How to eat a meal with locals in Turkey?
When I was in Japan I found this website that matches travellers with locals in various cities who host them for dinner and I thought it was a great travel experience. I'm wondering if there's any similar service in Turkey where I'm planning to go next.
I found this proposed service but I'm less interested in a packaged tour or anything commercial. The idea is to be able to find locals or a family in places around Turkey, meet in homes and try real homemade Turkish food, socialize with them etc.
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Albeit aimed at people looking for homestays, HomestayWeb has some registered hosts in Turkey, who might also be interested in just sharing a meal.
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How about booking a room (or even a shared room) on Airbnb? Not only you will get to eat dinner with the 'locals', but you would even get to spend the night at a Turkish apartment.
Just make sure to contact the host in advance to confirm you will be sharing the apartment, not just renting a room in a makeshift hostel.
A second option is to contact some locals on Couchsurfing — plenty of people are happy to meet-up with tourists and I'm sure a few would be glad to have a dinner with you, especially if you pay for the expenses.
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