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4 Hours Turkish Dining Experience in Istanbul

5.018 reviews

  • 4 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

Step off the main tourist trail and learn to eat like a local with authentic local cuisine and delicacies. Have the chance to enjoy a guided evening tour spent mostly dining on a variety of Turkish food and dishes. Get to savor a Simit bread roll with fresh grapes and seeds and learn how to barbecue grill your own kebabs. Have the time for your life, dance the night away, and listen to live music inside a real Turkish tapas bar

Inclusions

What's included

  • Dinner
  • Snacks Coffee and/or Tea
  • Friendly, knowledgeable and passionate English-speaking tour guide
  • Uniquely different eateries and restaurants, multiple tastings at each
  • A day filled with culinary, cultural, historic and personal anecdotes, with a local insider’s view

What's not

  • Gratuities
  • No vegetarian and vegan food options
  • Transfer

Itinerary

  1. Learn and experience Turkish culture through taste by stepping off the main tourist trail and going on a dining tour at night with family, friends, and fellow travelers! You'll be accompanied by an English-speaking guide, who will tell you the importance of the delicacies that you will munch, what makes them unique, and how they are representative of Turkish culture. You will first enter a Simit bakery, where you will get to munch on the scrumptious delight known as the Simit bread roll that comes along with fresh grapes and seeds. You will get to chase down that wonderful bread roll with aromatic Turkish coffee and tea by visiting a Kiraathane. After that, you will learn how to charcoal grill kebabs in an Ocakbasi. To cap off this gastronomic adventure, you will go inside a Meyhane, a Turkish bar where you can get a taste of Turkish alcoholic beverages and dance to traditional Turkish music performed live by master musicians.

    4 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point
Front of Galata Lisesi
Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size
Up to 16 travellers
Operated by
Tourmania
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Istanbul

  • Its from-price is close to the median of the 126 food tours we list in Istanbul.
  • Its length is typical for the group.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 47 of 126.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Istanbul

Istanbul straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus, with Byzantine and Ottoman monuments, busy bazaars and ferries crossing between continents.

The historic peninsula holds the greatest landmarks. Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Hippodrome face each other in Sultanahmet, the Basilica Cistern lies beneath the streets, and Topkapı Palace spreads across the hill above the Golden Horn. A short walk away, the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar have traded for centuries, and Süleymaniye Mosque, built by the great Ottoman architect Sinan, crowns one of the city's seven hills.

Top-ranked sights in Istanbul: Dolmabahce Palace (Dolmabahce Sarayi), Bosphorus, Bosphorus Bridge (Bogazici Koprusu).

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