Food Tour in Istanbul with Local Guide
Description
This tour is given by a food and history enthusiast local tour guide of Istanbul. Restaurants where we eat are all old restaurants which are preferred by locals mostly (not touristic) and serve very delicious centuries old recipes.You will have a chance to discover Istanbul’s European and Asian sides while admiring mind blowing tastes of local and street foods.Amount of food and number of options will definitely be more than enough and tour will meet your expectations!You will be in good hands! You will meet your tour guide at meeting point in the morning and start your tasting.Please be sure to come hungry. You will have a day of feasting ahead of you.You will have a chance to see most famous two food markets in Istanbul where you can see traditional commercial food life of Istanbulites.You be on two different continents in one day and cross the narrowest natural channel of the world.
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Itinerary
This is the second oldest covered bazaar in ıstanbul and mainly for food.There we will see variety of spices and taste best Turkish delights of the city.
As the tour is offering tastes of two continents we should take a public ferry(transportation fees are included tour) we cross the narrowest channel of the world on the way to Asian side of İstanbul.
This where we get off the boat after arriving Kadıköy where we will see another food market of istanbul and eat best local restaurants of city.
This we we come back after Kadıköy stop and go to the best baklava shop in istanbul and end the tour.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Not recommended for travellers who has food alergics.
Reviews(40)
An absolutely amazing experience. Oz was extremely knowledgeable, picked fantastic food spots to show us the best of the local food and went out of his way to ensure we were having a great time. Would highly recommend his tours.
This was our second tour in Istanbul with Ozgur, and our first food tour. Wow! What a great experience... my husband and I both love to experience the food culture in different countries and Turkish food is so varied, tasty, with such rich and complex flavours - well we had a fabulous day! Ozgur customized the tour to take account of the fact that I wanted to eat some fish (along with everything else haha), took account of my husband's allergy and all-in-all we had a most delicious day and learned about some new dishes I'm going to try to recreate at home. Thanks Ozgur!
Your encouragement motivates us to keep doing our best. We’d love to hear more from you in the future.Thank you so much for review.
This Istanbul food tour was a highlight of my trip. Ozgur was a fantastic guide—friendly, knowledgeable, and made everything feel effortless. The food was incredible, especially the lamb kabob (easily the best I’ve ever had). Highly recommend if you want to taste the real Istanbul
Wow! We are blown away by your review. Thank you for choosing us. We can’t wait to have you back and create more wonderful memories together.
Started our stay in Istanbul with this private tour. Very good way to have a good overview of Turkish delicious food and feeling of the city. Our guide was very kind and even helped us to plan our next days. Would definitely recommend !
Thank you very much for your time and review.We are glad to hear that our tour met your expectations and we could make your day memorable.We hope to see you again!
We so enjoyed our exceptional day and food tour with Ozzie in July 2024 - in fact it was the highlight of our 3 week trip to Greece and Turkey. The food was absolutely awesome, sampled at 6 local gems, frequented by the locals, and dotted around Istanbul. We caught ferries, trams ,walked a great deal and touched on 2 continents ( Asia and Europe). We were hugely impressed with Ozzie’s knowledge on Turkiye and his command of the English language. We cannot recommend Ozzie enough - he is an absolute must on your travels of Istanbul. Thank you Ozzie!!!
While the large quantity of very good food wa great our guide, Kube, was the star. We had so much fun and laughed a lot. Have coffee for breakfast as you will be eating the remainder of the day. A little shopping here and there, but this experience is for your taste buds. It was also nice to spend time and eat on the Asia side of Istanbul via the ferry with great pics of Old City from the Bosphorus. Highly recommend this tour
I can’t praise “Oz” highly enough. Not only did we enjoy some amazing Turkish dishes we also got to hear stories about Oz’s experiences growing up in Istanbul and how the foods we were eating fit into the lives of everyday Turks. Oz was so experienced that he was able to get us to try new dishes and provide us with experiences we never would have had on our own! We only had the weekend in Istanbul and had a mediocre private tour of the big Mosques and Topkapi the day before. This tour more than made up for our so-so tour the day before. Oz even helped us to see a few more sites on our own!
The tour was a great experience. Enjoyed every minute of it and learnt a lot about the history of Istanbul
Ondie was a fantastic guide. He provided an authentic introductory to the culinary delights of Istanbul, both European and Asian side. He managed to incorporate plenty of information around the modern day and historical Turkish people lifestyles. Highly Recommend! Well worth the time and money.
Day full of discovery and lots of nice little moments, warm and immersive places. Special mention to the guide Özgür who knew how to share with us this gastronomic culture with professionalism while being warm and friendly.
Thank you so much Mr. Mohamed for your review.I am very glad to hear that you satisfied with my service and I hope to see you in the future again.
