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Stuffed mussels (Midye dolması) is the other iconic seafood-centered street food in Istanbul
Istanbul Foodie Tour by Night: Traditional Meyhane & Street Foods
Istanbul Foodie Tour by Night: Traditional Meyhane & Street Foods
Istanbul Foodie Tour by Night: Traditional Meyhane & Street Foods
Istanbul Foodie Tour by Night: Traditional Meyhane & Street Foods

Istanbul Food Tour - History and Culture of Turkish Culinary

By Local Tour Guide Istanbul
9.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$144 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This is a food tour with a difference in world famous Beyoğlu (Pera) neighbourhood makes sure that you will enjoy all the ranges and aspects of Turkish Cuisine leaving nothing out. From drinking Raki and tasting varieties of meze, cheese and seasonal fruits in a Meyhane (Local Tavern) to delicious Baklava in a traditional Confectionary Shop. In this four-hour gastronomy tour, you will stroll through some of the backstreets, bustling food markets and passages off Istiklal Street stopping off at Cafes, Eateries, Kebab restaurants and street food stalls to sample a cross-section of delicious foods to include meats, stuffed mussels and chocolate. A fascinating insight in a small group tour, providing thoughtful information on the history, cultural significance and relevance not only of the food but of the locations where it was served. We discover places you never find on your own.

Activity location

  • Istiklal Caddesi
    • Istiklal Street Taksim, Beyoglu
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Nordstern Hotel Galata
    • No: 5 Tersane Caddesi
    • 34421, Arap Cami, İstanbul, Turkiye

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Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m3h 30m
  • English

Get a Taste of Turkish Cuisine: Outstanding gourmet street foods, good eateries, local meyhane, traditional raki tasting, meze, kebabs, baklava and more

Language options: English
Starting time: 6:00 pm
Price details
AU$144.22 x 2 AdultsAU$288.44
Total
Price is AU$288.44

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedFood tasting - Samples & Snacks
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by funicular
  • What's includedWhat's includedCoffee and/ or Tea
  • What's includedWhat's includedSmall Group
  • What's includedWhat's includedAlcoholic Drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age is 12 years (Minimum drinking age is 18 years )
  • This tour is required to be booked by a minimum 2 participants.

Activity itinerary

Halic (Pass by)
Halic (Golden Horn) means inlet in English separates the old and new sections of Istanbul.
Galata Koprusu (Pass by)
This bridge spans the Golden Horn, connecting the old city with Beyoglu, the modern district of Istanbul.
Galata Tower (Pass by)
Galata Tower is one of the most iconic symbols of Istanbul. It also features to be one of the highest and oldest towers of the city.
Istiklal Caddesi
  • 30m
This tour takes you into the heart of the modern sectıon of Istanbul, 'quirky' meyhanes and bustling food markets. You and your friends and family will embark on a four-hour gastronomy tour around the world famous Beyoğlu (Pera) area. All food, snacks, desserts and drinks (such as rakı and pistachio coffee), and a professional tour passing its most famous hidden passages (Flower Passage, Hazzo Poulo, Asmalı Mescit,) are included in the price. Once our experienced guide concludes Istanbul Street Food Walking Tour, you will leave with a stomach full of traditional food, plus local knowledge and sightseeing tips, to enhance the pleasure of your trip that will last with you a lifetime.
Beyoglu
  • 30m
You must not leave Turkey without tasting Dürüm Kebab that is the sliced meat of a döner kebab may be served on a plate with various accompaniments, stuffed into a pita or other type of bread as a sandwich, or wrapped in a thin flatbread such as lavash or yufka, known as a dürüm. Since the early 1970s, the sandwich or wrap form has become popular around the world as a fast food dish sold by kebab shops and is often called simply a “kebab”. The sandwich generally contains salad or vegetables, which may include tomato, lettuce, cabbage, onion with sumac, fresh or pickled cucumber, or chilli, and various types of sauces.
St Anthony of Padua
  • 10m
Venetian Neogotic Style largest Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul and has the largest community following its masses.
Passage Hazzopulo
  • 30m
We are sure, easily you will find Turkish coffee all around Istanbul but you should know another traditional type of coffee drink as Menengic Pistachio Coffee. Menengic is produced from the coffee tree. This tree is Latin name is pistacia terebinthustur. In Turkey, menengic trees grow naturally in mountainous rural parts of the Mediterranean region, Southeastern Anatolia region, and Central Anatolia region without any need of any planting process. Menengiç Coffee has different ways of cooking, but the most common method of cooking is to cook just like Turkish coffee.
Avrupa Pasaji
  • 30m
Stop at another street food vendor for İçli Köfte; Sabirtaşı makes Istanbul’s best içli köfte (a crispy bulgur shell filled with minced meat, parsley, and sautéed pine nuts), and if you don’t feel like walking up to their restaurant, their İstiklal Street vendor is always around to serve up the köfte on the go. Made by hand on a daily basis, the içli köfte are downright delicious.
Balik Pazari
  • 5m
A must see street full of amazing bars and fish meze restaurants.
Cicek Pasaji
  • 30m
A meyhane is a traditional restaurant or bar in Turkey. It serves alcoholic drinks like wine, rakı, vodka, beer with meze and traditional foods. “Meyhane” is composed of two Persian words: mey (wine) and khāneh (house). A meyhane refers to a restaurant with traditional food, decoration, and music.
Hagia Triada Church (Pass by)
Beyoğlu was the primary area of the foreign community as well as non-Muslim Ottoman subjects. You will learn about how cosmopolitan the area once was.
Republic Monument (Pass by)
Situated at Taksim Square, the heart of modern Istanbul, commemorate the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923
Taksim Square
  • 15m
Baklava (baqlawah) is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped walnuts or pistachio and sweetened with syrup or honey. It is a very traditional Turkish Dessert. Ice cream; traditional ice cream in Turkey incorporates natural thickening agents, which give it a smooth, compact, and almost stringy texture.
Taksim Gezi Park
  • 20m
We can finish our delicious journey with Turkish Tea, is popular throughout Turkey and the Turkish diaspora. Turkish tea culture also extends to Northern Cyprus and some countries in the Balkan Peninsula..
Historic Areas of Istanbul (Pass by)
Beyoglu the old European quarter of the city is Istanbul’s bohemian quarter, full of cafes, street performers and trendy young people.
Karakoy (Pass by)
Karaköy is one of the oldest and most historic districts of the city, and is today an important commercial centre and transport hub.
Istanbul (Pass by)
Istanbul

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESIstiklal Caddesi
    • Istiklal Street Taksim, Beyoglu
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLENordstern Hotel Galata
    • No: 5 Tersane Caddesi
    • 34421, Arap Cami, İstanbul, Turkiye

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