Private Food tour in Europe and Asian Side of Istanbul
Description
* Enjoy the best of the local cuisine in Europe and Asian side of Istanbul at 8 different stops. * Shop your breakfast at the local food market and sit at a tea house to have a breakfast like a local. * Enjoy the ferry ride crossing the Bosporus to go from Europe to Asia in 20 minutes. * Visit three most popular districts of Istanbul of Eminönü, Kadıköy and Karaköy during the tour and learn the history and life style of each from your guide. * Taste street food and local food market at food stalls and at the luxury restaurants. * Sit at the local cafe and enjoy the world pass by while sipping a well made Turkish coffee. * Enjoy the photo taking from the ferry ride. * Enjoy the pick up and drop off service from your hotel with luxury cars.
Tour Options
Itinerary
After we pick you up from your hotel our guide will meet you and take you for a breakfast shopping at the local market. We will buy the variety of the cheeses, olives, hazelnut paste with the honey, acuka ( a local breakfast paste ), Bal & kaymak (Buffalo cream with the honey on top ),
After the breakfast shopping we will dine at a local cafe to open our breakfast bag to enjoy the local products and have breakfast like a local with the freshly brewed tea. Enjoy the delicious menemen made of tomatoes, green pepper and eggs.
After the breakfast we will stroll in the historic Spice market to enjoy its aromas of local and international flavors come together.
We will take a ferry ride to cross the Bosporus strait to pass to Asia in only a journey of a 30 minutes. Enjoy the great view of the city and many city highlights. Great photo opportunity.
After stepping in Asia, lets sit at a local cafe to sip a Turkish coffee cook in the traditional style on the charcoal in a copper jar. Ask your guide to show you how to read your coffee cup. Or try a coffee unique to southeast Turkey call Menengiç which is made of the seeds from the wild Pistachio trees.
Enjoy the local food market away from the touristy parts of Istanbul. Visit the food stalls and restaurants to taste the local flavors with the accompany of your local food expert. Some of the food will be tasted as follow ; Lahmacun. Local version of pizza made from minced meat, tomatoes, spices, garlic cook in the wood fire oven. Mercimek Çorba. Lentil soup made in the Gaziantep style with spices and garlic. ( only in cold weather ) Kokoreç: Lamb wrap around the fat cook on charcoal with local spices and serve in the sandwich bread. Çig köfte: Bulgur, tomates paste, spices rubbed in a tray turn into a paste serve with fresh lettuce leafs. Adana Kebap or İskender kebap : Slices of the döner kebap on top of the pitta bread with tomatoes, yogurt and melted butter sauce. Midye Dolma: Mussels stuffed with the rice and local spices . Turşu : A glass with assorted vegetables with pickle juice
This is one of the most beautiful food market in Istanbul. We will have many food sampling here: Some of them are mussels stuffed with rice and spices, pickled vegetables, pastrami, variety of cheeses, olives and more..
Take another ferry ride back to to the European with the happy and full belly. This time we will be landing in Karaköy neighborhood across from the Galata bridge from the side we had breakfast. Enjoy view of Blue mosque, Hagia Sofia, Topkapı palace, Maramra sea and more from the ferry.
İt is the time to reward the belly with the least know but the most delicious dessert of the country Künefe! It is made of the angel hair noodles, stuffed with a layer of cheese, a layer of pistachio with the honey syrup. It will also be served with delicious ice cream made of goats milk and the roots of the mountain orchid flowers.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please be ready at the hotel lobby at the tour starting time. If we need to pick you up earlier because of your hotel location, you will be informed about that after the booking is submitted.
Traveller Ratings
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
- Three food stops have no vegetarian option
Reviews(5)
A great day seeing different neighborhoods in Istanbul. We enjoyed sampling a variety of foods in this wonderful city. Thanks for a nice day!
Thank you for this lovely review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your food tour with us.
Our guide was amazing. Very knowledgeable about the food its history of the food & Turkish culture. Very patient even with people who came late. Accommodated everyone in the process of the food tour. Really showed all different sides of Istanbul Food culture. Also gave us tips & tricks o other aspects of Istanbul
Good trip with good guy, It was an enjoyable tour for us. Our guide embellished his knowledge and experience with beautiful stories. See you again when we come to Istanbul again. Thank you Mr. Salih.
We've been touring Southeast Asia! Lien and her team were wonderful, attention, punctuality, selected destinations and suggested visits were impeccable. Highly recommended!!! We will soon choose them again for new adventures!!!
Istanbul is an incredible city to visit; the history, the people, the culture, and, oh the food. After two days of intense touring, this tour seemed to be just right for us. And, it was! I am a stickler for good communication in my business and no less a stickler for communication from tour operators. The folks at My Local Guide Istanbul did not disappoint. The day before and on the assigned day of the tour we received messages on WhatsApp. Our tour guide Salih arrived at our hotel exactly the time he promised. A very comfortable limo-type van was a great way to get around for this tour. Salih explained the upcoming day, (his English is absolutely excellent!), all the anticipated stops. I won't review the stops as they are listed for this tour. We did the cultural stops first, excellent descriptions, all questions answered, then we got to the food stops. He took us to local market areas that are not normally visited by (foreign) tourist. With Salih's engaging personality, we were laughing and sharing family stories in short order. I believe we recieved full value, if not more, for this tour. Thank you again, Salih!
Thank you for the lovely review. We are very happy with your kind words and it is a great feeling to see you enjoyed your experience with us. It was lovely to have you on our tour and we hope we will meet you in Istanbul again in the future.
