Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides
Overview
About
Join us on a culinary adventure through the streets of Istanbul, where you'll discover the authentic flavors of the Bosphorus and experience the rich cultural heritage of this vibrant city.
What you'll do
What is included?
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
What is not included?
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
Meet your host
Itinerary
Istanbul Culinary Tours Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do
Explore the full itinerary for Istanbul Guided Street Food Tour Around European and Asian Sides in Istanbul, Turkey. This culinary tours experience includes 8 stops over 1 day. Duration: 6 hours. Activity level: Extreme.
Here is the starting point
Eminonu Square
Meeting with the group. Our guide will give information about the tour and we will walk to the dairy store to shop for the breakfast.
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.
Bosphorus Strait
Enjoy 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.
Kadıköy Çarşısı
Walk 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.
Kadıköy Çarşısı
After filling the belly with the delicious local food it is time to take a coffee break at a cafe which runs by a Kurdish family. The best coffee is know when it is made on charcoal and in a copper jar. After you drink your coffee ask your guide to read your coffee fortune for you. If you are not a coffee drinker then try Menengic kahvesi ( coffee made from the seed of wild pictachio trees ). This is unique flavor to Southeast Turkey and a must try thing.
Bosphorus Strait
Enjoy the breeze of the Bosporus once again to land in Karakoy the modern part of Istanbul.
Mumhane Caddesi
Mumhane Caddesi
This concludes the tour.
