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Culinary Backstreets covers the world’s best eating destinations, with city guides, food tours, multi-day trips and daily dispatches.

Cosmopolitan Kurtuluş: Istanbul’s Neighborhood of Taste

2-7 people

Son Durak -> Pangalti

~5.5 hours

9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Every day

Quick bite: Far from the tourist trail, get a taste of one of the last bastions of classic Istanbul flavors, including bread fresh from the tandir oven, a mind-boggling assortment of meze, sizzling kebab, old school ice cream and much more. On this full-day food tour, we will dig deep into the culinary traditions of one of Istanbul’s most culturally diverse and food-centric neighborhoods.

Reserve

US$135 / adult

Fee includes everything consumed on the walk.

Two Markets Two Continents

2-7 people

Karaköy -> Kadıköy

~6.5 hours

9:30 a.m.
(Mon-Sat)

Quick Bite: This full-day Istanbul market tour draws from our best-of list in the European side’s Karaköy neighborhood and the Asian Kadıköy, tied together by a Bosphorus crossing, visiting two markets on two continents.

Reserve

US$135/ adult

Fee includes everything consumed on the walk.

Culinary Backstreets of the Bazaar Quarter

2-7 people

Sirkeci -> Grand Bazaar

~5.5 hours

9:30 a.m.
No Sundays

Quick bite: Istanbul’s Bazaar Quarter is one of the world’s biggest open-air commercial centers and a historic hub of small craftsmen who still carry on their tradition in the atmospheric caravanserais. On this 6-hour Grand Bazaar food tour, we will meet and eat with these craftsmen. 

Reserve

US$135 / adult

Fee includes everything consumed on the walk.

Born on the Bosphorus: Exploring Three Distinct Waterside Neighborhoods

2-7 people

Beşiktaş -> Kuzguncuk

~6.5 hours

9:30 a.m.
(Daily)

Quick bite: From a workingman’s breakfast in the frenetic market to a leisurely fish lunch in the Bosphorus neighborhood, this full-day Istanbul food tour brings together the high points of life in the city, in all their rich contrast.

Reserve

US $135/adult

Fee includes everything consumed on the walk.

Culinary Secrets of the Old City

2-7 people

Eminonu -> Fatih

~5.5 hours

9:30 a.m.
No Sundays

Quick Bite: In Istanbul’s Old City, two culinary worlds exist side by side – one for tourists and one for locals. On this Istanbul Old City food tour, we go beyond the major monuments to time-honored spots where all of the serious eating is done.

Reserve

US $135/adult

Fee includes everything consumed on the walk.

Hidden Beyoğlu

2-7 people

Beyoğlu

~5.5 hours

5 p.m.
Daily

Quick bite: With Beyoğlu’s cosmopolitan history as a backdrop, on this food tour in Istanbul we will eat our way through the classic and unknown eateries of the neighborhood, the old and the new, tasting specialties from all over Turkey. 

Reserve

US$135 / adult

Fee includes everything consumed on the walk.

Shop, Cook, Feast: A Hands-On Culinary Adventure

2-7 people

Kurtuluş

~5 hours

9:15am
4:00pm
Daily

Quick Bite: After shopping for ingredients in one of Istanbul’s most food-centric neighborhoods, we’ll teach you how to cook six of our favorite Turkish recipes from all over Turkey in this Istanbul cooking class – dishes like Circassian chicken, stuffed eggplant from southeastern Turkey, Aegean-style mincemeat pastries and more. 

Reserve

US $120/adult

Fee includes everything consumed on the walk.
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