Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
by My Local Guide Istanbul
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This guided street food tour in Istanbul lasts about five to six hours and covers both the European and Asian sides of the city. You start at Eminonu Square, where the guide meets the group and gives an overview before walking to a local dairy store to shop for breakfast items. The breakfast includes traditional Turkish foods such as Kaymak (buffalo cream) with honey, sesame bread, various cheeses, pistachio and hazelnut pastes, Menemen (a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, eggs, and spices), and olives. Next, you take a ferry across the Bosphorus Strait from the European to the Asian side, enjoying views of the city and commentary from a historian guide. Upon arrival at Kadikoy Market, you explore a local food market less frequented by tourists. Here, you sample sun-dried beef pastrami, grape leaves stuffed with rice and spices, Lahmacun (a stone-oven baked flatbread with minced lamb and beef, onions, tomatoes, and paprika), mussels stuffed with rice and spices, and İskender kebap served on pita bread with tomatoes, butter, and yoghurt sauce. Afterward, you pause for a coffee break at a Kurdish family-run café in Kadikoy, where you can try Turkish coffee brewed on charcoal or Menengic kahvesi, a coffee made from wild pistachio seeds. On the return journey, the ferry takes you back to Karakoy on the European side. You then walk through Karakoy’s backstreets and taste a grilled mackerel fish wrap with salad, pomegranate sauce, and spices at a small family business. The tour concludes with a dessert tasting of Kunefe, made from angel hair noodles, cheese, pistachio, and honey syrup, accompanied by Maraş dondurma, a Turkish ice cream made from goat’s milk. Throughout the tour, you also have options to drink Turkish black tea served in tulip-shaped glasses and Turkish coffee brewed on sand or charcoal. All ferry tickets for crossing the Bosphorus are included. Note that some stops do not offer vegetarian or vegan options.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Eminonu Square
The group meets here, and the guide provides information about the tour. The group then walks to a local dairy store to shop for breakfast items.
10 min
Misir Carsisi
Begin with a local breakfast near the Spice Market. Taste Kaymak (buffalo cream) with organic honey, various cheeses, sesame bread (simit), Menemen made with tomatoes, onion, green peppers, and eggs, pistachio and hazelnut pastes, Acuka paste, and Turkish tea served in tulip-shaped glasses.
60 min
Bosphorus Strait
Take a ferry ride from Europe to Asia across the Bosphorus Strait in about twenty minutes. The historian guide shares information about sights along the route before arriving at a local food market away from tourist areas.
30 min
KadIkoy CarsIsI
Explore the Kadikoy food market with few tourists. Sample sun-dried beef pastrami, grape leaves stuffed with rice and spices, Lahmacun cooked in a wood-fired stone oven, mussels stuffed with rice and spices, and İskender kebap served on pita bread with tomatoes, butter, and yoghurt sauce at the place where Doner kebap originated.
120 min
KadIkoy CarsIsI
Take a coffee break at a Kurdish family-run café. Try Turkish coffee brewed on charcoal in a copper pot and have the guide read your coffee fortune. Non-coffee drinkers can try Menengic kahvesi, coffee made from wild pistachio tree seeds, a specialty from Southeast Turkey.
20 min
Bosphorus Strait
Enjoy the Bosphorus breeze on the ferry returning to Karakoy, the modern part of Istanbul.
20 min
Karakoy Neighborhood
Walk through Karakoy’s back streets and visit a small family business to taste a grilled mackerel fish wrap filled with salad, spices, pomegranate seeds, and molasses.
30 min
Dessert Stop
Finish the tour with Kunefe, a dessert made from angel hair noodles, cheese, pistachio, and honey syrup, served alongside Maraş dondurma, a Turkish ice cream made from goat’s milk.
30 min
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
End point
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.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.
Additional info
Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
by My Local Guide Istanbul
Choose from 1 available option
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€230Overview
This guided street food tour in Istanbul lasts about five to six hours and covers both the European and Asian sides of the city. You start at Eminonu Square, where the guide meets the group and gives an overview before walking to a local dairy store to shop for breakfast items. The breakfast includes traditional Turkish foods such as Kaymak (buffalo cream) with honey, sesame bread, various cheeses, pistachio and hazelnut pastes, Menemen (a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, eggs, and spices), and olives. Next, you take a ferry across the Bosphorus Strait from the European to the Asian side, enjoying views of the city and commentary from a historian guide. Upon arrival at Kadikoy Market, you explore a local food market less frequented by tourists. Here, you sample sun-dried beef pastrami, grape leaves stuffed with rice and spices, Lahmacun (a stone-oven baked flatbread with minced lamb and beef, onions, tomatoes, and paprika), mussels stuffed with rice and spices, and İskender kebap served on pita bread with tomatoes, butter, and yoghurt sauce. Afterward, you pause for a coffee break at a Kurdish family-run café in Kadikoy, where you can try Turkish coffee brewed on charcoal or Menengic kahvesi, a coffee made from wild pistachio seeds. On the return journey, the ferry takes you back to Karakoy on the European side. You then walk through Karakoy’s backstreets and taste a grilled mackerel fish wrap with salad, pomegranate sauce, and spices at a small family business. The tour concludes with a dessert tasting of Kunefe, made from angel hair noodles, cheese, pistachio, and honey syrup, accompanied by Maraş dondurma, a Turkish ice cream made from goat’s milk. Throughout the tour, you also have options to drink Turkish black tea served in tulip-shaped glasses and Turkish coffee brewed on sand or charcoal. All ferry tickets for crossing the Bosphorus are included. Note that some stops do not offer vegetarian or vegan options.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Eminonu Square
The group meets here, and the guide provides information about the tour. The group then walks to a local dairy store to shop for breakfast items.
10 min
Misir Carsisi
Begin with a local breakfast near the Spice Market. Taste Kaymak (buffalo cream) with organic honey, various cheeses, sesame bread (simit), Menemen made with tomatoes, onion, green peppers, and eggs, pistachio and hazelnut pastes, Acuka paste, and Turkish tea served in tulip-shaped glasses.
60 min
Bosphorus Strait
Take a ferry ride from Europe to Asia across the Bosphorus Strait in about twenty minutes. The historian guide shares information about sights along the route before arriving at a local food market away from tourist areas.
30 min
KadIkoy CarsIsI
Explore the Kadikoy food market with few tourists. Sample sun-dried beef pastrami, grape leaves stuffed with rice and spices, Lahmacun cooked in a wood-fired stone oven, mussels stuffed with rice and spices, and İskender kebap served on pita bread with tomatoes, butter, and yoghurt sauce at the place where Doner kebap originated.
120 min
KadIkoy CarsIsI
Take a coffee break at a Kurdish family-run café. Try Turkish coffee brewed on charcoal in a copper pot and have the guide read your coffee fortune. Non-coffee drinkers can try Menengic kahvesi, coffee made from wild pistachio tree seeds, a specialty from Southeast Turkey.
20 min
Bosphorus Strait
Enjoy the Bosphorus breeze on the ferry returning to Karakoy, the modern part of Istanbul.
20 min
Karakoy Neighborhood
Walk through Karakoy’s back streets and visit a small family business to taste a grilled mackerel fish wrap filled with salad, spices, pomegranate seeds, and molasses.
30 min
Dessert Stop
Finish the tour with Kunefe, a dessert made from angel hair noodles, cheese, pistachio, and honey syrup, served alongside Maraş dondurma, a Turkish ice cream made from goat’s milk.
30 min
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
End point
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.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.