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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's Included
Meeting and pickup
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
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.
Itinerary
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1Eminonu 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.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Misir 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 hour • Admission ticket included -
3Bosphorus 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 minutes • Admission ticket included -
4KadIkoy 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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
5KadIkoy CarsIsI
After filling the belly with the delicious local food it is time to take a coffee break at a cafe which runs by a Kurdish family. The best coffee is know when it is made on charcoal and in a copper jar. After you drink your coffee ask your guide to read your coffee fortune for you. If you are not a coffee drinker then try Menengic kahvesi ( coffee made from the seed of wild pictachio trees ). This is unique flavor to Southeast Turkey and a must try thing.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included -
6Bosphorus Strait
Enjoy the breeze of the Bosporus once again to land in Karakoy the modern part of Istanbul.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included -
7Mumhane Caddesi
Take a stroll into the back streets of Karakoy neighborhood and sit at a small family run business to sample a fish wrap stuffed with salad, spices and pomegranate seeds and molasses.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Mumhane Caddesi
We will end this tour with the most delicious but less know dessert call Kunefe which is made from angles hair noodles, cheese, pistachio and honey syroop. It will be accompany of the unique Maraş dondurma ( Turkish ice cream made from goats milk ).
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- 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
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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