Real insider tips from a professional tour guide who walks these streets every single day

Hi, I’m Rose !

I am a certified tour guide and photographer licensed by the Turkish Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, with over ten years of experience showing travellers the real Istanbul.

I’m here to help you experience Turkey the way locals do — the hidden courtyards, the best street food spots, the views tourists walk right past.

Unlike most travel bloggers, I didn’t quit my job to travel, it is my job to travel! I was trained formally 4 years as a tour guide and 2 years as a photographer, earning my certifications from the Turkish Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism. But no classroom taught me what ten years on the streets of Istanbul did.