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Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
$133.24
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they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
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.
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.
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Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 6 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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- Kaymak. Dairy cream made from buffaloes milk with sesame bread, honey, two type of cheeses. Variety of olives. Açuka, a traditional breakfast paste. Hazelnut paste.
- Çay. Turkish black brew tea serve in the tulip shaped glasses
- Balık dürüm. Grilled mackerel fish wrap in lavash bread with salad, pomegranate sauce and spices
- Ferry tickets. Ferry tickets to and from Uskudar neighborhood in Asian side
- Midye ; Mussels stuffed with rice and spices cooked in the shell serve with lemon
- Turkish coffee. Coffee brew on sand or charcoal
- Börek. Filo pastry wrapped with minded meat, cheese, potatoes, spices and butter.
- Turk kahvesi & Çay ; Turkish coffee or Çay ( tea ) options
- Iskender. Lamb cooked on charcoal on top of pitta bread cubes with tomatoes, butter and yoghurt sauc
- Maraş Dondurma. Famous Turkish ice cream made from goats milk and roots of mountain orchids roots.
- Künefe. A dessert made of angels hair noddles, cheese, honey and pistacho
- Menemen. Made from tomatoes, green peppers, eggs and spices.
- No vegetarian and vegan food at 4 of the food stops.
- Gratuities
Meeting point
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
Return details
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.
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Eminonu SquareMeeting with the group. Our guide will give information about the tour and we will walk to the dairy store to shop for the breakfast.
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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.
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Bosphorus StraitEnjoy 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.
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KadIkoy CarsIsIWalk 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.
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Bosphorus StraitTake 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.
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Bosphorus StraitTake another ferry ride back to the Modern part of Istanbul Karakoy. Enjoy the delicious fish wraps stuffed with salad, local spices and pomegranates sauce.
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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.
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Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
$133.24
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!