4 h

With local

By night

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About this activity

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Istanbul Walk, Fulya Mah. Aytekin Kotil Cad., Guneri Apt. No: 13/5 Sisli, Istanbul 80060 Turkey

Visiting;
- Taksim Square
- Istiklal Street
- Beyoglu District
- Local Live Music
- Ocakbaşı (Charcoal Grill) Restaurant
- Meyhane (Local Pub)

Tasting
- Kebabs
- Traditional Starters
- Simit
- Local Drinks (Limited)
- Tripe Soup
- Tea
- Turkish Coffee

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Istanbul Walks, Kucuk Ayasofya Mah. Sifahamami Sok. No:1 Kat:1 Sultanahmet, Istanbul Turkey

No touristic places - but you will see much more than that! We will take you where 'real people' go to dine in a 'Turkish Way'. You will see and have a chance to meet local people having fun with their friends. We start the evening in a traditional 'Simit Bakery'. Simit is a bread roll, which is covered with grape molasses and sesame seeds. We take our simits and visit one of the local kıraathane'- which literally means reading rooms-but-in reality is a coffee shop with lots of men with mustaches playing cards or backgammon! After having traditional Turkish tea in a traditional tea glasses we visit another traditional place: Ocakbaşı-which is a traditional self-service barbecue restaurant where you sit by the fire and grill your kebabs, along with glass of Turkish Raki of course! We continue our gourmet journey passing, seeing and sniffing by some Turkish Restaurants. Finally, we end up in a Meyhane – a traditional Tavern where you taste 'Meze', drink 'Rakı' and listen to live Turkish Music performed by Gipsy Musicians. Well if you think that is it for the night, you are wrong! We will offer you a traditional 'İşkembe Çorbası’, which is a 'Tripe Soup'- the same way Turks complete their evening after being sated with 'Turkish Rakı'… And of course no Turkish Night is 'a complete' without tasting the 'Türk Kahvesi'-Turkish Coffee. Sounds tasty huh! And to give it quality, you will be escorted by a Professional guide who will explain to you everything that you will need to know.

Duration: 1 hour

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Included

Food tasting
Beverages (two glasses of raki, Turkish coffee and tea)
Dinner (kebab, meze, soup)
Hotel pickup and drop-off from centrally located Istanbul hotels
Local guide
Live music
Entry/Admission - Istanbul Walk
Entry/Admission - Istanbul Walks

Not included

Gratuities

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Minimum age for drinking alcoholic drinks is 18 years
Please note that if your hotel is located on the Asian side hotel pick up can’t be provided
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Features

Tourism

65%

Food

60%

Nightlife

50%

Cultural

50%

Reviews

4.3

70

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rivchacha

5 | 2018-04-28

A great and fun way to experience the food magic and nightlife in Taksim. Our guide, Ilker Akin is amazing! And I had the best hummus Ive had in recent memory. Highly recommended.

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Sanjika D

1 | 2018-03-08

The reviews were all so excellent, we were expecting a great tour! The guide was a very unenthused and insisted on cancelling places described on the itinerary. THE TOUR LASTED 2 HOURS ON FOOT. THE GUIDE HIMSELF GOT TIPSY. LEFT THE TOUR HUNGRY. NO LIVE MUSIC. -We did not go to the bakery at all. There was no minivan, we were on foot. Covered a 2 KM radius at best. -When we went to the kebab place, we did not get to grill the kebabs on our own as promised! instead, we were normally given ONE very average tasting kebab each. -We did not go to the soup place either, and requested the guide to take us to a dessert place instead. He did not know of any dessert places in the neighbourhood! He finally after several requests called his friends to see if there was a place nearby. -We went to the mezze place and were given 4 plates- one with a plain cut melon, one with 3 pieces of tomatoes and cucumber, one hummus, and one rice roll. No local delicacy at all. - There was no live music or dancing. - We went to a dessert place close by, again very average. We had tried better food on our own before! - We came home by 10 pm!! the tour lasted 2 HOURS. The guide himself got drunk!! He told us stories about how he is angry with politics in Turkey, instead of any history about the town. ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT SUGGEST. I have taken food tours world over Venice, Florence, London, NYC this was my life's worst experience with a food walk.

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Megan M

5 | 2017-09-21

Obviously, go hungry. This is an amazing tour and you will really get to places you would not go on your own, and have some delicious food. Serhat the tour guide was fantastic. Highly recommend.

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FARRUKH I

5 | 2017-05-17

We took many tours in Istanbul and this one was our favorite and most memorable one. All other tours were great in showing us all the touristy places in Istanbul, but this one showed us the places where locals go to eat and hang out. Our local guide was awesome and became a good friend of ours.

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