Istanbul is a fantastic city but a real highlight of my trip was my day spent with Olga. We started our day by going to the market and buying our ingredients, tasting delicious treats and discovering all sorts of things. A quick pause for a Turkish coffee and we were off to learn how to cook some really great dishes.... More

Eating your way round Istanbul is a great way to explore the city! Olga's enthusiam and expertise for the best, freshest, seasonal, local and authentic is enriching and delightful. She offers insights it would take months to discover for yourself - and that you'd not find in a Guidebook. Anne. London.

Wonderful day spent wandering the labyrinths of Istanbul! Olga is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic on her adopted city and imparted the same to our group of 6 (3 couples and strangers to each other, but easy camaraderie). The fee of $125 per person is well worth it given the experiences and various foods that you enjoy. We went to places... More

For 125 dollars each it is indeed expensive but I think worth it .Olga has fantastic English and a desire to eat very well with whoever she takes on her tour We startedthe day with a traditional Turkish breakfast picked from a cart where Sirkeci shopkeepers source theirs every day ◦ We visited the Spice Market to learn about the... More

You want to get in touch with the delicious sides of Istanbul? Then you really have to do Olga's food-tour! For us it was the best start in our holidays. Olga showed us hidden places, colourful markets and delicious secrets. We enjoyed every minute of the tour. It was like spending some hours with a good friend, talking the whole... More

We spent a day with Olga in April and we really enjoyed our food tour. She was really knowledgeable and we could see that she had done a lot of research and that all the places she was bringing us to were carefully chosen. We had a great breakfast, sampled a lot of different turkish specialities, and had the best... More

Olga met our group of six and toured us through "her" market teaching as we walked. We proceeded to her comfortable apartment where she'd set ip work stations in her kitchen. Our class was wonderful! We learned about Turkish ingredients (I liked the dried eggplant that resembles bells before it's reconstituted) and techniques. With Olga's guidance, we created a very... More

My wife and I spent the day with Olga in April. We had a small group of just four plus Olga and it was very nice. We had just arrived the day before and wanted to get settled in Istanbul and thought this would be a good way as we were a little unsure of what the trip would hold.... More

The day spent with Olga was exactly as I had hoped; informative, passionate, rigorous, observant, generous, poignant, and comfortably relaxing. Can't wait to hurry back to learn, experience and taste more. http://kilicalipasahamami.com You may want to consider finishing your day at Kilic Ali Pasa Hamman