3 Day Gourmet Tour Istanbul

(Welcome Dinner included)

Welcome to Turkey Istanbul Airport. Meet with TravelShop Booking staff and transfer to your hotel & check in. Enjoy a welcome drink and a chat with gourmet experts in Turkish cuisine. Tonight, you will have a welcome dinner, be introduced to our friendly crew and other travelers while enjoying traditional Turkish food and enjoy the mystical atmosphere of Istanbul at night. Overnight in Istanbul.

(Breakfast and lunch included)

After a morning orientation, sightseeing tour of Istanbul, you participate in your first Turkish cooking lesson: During our Istanbul cooking tour, you will taste various flavors of Turkey from different regions, preparing lunch which you will enjoy! Our professional daily cooking tours expose you to the very best of professional cooking classes Turkey has to offer. TYPICAL COOKING MENU (vegetarian menus available upon request), After the cooking class, we take a break with the meals you prepare. After lunch, we visit TOPKAPI PALACE. The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE: Across from St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. HIPPODROME: Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. After the tour drop back to the hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

(Breakfast included)

After breakfast, we check out from the hotel and depart for Istanbul Airport for your flight back home. We hope your cooking tour was a memorable one and we look forward to seeing you in the future on another TravelShop Booking Cooking Tour. Have a safe trip back home and thanks for choosing TravelShop Booking.