Join a Turkish Breakfast Ritual with Local Sisters
Overview
This experience takes place in Tuğba’s real home kitchen in Şişli, with a small group so it stays personal. Tuğba is a lawyer who cooks to unwind and to bring people together, and her hosting centers on the feeling of a crowded table and real conversation. Instead of a staged cooking demo, you will learn practical home techniques and then share the breakfast you made together, the way friends and family do in Istanbul.
What's Included
- Breakfast
Meeting Location
Esentepe
Şairler Sk. No:9, 34394 Şişli/İstanbul, Türkiye
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
The variety in the world keeps us excited to learn more.
When we travel, we eat, and most of us love trying new things and new tastes. Everybody knows that Turkish cuisine is very authentic and nice to experience. However, something in Turkish cuisine comes up uniquely as being very rich: Turkish breakfast.
Traditional Turkish breakfast has many hot meals such as Menemen, Muhlama, Gözleme, Börek, Omlet, and Sucuk (Turkish Pepperoni), as well as cold items such as various cheeses, olives, sauces, vegetables, honey, jams and milk cream (Kaymak).
What makes this experience unique is that we want to introduce Turkish home culture, which comes with great connections and bonds. We want to invite you to our home as our friends, and we want to do this by teaching you how to prepare a homemade Traditional Turkish Breakfast. In other words, we want to show you a typical Turkish morning with a typical Turkish breakfast.
Come to our home, be our guest, and let's learn, cook, and create together. Come as a guest, leave as a friend!
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- By booking, you accept this waiver. This experience is not wheelchair accessible. If you have food allergies or dietary restrictions, contact us before the experience. I acknowledge that participating in this LokalBond experience involves inherent risks including physical activity, travel, and interaction with unknown environments, which may result in personal injury or property damage. My participation is entirely voluntary and I may withdraw at any time. I certify I am in good health and will inform LokalBond of any health changes prior to the experience. I assume all risks involved and release LokalBond, its owners, employees, agents, and hosts from any claims or liabilities arising from my participation. I agree to indemnify LokalBond from any related claims or damages. This waiver is governed by Turkish law. I have read and fully understand these terms and agree to them voluntarily.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (+03).
- Breakfast.
The minimum age to participate is 1. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Join a Turkish Breakfast Ritual with Local Sisters is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Join a Turkish Breakfast Ritual with Local Sisters will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Breakfast
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- By booking, you accept this waiver. This experience is not wheelchair accessible. If you have food allergies or dietary restrictions, contact us before the experience. I acknowledge that participating in this LokalBond experience involves inherent risks including physical activity, travel, and interaction with unknown environments, which may result in personal injury or property damage. My participation is entirely voluntary and I may withdraw at any time. I certify I am in good health and will inform LokalBond of any health changes prior to the experience. I assume all risks involved and release LokalBond, its owners, employees, agents, and hosts from any claims or liabilities arising from my participation. I agree to indemnify LokalBond from any related claims or damages. This waiver is governed by Turkish law. I have read and fully understand these terms and agree to them voluntarily.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
