The magnificent Istanbul is a city that challenges all your senses and makes you fall in love with it. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it has its own unique sound, smell and touch. But the sense this cosmopolitan city will evoke most is your sense of taste.

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We all know the Turkish classics - Turkish delight, baklava, kebab, gozleme, but the truth is that Istanbul is much more than what we understand as 'Turkish' cuisine. For centuries, people have come to this city with their own tastes, and the food in Istanbul these days often bears the hallmarks of the predominantly Kurdish southeast and the myriad flavors of Syrian cuisine brought to the city by refugees who now call it home. Filter this through Ottoman, Armenian and Greek cuisine and something very unique about Istanbul comes into focus - eclectic, fascinating, in perpetual motion. 

 

The dining options here are almost endless and frankly dizzying - street stalls, meyhane (taverns), fish restaurants among the Bosphorus villas, top-notch gourmet restaurants and what not. 

 

For us, Istanbul is a city of endless culinary pleasures, and in these 4 days we will try to immerse you in its inexhaustible variety of tastes and traditions.