Istanbul Highlights: Skip-the-Line Museum Tour

Efficiently explore the major highlights of historical Istanbul with a guided tour of Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and Basilica Cistern. Skip the lines and gain insights into the rich history and fascinating architecture of these iconic attractions.

Duration: 4 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sultanahmet District - Meet your expert guide and join your small-group walking tour in the heart of Istanbul’s old town Sultanahmet to visit the Basilica Cistern, Hagia Sophia, and Topkapi Palace.
  • Basilica Cistern - Make the most of your time in Istanbul with a skip-the-line entry to the Basilica Cistern. Explore the famous Basilica Cistern…
What's Included
  • Headsets to hear the guide better
  • Professional expert guide for insider’s knowledge
  • Small group tour for 4 hours at a relaxed pace
  • Pre-reserved tickets for the Harem
  • Pre-reserved ticket for Hagia Sophia
  • Pre-reserved tickets for the Basilica Cistern
  • Pre-reserved tickets for Topkapi Palace
What's Not Included
  • Transport to the meeting spot
  • Guided tour of the Harem inside Topkapi Palace
Additional Information

All tickets are included on this efficiently organized tour. Benefit from priority admission to museums, allowing you to skip the lines and make the most of your time. Explore the major highlights of historical Istanbul on a guided tour that takes you to the must-see attractions. With an expert guide, step inside the magnificent Hagia Sophia and gain…

Location
Ersoy Bufe
At Meydanı Caddesi
We meet at Ersoy Bufe. This is a small food kiosk just by the side of the Hippodrome in Sultanahmet Square. It is across the German Fountain. Our guide will have a sign that says " Walks In Europe "
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Tony_w
Oct 5, 2024
Well paced and informative tour. - Brilliant way to see the key sights of Istanbul in a short period of time. Informative, interesting guide, and we'll paced with plenty of breaks for photos and exploring. Highly recommended.
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Shane_b
Sep 28, 2024
Excellent historical tour of the Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace - The history of the Hagia Sophia and the Topkapi Palace was most informative and explained well by our tour guide Mert who loves his job and is very knowledgeable and made the experience enjoyable and we learnt much from him.
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Brenda_c
Sep 27, 2024
Fabulous walking tour of must see locations! - Visiting the Hagia Sophia and it's history, experiencing the Cistern and learning about life in the Topkapi Palace. Guide (Mert) was extremely knowledgeable, loved his sense of humor too, and kept the tour moving at a reasonable pace. Highly recommend but be aware that 4 to 5 hours of walking are involved.
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Rich
Sep 22, 2024
Excellent tour with Murat - An excellent skip-the-line tour to Hagia Sophia, Cistern and Topkapi with Murat. It’s a packed four hours in these three very busy locations so I can’t imagine doing this with having to also queue for tickets and watching all of the tour groups enter ahead of you. Murat was great throughout - knowledgable, helpful and patient. Definitely recommended if you can afford.
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Martin_e
Sep 21, 2024
Red Mosque, Cistern, and Palace - Khan was a fantastic guide who let the group completely informed on schedule, itinerary, things of historical note, artistic beauty, architecture and function, and the personalities that shaped the World. And he takes a great photo if you want one of your party. Don’t do this tour without a guide.
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Madaboutl
Sep 15, 2024
Awesome - Unit was a great guide. It was fun and very informative and went super quick, not at all boring. Loved it would recommend to anyone.
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Charles_h
Sep 9, 2024
Great walking tour thanks to the Huide - A great guided tour made even better by the energy and charming voice of our guide (Kemabra). She was informative, easy to understand (v.good English) and kept our energy up as we toured some of the Istanbul highlights.
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Beanyabroad
Sep 5, 2024
Informative and enjoyable tour - Our tour guide was Melissa. She was excellent with superb range of knowledge. We enjoyed the tour and visits to the locations very much. Melissa was more than happy to answer questions and even provided us with recommendations for places to eat and see at the end of the tour. This included skip the line tickets which is worth the price. Toilet break is 3 hours into the tour with nice cafe to have refreshments.
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Sandy8789
Oct 3, 2024
One Day in Istanbul - Sabih was a wonderful guide with a lot of experience and knowledge of Istabul, so our tour was well run and the Walking in Europe company was organised. The meeting place was easy to find although a little messy trying to figure out which group I was in. The tour is quite long at 4hrs so need to take food and drinks especially into the Toptaki Palace. Was great to skip lines into the sites.
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Linda_c
Oct 3, 2024
No tour - I was denied taking the tour because the guide didn’t think I was strong enough. The tour was not listed as strenuous I would like a full refund please
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