Taste of Two Continents: Istanbul Food Tour
Overview
Ready to taste the best food on both sides of Istanbul?
Start with a delicious traditional Turkish breakfast in Europe in the heart of the historic Old City, before you sail across to Asia and explore the vibrant streets of Kadıköy.
With your foodie guide, you’ll make 10 delicious stops during your walk with a variety of samples at each – enough to fill your belly to the brim with all the fantastic Turkish flavors!
From street foods and world-famous restaurants to traditional kebabs and Turkish ice cream, The Taste of Two Continents tour is your full-day immersion inside Istanbul’s food scene and a glimpse of Turkish culture and daily life.
Start with a delicious traditional Turkish breakfast in Europe in the heart of the historic Old City, before you sail across to Asia and explore the vibrant streets of Kadıköy.
With your foodie guide, you’ll make 10 delicious stops during your walk with a variety of samples at each – enough to fill your belly to the brim with all the fantastic Turkish flavors!
From street foods and world-famous restaurants to traditional kebabs and Turkish ice cream, The Taste of Two Continents tour is your full-day immersion inside Istanbul’s food scene and a glimpse of Turkish culture and daily life.
Inclusions
- 9 uniquely different eateries and restaurants, multiple tastings at each
- Friendly, knowledgeable and passionate English-speaking tour guide
- A day filled with culinary, cultural, historic and personal anecdotes, with a local insider’s view
- Lunch - Multi-course lunch at world-famous restaurant Çiya
- Snacks - The original and the best döner kebab at 154 years old family restaurant
- Coffee and/or Tea - 5 exciting local drinks.
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Historic Areas of Istanbul, Istanbul Turkiye
The Taste of Two Continents food tour begins in Istanbul’s Old City. There, we meet to begin our tour in the heart of Eminönü, close to Spice Market.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu - Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkiye
Market Sourced Turkish Breakfast: Visit a breakfast market in the morning and gather an assortment of Turkish breakfast items, including cheeses, buffalo cream, hazelnut paste, honey, olives, dried beef pastrami, simit, and enjoy it all with traditional Turkish tea & menemen (Turkish scrambled eggs) at a local tea house. Listen to your guide’s entertaining & interesting stories about culture and daily life in Turkey while wondering if this could be your favorite breakfast ever.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Cross the mighty Bosphorus by ferry to explore the more modern and chic area of Kadıköy, on the Asian side. Kadıköy is home to some of the best local restaurants in Istanbul, frequented a new generation of Turks who love to dine out, while still savouring the flavours of their childhood.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Kadikoy Carsisi, Caferaga Mahallesi Kadikoy, Istanbul Turkiye
You will nibble, sip and munch your way through the local Kadıköy market while your guide explains the colorful stalls and products.
You'll want to bring your cameras out here to capture all the vibrancy that makes up the flavors of Turkish cuisine!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sureyya Opera House, Cafer Aga Mah. Bahariye Cad. No:29 Caferaga, Kadikoy, Istanbul Turkiye
As you make your way through the colorful streets of Kadıköy market, you’ll sip on freshly brewed Turkish coffee while delighting in locally-made crispy golden baklava. You’ll savor the delicious tastes of popular street foods like dolma, tantuni, and kokoreç, as well as other local favourites.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Kadikoy Iskelesi, Kadikoy, Istanbul Turkiye
The Taste of Two Continents tour finishes in Kadıköy Ferry Terminal. Your return ferry tickets are provided. Your guide will help you to catch the Eminönü ferry (back to the Spice Market) or Karaköy ferry.
Duration: 10 minutes
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Historic Areas of Istanbul, Istanbul Turkiye
The Taste of Two Continents food tour begins in Istanbul’s Old City. There, we meet to begin our tour in the heart of Eminönü, close to Spice Market.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu - Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkiye
Market Sourced Turkish Breakfast: Visit a breakfast market in the morning and gather an assortment of Turkish breakfast items, including cheeses, buffalo cream, hazelnut paste, honey, olives, dried beef pastrami, simit, and enjoy it all with traditional Turkish tea & menemen (Turkish scrambled eggs) at a local tea house. Listen to your guide’s entertaining & interesting stories about culture and daily life in Turkey while wondering if this could be your favorite breakfast ever.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Cross the mighty Bosphorus by ferry to explore the more modern and chic area of Kadıköy, on the Asian side. Kadıköy is home to some of the best local restaurants in Istanbul, frequented a new generation of Turks who love to dine out, while still savouring the flavours of their childhood.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Kadikoy Carsisi, Caferaga Mahallesi Kadikoy, Istanbul Turkiye
You will nibble, sip and munch your way through the local Kadıköy market while your guide explains the colorful stalls and products.
