Istanbul Traditional Turkish Dinner and Dervish Experience
Description
In this authentic and top rated experience, discover 800-year-old cultural dervish show in a local place with small groups, enjoy a traditional Turkish dinner in a 140-year-old unique family restaurant, meet with fun people from around the world and explore Istanbul like a local! Make sure to come hungry. - Dervish experience is marked under Unesco Heritage, it is a must thing to do in Turkey. You will be impressed with the mesmerizing dervish performance. - Try a large variety of Turkish Food in a restaurant that is preferred mainly by locals, discover more than 10 different dishes. - Sample authentic street foods, including hidden gems. - Vegeterian, vegan and gluten free options are available. - Price is all included, you will not have to pay any extras. - No need to haggle with taxi drivers—tour includes drop-off close to your hotel. - Numbers are capped at just 15 travelers for a more intimate experience.
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Itinerary
We will be meeting in front of Sirkeci Train Station. After sharing our tour itinerary, we will try several street foods on the way to the historic dervish venue. There will be a very short walk to the dervish show and before the performance we will give you brief information about the background of 800-year-old dervish performance, which is also marked under Unesco heritage and one of the must things to do in Turkey. The dervish show duration will be 1 hour.
Following the dervish performance, our private transfer will take us to a 140-year-old kebab restaurant and we will taste the wonderful Turkish Food. (Unlimited Dinner: you will try 5 different kebabs, meze (tapas), salads, drink). Dinner will be finalized with tea/special coffee and traditional dessert. Notes: Vegetarian, vegan or gluten free option is available, please send us a message after reservation. (10 types of Turkish style vegeterian mezes) The price is all inclusive. You will not pay any extras.
We will split after the dinner 21.30-22.00. We will organise a private car which will drop you to a location close to your hotel.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- 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
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We have dishes to suit all your food preferences.
Reviews(609)
We had a wonderful evening exploring the street food, culture and more delicious food, we travelled to the meeting point from the cruise port and were dropped off back to the port in the evening
I booked this experience for my husband's birthday to experience something authentic in Istanbul that would leave us with wonderful memories. And that was indeed the case 👍 Zey, our guide, is a cheerful and attentive young woman who shares her knowledge with enthusiasm. We attended the whirling dervishes ceremony with great interest: their performance is simply incredible! And the meal shared with our entire group at the restaurant allowed us to taste a variety of delicious dishes in a friendly atmosphere.
Great food and great experience with our guide Zey. First a quick taste of street food, then the dervish show and topped off with a great meal in the old town part of Istanbul.
Our time with Zey was excellent. We greatly appreciated the opportunity to navigate the local food scene with someone from Istanbul. This provides so much more interesting context about each dish and it's significance. The Dervish show was certainly a highlight. A very captivating and moving experience. We'd easily recommend this tour for your Istanbul trip.
Our guide Zey was amazing. Lots of information during our tour and easy to understand. Dinner experience at place where her and her family have been going for years was truly a great way to get introduced to Turkish cuisine. Made sure we got back to our hotel safely and easily. Sent us a list of great local places to go to for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also a complete list of all the food we enjoy during the tour.
Good experience, the dance, Suly our guide, and the dinner.
Zey was a very friendly and efficient tour guide who communicated very effectively and provided us with a very entertaining evening.
A fantastic night watching the show and then followed by the best Turkish banquet you possibly can have!
Sule’ was such a gracious hostess! This was our first night in Istanbul and she could not have welcomed us more warmly. She was also very knowledgeable about the Dervish experience and the delicious food we shared. Thank you!
My wife and I really enjoyed this tour. It was a full evening and really hit on some of the cultural and food highlights of Istanbul and Turkey. My favorite parts of the evening were the Whirling Dervish performance and the neighborhood where we had dinner. The restaurant was good and right by a well maintained and intact stretch of the ancient Byzantine aqueduct that took water into the city. I didn't realize we would get to see that on the tour which was a big plus for a history guy like me. Overall, we really enjoyed the tiur and local insights andvpassiin of Zey, our guide. Highky recommended for one of your evenings in Istanbul.
