Istanbul Food Tour

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Istanbul Food Tour

Top 10 food tours & experiences around Istanbul

From exploring cool neighborhoods to eating with the locals to seeing iconic sites, these are some of our favorite experiences

Must see Istanbul with a local
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Istanbul Must see Istanbul with a local

A mosaic encrusted Byzantine basilica, continent hopping, and syrup-soaked baklava.

$225.97 per person

8 hours

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Family day in Istanbul with a local
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Istanbul Family day in Istanbul with a local

The Grand Bazaar and Turkish delights (we don’t just mean the sweets).

$122.13 per person

4 hours

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Full day in Istanbul with a local
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Istanbul Full day in Istanbul with a local

The Bosphorus Strait, a meyhane tavern, and some good old market haggling.

$225.97 per person

8 hours

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Eat like a local in Istanbul
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Istanbul Eat like a local in Istanbul

Baklava dripping in honey, flaky pastries and the best kebab in the city.

$131.57 per person

3 hours

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Kickstart your trip to Istanbul
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Istanbul Kickstart your trip to Istanbul

This is the one where your host spills all their local secrets, and you ask all your questions!

$96.17 per person

3 hours

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Shopping Istanbul’s markets & bazaars
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Istanbul Shopping Istanbul’s markets & bazaars

Yeşilköy, Kapali Çarşi and perhaps a market whose name you can pronounce first time.

$96.17 per person

3 hours

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Istanbul Food Tour

The best private food tours & experiences with locals

Perched in its prime position between two continents, Istanbul has seen its fair share of people passing through (it’s the final stop on the ancient Silk Road, after all). Centuries ago, traveling merchants passing through made a pitstop in Istanbul and decided to stay. Today, Istanbul benefits from diversity stretching back hundreds of years, and the city’s food scene celebrates it. Uncover the culture of the Turkish capital on unforgettable food tours of Istanbul with City Unscripted and one of our food-loving local guides. Our Istanbul food tours are the perfect way to explore iconic sights and taste the most spectacular cuisine the city has to offer.

Meet some of our food-loving local hosts

Istanbul Food Tour

A taste of Turkey

Few cuisines in the world have reached icon status like Turkish food has, and it’s not difficult to see why. Turkish foods took the best flavors from around the world to create tastes and textures that are tough to beat. Discover the very best of them on food tours of Istanbul with a knowledgeable local guide! A taste of Turkey is like a trip around the world spread across a silver platter. Let your host tell you fascinating stories of Istanbul’s homegrown cuisine – a fusion of flavors from the Mediterranean, Middle East, Eastern European, and Armenian. Ready to try it for yourself?

Istanbul Food Tour

Mealtime at the market

It’s impossible to explore the city without getting lost in a colorful, fragrant marketplace, and food tours in Istanbul are no different. Forget Istanbul restaurants – there are over 200 authentic markets serving up some of the best food in Istanbul, and the Grand Bazaar is just the tip of the iceberg. Get going early on an Istanbul food tour to try a traditional Turkish breakfast, or squeeze in some sightseeing and build up an appetite for street food like fish sandwiches on fresh bread, Turkish pizza, and kumpir – a fluffy baked potato topped with cheese, corn, mayonnaise, peas, and carrots.

Istanbul Food Tour

Try foods unique to the city

In Turkey’s capital city, you’ll find every food the country is famous for. Discover them on Istanbul food tours (and taste a whole lot of them too!). Your local guide has already scoped out the city’s food scene, and can share all the best-kept secrets with you. Try Şiş Kebap, a juicy kebab cooked over glowing coals, or grab a quick meal of Turkish coffee and a traditional flatbread topped with ground beef and veggies. Or, skip right to the sweet stuff, like jewel-toned Turkish delight or baklava dripping in honey – this is your Istanbul food tour, so you make the rules.

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Latest reviews from our guests

    Our tour was with Burak Gulcan. What a fabulous time we had with him! We travel frequently and I can say he was one of the best tours guides we ever had. We went to the Asia side of Istanbul where he explained the different foods and spices in the local markets. He was able to have the local merchants give a sample of their various foods. We were never rushed and he took his time to explain origin of the food and how its relevant to the Turkish culture today. At dinner we sampled a variety of different types of food, all of which was delicious. Burak was so accommodating to make sure we understood the Turkish experience our tour ran over the scheduled end time. I high recommend this tour and Burak.

    9 May 2026

    Henry M

    We had a fantastic food tour with our guide Ipek. Ipek gave us many options that would meet our needs and expectations. We sampled many local Turkish foods that we may not have normally found. A fantastic private food tour.

    7 April 2026

    Mark S

    Tugba was a very knowledgeable and engaging guide. Communication leading up to the tour was fantastic. We visited three locations, two for street food, the third for Baklava. More stops with smaller portions would have been preferred, but the overall experience was enjoyable.

    17 October 2025

    Jennifer R

    One gets a sample tasting of Turkish street food in a neighborhood where locals too eat. I didn’t feel like a tourist. It was fun.

    30 September 2025

    Denise M

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