Istanbul Private Guided Walking Tour [149067P21]
Discover the best of Istanbul on a private guided tour. Tailor your itinerary to suit your interests and see the city's top sights. Meet your guide at your hotel or port and set off on a tour of the city. Choose to visit the city's ancient relics, Ottoman splendors, or modern highlights.
Get enriching background commentary on your choice of attractions. Cover as many sights as you can or follow a leisurely pace, the choice is yours. Skip the rigid group itineraries and enjoy a relaxing, flexible tour.
No need to obey timings and exact programmes
Make your own programme with your guide
Enjoy all day with your professional guide
Lots of Free time for Photo Break
Guide will escort ONLY TO YOUR GROUP during tour
Get enriching background commentary on your choice of attractions. Cover as many sights as you can or follow a leisurely pace, the choice is yours. Skip the rigid group itineraries and enjoy a relaxing, flexible tour.
No need to obey timings and exact programmes
Make your own programme with your guide
Enjoy all day with your professional guide
Lots of Free time for Photo Break
Guide will escort ONLY TO YOUR GROUP during tour
ADDITIONAL INFO
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- On Fridays, Hagia Sophia or Blue Mosque will be visited from outside because of the worship.
- Tour guides don't have skip-the-line priority in Hagia Sophia. You may need to wait in the security line, in order to avoid queues we suggest departing at 9:00am.
- Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays can be replaced with Spice Market.
- Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays can be replaced with alternatives.
- Skip the line service is not available for active mosques - there is a queue for the entrance.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
INCLUDED
- Professional Licenced Guide
- Private Tour
- Guide meets you at Central Hotels or at Meeting Point
NOT INCLUDED
- Additional Fees for Museums
- Any kind of Transportation
- Any Meals during Tour
CANCELLATION POLICY
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
ITINERARY
- German Fountain / Alman Çeşmesi
- Sultanahmet District
- Sultanahmet Square
- Hippodrome Square / Atmeydanı Hippodrome; where the chariot races were held in the Roman Empire times, Egyptian Column from Byzantine Empire time and today German Fountain is the main cornerstone of the square of Ottoman Empire.
- Hagia Sophia Museum / Ayasofya / Santa Sofia Built in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian, played a very important role in the Christian and Islamic World. After the Ottoman conquest the bells, altar, iconoclastic, and sacrificial vessels were removed, and many of the mosaics were eventually plastered over to convert the church into a mosque then a museum and now it’s a mosque for the second time. The most important stop of an Istanbul tour is operated in Old City Istanbul / Constantinople. *Please note that as it's not a museum anymore, tour guides don't have skip-the-line priority there. You may need to wait in the security line, in order to avoid queues we suggest departing at 8:30am or 9:00am
- Blue Mosque / Sultanahmet Camii Built in the early 1600s for Sultan Ahmet I of the Ottoman Empire, the Blue Mosque is truly a magnificent masterpiece of architecture with amazingly delicate proportions for a building of such massive scale.
- Have to skip one of the mosques to save time to visit the interior of The Basilica Cistern. A former water storage chamber and one of Istanbul's greatest surviving Byzantine sites.
- Topkapi Palace Museum / Topkapı Sarayı More than just an Imperial Residence of Ottoman Sultans, it was the seat of the Supreme Executive and Judiciary Council for almost 400 years long. Topkapi Palace is a great monument of Oriental architecture which resembles the power of the Ottoman Empire.
- Grand Bazaar / Kapalı Çarşı One of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world with over 4,000 shops with colorful products of ceramic, leather, rugs, carpets, handicrafts, clothes, silver, and gold.