You'll want to bring your cameras out here to capture all the vibrancy that makes up the flavors of Turkish cuisine!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sureyya Opera House, Cafer Aga Mah. Bahariye Cad. No:29 Caferaga, Kadikoy, Istanbul Turkiye
As you make your way through the colorful streets of Kadıköy market, you’ll sip on freshly brewed Turkish coffee while delighting in locally-made crispy golden baklava. You’ll savor the delicious tastes of popular street foods like dolma, tantuni, and kokoreç, as well as other local favourites.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Kadikoy Iskelesi, Kadikoy, Istanbul Turkiye
The Taste of Two Continents tour finishes in Kadıköy Ferry Terminal. Your return ferry tickets are provided. Your guide will help you to catch the Eminönü ferry (back to the Spice Market) or Karaköy ferry.
Duration: 10 minutes
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Maximum group size is 10
- Comfortable walking shoes recommended
- Children aged 5 years and younger are welcome at no charge
- Tour runs rain or shine
- Not recommended for vegan, gluten free, lactose free travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with serious allergies or food restrictions
- Please advise any specific dietary/allergy requirements at time of booking
- 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 10 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Pamut
April 2023
Really fun day: not only great variety of good, traditional food but some historical facts sprinkled in. Highly recommend.
Really fun day: not only great variety of good, traditional food but some historical facts sprinkled in. Highly recommend.764richv
April 2023
From the beginning to finish, a great experience consisting of good food, visual delights, and learned history
From the beginning to finish, a great experience consisting of good food, visual delights, and learned history16dimasl
April 2023
Great tour! Ali is an awesome guide with TONS of knowledge about the area and the food and food history. Most of the stops were great with the exception being the stops for lamb stew (too gamy for me) and the second to last stop where we ate meat cooked in sheep stomach and rice-stuffed muscles...
Great tour! Ali is an awesome guide with TONS of knowledge about the area and the food and food history. Most of the stops were great with the exception being the stops for lamb stew (too gamy for me) and the second to last stop where we ate meat cooked in sheep stomach and rice-stuffed muscles. Otherwise, the rest of the food was awesome, especially the breakfast selections. We ate so much that I didn’t need to eat any more after that the entire evening. Great value for money! FYI, please don’t be “those tourists” who didn’t tip. Turkey needs tourist income and Ali works VERY hard to provide a great experience745chrishs
April 2023
We thoroughly enjoyed our food tour. The meals were delicious and the Erbil our guide is so knowledgeable. He kindly paced us to not get too full too quickly, but due to my lack of self control, I was too full already for our last 2 stops 🤣 now we’re planning to go back to some of the restaurants...
We thoroughly enjoyed our food tour. The meals were delicious and the Erbil our guide is so knowledgeable. He kindly paced us to not get too full too quickly, but due to my lack of self control, I was too full already for our last 2 stops 🤣 now we’re planning to go back to some of the restaurants we really liked tomorrow. Thanks!Traveler28907290628
April 2023
This was a fantastic tour. Ali, the guide, was amazing. Funny, engaging, knowledgeable, and passionate. Between the soup, the kabobs, the sweets…its impossible to pick a favorite (ok, the special kabob was the best, followed by the soup). The rain scared off a couple people from the tour, but it...
This was a fantastic tour. Ali, the guide, was amazing. Funny, engaging, knowledgeable, and passionate. Between the soup, the kabobs, the sweets…its impossible to pick a favorite (ok, the special kabob was the best, followed by the soup). The rain scared off a couple people from the tour, but it was definitely their loss. Highly recommend no matter what kind of traveler you are. You learn more and more about the culture as you enjoy delicious foods and get to know other travelers.Carey_Jamieson
April 2023
This tour was amazing. Sinan was a perfect tour guide. Really knowledgeable, really friendly. There was no rush and we spent a great day on both sides of Istanbul eating delicious food! All served up with explanations of what we were eating and it's customs and origins. There were lots of ext...
This tour was amazing. Sinan was a perfect tour guide. Really knowledgeable, really friendly. There was no rush and we spent a great day on both sides of Istanbul eating delicious food! All served up with explanations of what we were eating and it's customs and origins. There were lots of extras and surprises we would never have found on our own. Great day!