markets and street food tours
chef tours operates from 2014 a daily market tour in carmel market and levinski market in tel aviv since 2018 the tours are only for minimum of 6 people or for group bookings
some of the tours are also a cooking workshop so we buy produce and go to cook and have a lunch or dinner together in this tours the guide will explain of the origin of the traditional dishes , about local products, about the market place and the history of it about the spices herbs we are using in some of the dishes we are sampling produce and having tasting from authentic street food vendors that sell traditional dishes that the locals love to eat.the normal tasting tours in Israel costs 250 shekel and take 2.5 hours . 6 tastings are included
carmel market is the biggest fresh produce market in Israel ,its location between jaffa and tel aviv has a historic meaning , carmel market and the square that leads to it is the busiest one in Israel . people from all around the region are coming to buy fresh produce in the market , in last few years trendy street food stalls are taking places of vendors in the market.
Levinski Market Tel Aviv
levinski is a market originates from balkan and persia immigrants to israel , in the 1920s and then the 1950s this is the spices market and delicatessen market – with best spices nuts olives cheeses meat and sweets you can find in israel. in last few years levinski took a hipster turn and local hipster cafes and bars opened and turned levinski to a hipster mecca of tel aviv
Hatikva Market Tel Aviv
this market was renovated 20 years ago , is very wide and comftarble , it serves the southern eastern nabourhoods of tel aviv and has treditional yemenite street food , and many grill houses that operates day and night. the fresh produce in this market is sometime supirior to carmel market since it in many cases coming directly from farmers and has a eartly quality to it ( baladi)
Ramle Market
Ramle market is as old as the city of ramle – a historic town in the midway from jerusalem to jaffa, this town was for a short time the capital of the arab world around 700 a.d when the muslim empire (chalifate) was at its full power and from ramle the chalif rulled territories as far as portugal spain and Sicily- the evidence for it is the white tower and a treasure of golden coins helf in the city museum . golden coins of 1300 years old with writing from all over the provinces of the Mediterranean
in the modern time ramle is a immigration city – jews and arabs leave together in this city a total of 56 nationalities found a home in tamle since the 1950s, that is ramle market is for us chef tours the most interesting in israel. street food that is unique for ramle can be found here, Iraqi pickles and chutney factory , Indian food, Arabic humus and sweets, Tunisian sandwich , Ethiopian grocery shops , Turkish burek, Turkish lemonade, Iraqi grill and kube restaurants
the fresh produce in this market is like no other in israel and a whole section of real farmer produce( baladi- earth) grown under the sun can be found
limassol farmers market
this tour takes place only on Saturday – in this market we will be introduced to the amasing earthy produce of Cyprus and buy fruits vegetables and cheese and sausages made and sold by farmers- we will find place to cook a field breakfast and have a very beautiful meal to start the day
Motorbike Foodies Tours
in these tours we will be traveling by motorbikes in the beautiful twisty roads of cyprus – our main goal is to avoid traffic and enjoy the great wether and viewsaccommodations: we will stay in shared apartments in nice locations usually a 5 min drive into town visits: we will visit farmers in the field and try produce directlyf from the tree or from family factories
food : restaurants- the food is not included in the tour price each pays for what he orders and wants . we will stop at street food vendors and have lunch, at dinner we will also enjoy street food or occasional a traditional local maze restaurentself made breakfast Included – breakfast and coffee- in the morning at 7am we will have products for breakfast ( will buy each evening before arrival to the accommodation – in the morning at 7am one on the apartments will be the breakfast room . each passenger can fix for himselfherself something to eat from the products on the table -bread ,olives, hallumi cheese, salad, sausages fruits- we will have a black coffee cooker and mineral water – if u want milk of juice you should take care of it yourselfall passengers needs to clean the dishes after them
riding start time: all riding days starts at 08:00 – first stop for coffee and toiilets at 09:00 – this early days are a must so we can make the most of the day and come back to the accommodation before dark
driving and timing discipline: this tour is very complicated and a super discipline is requested from the passengers. driving discipline and timing – any person running late stopping in unmarked stops for no reason , taking unnecessary risks on the road will be broken off the group and will not be allowed to continue the journey with us .
4 days tour paphos – lachi and trodos in this tour we will stay in one place for 3 nights and go riding each day to another part – we will also have a quad or buggy ride in the akamas peninsula national resorve.
6 days tour round the island (paphos+lachi- 2 nights) drive paphos – kykkos- nicossia (nicosia + girena 1 night) -drive girena – karpaz- famagusta- ayia napa 1 night – limassol+ trodos1 night- drive limassol lefka -lachi- paphos 1 night
self driving tours / compact/ sports/luxery cars
in these tours we will be traveling by cars in pairs in the beautiful twisty roads of cyprus – our main goal is to avoid traffic and enjoy the great weather and viewsaccommodations: option 1- we will stay in shared apartments in nice locations usually a 5 min drive into townoption 2- we will stay in 4/5 star hotels rooms will be shared by two persons visits: we will visit farmers in the field and try produce directly from the tree or from family factories
food : restaurants- the food is not included in the tour price each pays for what he orders and wants . we will stop at street food vendors and have lunch, at dinner we will also enjoy street food or occasional a traditional local maze restaurant
self made breakfast Included – breakfast and coffee- in the morning at 7am we will have products for breakfast ( will buy each evening before arrival to the accommodation – in the morning at 7am one on the apartments will be the breakfast room . each passenger can fix for himselfherself something to eat from the products on the table -bread ,olives, hallumi cheese, salad, sausages fruits- we will have a black coffee cooker and mineral water – if u want milk of juice you should take care of it yourselfall passengers needs to clean the dishes after them
in case we stay in hotels breakfast will be included in the hotel breakfast room
driving start time: all driving days starts at 08:30 – first stop for coffee and toilets at 09:30 – this early days are a must so we can make the most of the day and come back to the accommodation before dark
driving and timing discipline: this tour is very complicated and a super discipline is requested from the passengers. driving discipline and timing – any person running late stopping in unmarked stops for no reason , taking unnecessary risks on the road will be broken off the group and will not be allowed to continue the journey with us .
van bus orgenized tours
in these tours we will be traveling by van /bus in the beautiful twisty roads of cyprus – our main goal is to avoid traffic and enjoy the great weather and views
accommodations: option 1- we will stay in shared apartments in nice locations usually a 5 min drive into townoption 2- we will stay in 4/5 star hotels rooms will be shared by two persons visits: we will visit farmers in the field and try produce directly from the tree or from family factories
food : restaurants- the food is not included in the tour price each pays for what he orders and wants . we will stop at street food vendors and have lunch, at dinner we will also enjoy street food or occasional a traditional local maze restaurant
self made breakfast Included – breakfast and coffee- in the morning at 7am we will have products for breakfast ( will buy each evening before arrival to the accommodation – in the morning at 7am one on the apartments will be the breakfast room . each passenger can fix for himselfherself something to eat from the products on the table -bread ,olives, hallumi cheese, salad, sausages fruits- we will have a black coffee cooker and mineral water – if u want milk of juice you should take care of it yourselfall passengers needs to clean the dishes after them
in case we stay in hotels breakfast will be included in the hotel breakfast room
driving start time: all driving days starts at 08:30 – first stop for coffee and toilets at 09:30 – this early days are a must so we can make the most of the day and come back to the accommodation before dark
timing discipline: this tour is very complicated and a super discipline is requested from the passengers. timing – any person running late will be broken off the group and will not be allowed to continue the journey with us .
Authentic Street Food and Markets Specialists 