Culinary Backstreets of the Bazaar Quarter | La Vacanza Travel

Culinary Backstreets of the Bazaar Quarter

Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes
Destination: Türkiye, İstanbul, Istanbul
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  • 5 hours 30 minutes
  • Istanbul
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

On our Grand Bazaar food tour, we’ll start the day with a full breakfast celebrating the best of the dairy highlands in Eastern Anatolia, followed by an unusual wedding soup from Konya. Then we’ll make our way through the garment district to a cluster of Ottoman-era hans (traders’ inns), home to a guild of traditional craftsmen in their tiny workshops. There we will have an unforgettable, freshly baked pide before grazing our way in, out and around the Grand Bazaar, taking in a perfect kebab, a bite of Edirne-style liver, and a spread of seasonal, vegetarian mezes. We will drink tea and Turkish coffee in out-of-the-way places, while the sweet notes on this route begin with kadayıf, an Arabian-influenced love letter from the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, and end with a delicious milk-soaked cake that made its way from Albania to the Istanbul. It’s Istanbul’s Bazaar Quarter as it’s never been seen — or tasted — before.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
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Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

Istanbul’s Bazaar Quarter is one of the world’s biggest open-air commercial centers and a historic center of small craftsmen who still carry on their tradition in the atmospheric caravanserais. On this 5-hour Grand Bazaar food tour, we will eat with these craftsmen.

Duration: 5 hours

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Snacks
  • Lunch
  • Soda/Pop
  • Breakfast

Exclusions

    Additional Info

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
    • 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 7 travelers
    • Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability

    Departure Point

    Departure Point

    Sirkeci Train Station, Hoca Paşa, 34110 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye


    Departure Time

    09:30 AM


    Return Details

    Returns to original departure point

    Duration & Voucher Info

    Voucher info

    You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

    Duration

    5 hours 30 minutes

    Cancellation Policy

    User's Reviews

    NabeelMH

    01 Mar, 2024

    Yet another great Culinary Backstreets experience, this time focusing on the Sultan Ahmet area. It started at the last train station for the Orient Express railway, where a simple, yet delicious Turkish breakfast started the day. Then we walked through the Spice Bazaar area and sampled some old restaurants favored by locals, then explored some hidden areas around the Mahmoud Basha street (between the Spice Bazaar and Grand Bazaar), visiting shops managed by fifth generation families, finding some very interesting local views and historical sites, and trying some local food here and there along the way, and finally ending at the Grand Bazaar (with 22 gates, 60 paths, 40k workers and half a million visitors per day). Big thanks to our tour guide, Kadir, for this lovely experience. Make sure you are hungry as there is a lot of food to be sampled, and be prepared for a long walk (5.5~6 hours)!

    anthony-k-szeto1987

    07 Feb, 2024

    An absolutely amazing experience with our guide Gonca. More food than I expected (never a bad thing). You definitely get to dive into the culinary aspects of Turkiye that are hidden away. Gonca as our guide was perfect in her knowledge of the local area; the history; the food culture; and every recommendation made. This is definitely a tour that any new comer to the city should experience and will find fortune should they have Gonca guiding them on their journey.

    CCB211

    04 Jan, 2024

    Our tour guide, Gonca, was excellent. Besides the level of detail she went into and sincerity with which she explained herself her enthusiasm really left a positive effect on us and our outlook on the rest of the holiday. It was a really good experience.

    bonniek70

    15 Dec, 2023

    Phenomenal experience! Possibly my favorite experience in Istanbul! Ugur—(funny, autocorrect changes it to guru, which is exactly what he is!) was so kind, knowledgeable, and just an awesome person to spend the day with—while grazing our way through the bazaar district, and eating such a variety of the most amazing foods, and witnessing a completely different scene from the area than I had seen the day before as a sole tourist taking in the sights. Culinary Backstreets will be a staple in my future travels! Thank you 🙏

    735joshuan

    08 Nov, 2023

    Guide was truly great. Interesting, engaging and very informative. Too much good food to do justice to but we tried! Would never have been able to replicate this experience on our own.

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