.
  • Avrupa Pasaji

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Stop at another street food vendor for İçli Köfte; Sabirtaşı makes Istanbul’s best içli köfte (a crispy bulgur shell filled with minced meat, parsley, and sautéed pine nuts), and if you don’t feel like walking up to their restaurant, their İstiklal Street vendor is always around to serve up the köfte on the go. Made by hand on a daily basis, the içli köfte are downright delicious.
  • Balik Pazari

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    A must see street full of amazing bars and fish meze restaurants.
  • Cicek Pasaji

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    A meyhane is a traditional restaurant or bar in Turkey. It serves alcoholic beverages like wine, rakı, vodka, beer with meze and traditional foods. “Meyhane” is composed of two Persian words: mey (wine) and khāneh (house). A meyhane refers to a restaurant with traditional food, decoration, and music.
  • Hagia Triada Church(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Beyoğlu was the primary neighborhood of the foreign community as well as non-Muslim Ottoman subjects. You will learn about how cosmopolitan the neighborhood once was.
  • Republic Monument(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Situated at Taksim Square, the heart of modern Istanbul, commemorate the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923
  • Taksim Square

    15 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Baklava (baqlawah) is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped walnuts or pistachio and sweetened with syrup or honey. It is a very traditional Turkish Dessert. Ice cream; traditional ice cream in Turkey incorporates natural thickening agents, which give it a smooth, compact, and almost stringy texture.
  • Historic Areas of Istanbul(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Beyoglu the old European quarter of the city is Istanbul’s bohemian quarter, full of cafes, street performers and trendy young people.
  • Istanbul(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    We can finish our delicious journey with Turkish Tea, is popular throughout Turkey and the Turkish diaspora. Turkish tea culture also extends to Northern Cyprus and some countries in the Balkan Peninsula..

What's included

INCLUDED

Professional guide
Food tasting - Samples & Snacks
Transport by funicular
Coffee and/ or Tea
Small Group
Alcoholic Beverages

NOT INCLUDED

Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

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Additional information

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Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age is 12 years (Minimum drinking age is 18 years )
This tour is required to be booked by a minimum 2 participants.

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Local Tour Guide Istanbul

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