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Istanbul: Simit-Baking Workshop with Breakfast

By Highlights Turkiye Workshops
Free cancellation available
Price is £35 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Knead dough, shape ring & learn centuries-old bread tradition
  • Master molasses water technique & sesame coating for crispy surface
  • Bake fresh simits in professional oven - perfect temperature & colour
  • Share breakfast table: hot simits with cheese, olives, tomatoes & tea
  • Expert baker in Turkish or English- groups up to 20
Activity location
    • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • Hacımimi, Lüleci Hendek Cd. no:20/A, 34000 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye | Highlights in Istanbul Workshops
    • Hacımimi, İstanbul, Türkiye

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Istanbul: Simit-Baking Workshop with Breakfast
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Price details
£34.65 x 1 Adult£34.65

Total
Price is £34.65

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    All simit ingredients: flour, yeast, molasses, sesame
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional equipment: dough kneading area, oven, containers
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Expert baker guidance in Turkish or English
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Breakfast service: cheese, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, unlimited tea
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Traditional Turkish hospitality with hot tea and fresh Turkish delight
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport to the workshop location

Know before you book

  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

BAKE ISTANBUL'S ICON YOURSELF

Istanbul's indispensable street icon is now coming from your hands. From kneading dough to taking it out of the oven, from sesame coating to seeing the final result - and finally tasting your hot simits together with cheese, olives, tomatoes at a breakfast table.

Learn the technique behind that classic crispy outer surface. Dip in molasses water, roll in sesame, shape the perfect ring. The warm, fresh smell spreading while simits bake becomes a moment you can't take home but will never forget.

WHAT'S THE VIBE?
✨ Meeting with dough – Kneading, resting, shaping… while working the dough, you feel Istanbul's centuries-old bread tradition come alive.
✨ Sesame coating – The secret of that classic crispy outer surface, in the technique of dipping in molasses water and rolling in sesame seeds.
✨ Oven aroma – That warm, fresh smell spreading while simits bake in the oven… a sensory moment etched in memory.
✨ Social breakfast – At one table with guests from different countries, tasting the simits you made with tea alongside cheese and olives.
✨ Cultural experience – You're not just making bread; you're living a part of Istanbul culture through hands-on tradition.

If you want authentic culture—not tourist tour but real experience—this workshop transforms simple ingredients into Istanbul's beloved street food.

Between Galataport and Galata Tower, close to historic restaurants—where tradition meets your table.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Hacımimi, Lüleci Hendek Cd. no:20/A, 34000 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye | Highlights in Istanbul Workshops
    • Hacımimi, İstanbul, Türkiye