Fantastic - It whas great. We saw a lot of things . The food whas good. Nice to hear about the history. Salih did it verry well. Thank you(Amsterdam)

Interesting Tour - Our tour Guide, Sali, was great! He showed us areas of Istanbul that we probably would not have discovered on our own. His knowledge and enthusiasm for his city was wonderful.! I highly recommend our tour guide and this tour!

A Balat-tractive tour! - This was a fun little tour. I had booked expecting it to be a group tour, but I was the only one, so it ended up being a private tour. The guide Salih was great - he obviously really knows his stuff, is experienced and friendly, and doesn't just talk non-stop about random stuff like some tour guides I've had! Walking through Fener and Balat was a pleasant experience (despite the rainy and cold December weather); we had a nice little tea break; and the Greek Patriarchate Church was impressive. Lots of cats all around too!

Good Learning Tour - If you are a history buff, you would love this tour. Non-stop learning of history and very nice walk and very beautiful Greek and Bulgarian churches. Our guide is extremely knowledgeable and able to answer all questions. It was a treat to spend the afternoon with him.

Excellent experience - Omar was amazing! Very knowledgeable and fun. We liked the tour very much and enjoyed the tea and Turkish treats. My sister and I recommend this tour. Thank you Omar.

Fener& Balat Tour - We had a very interesting tour of the Fener& Balat neighborhoods with Omer. Would recommend if you have already done the main areas of Istanbul and would like to see an interesting slice of history in a reviving neighborhood.

Super - Fener and Balat is one of the best parts of Istanbul. Absolutely beautiful area with a lot of surprises. Guide Omer is very friendly and helpful.

Recommend - Good to see another part of Istanbul other than the central area. Very interesting, colourful and photogenic area. Guide was very good. We got to try some authentic Turkish pastries.

Super nice tour - Very great tour, super informative, very interesting neighborhood, Yunus has incredible knowledge and is highly recommended!

Disappointing and expensive - The tour started badly when the first of the two churches we were to visit was closed ( as it appeared is always the case on Christmas Eve the day of our walk). We were only ever shown the spire of the second church over a fence and told ‘ it will be closed too’ although Google later suggested otherwise . On raising this with the organiser the initial reply was ‘ the tour operated as planned’ and then an offer to go back and join the tour for the church section alone.on another day .Beyond this there was another fundamental problem. The guide was a generic Istanbul guide with no connection to or particular interest in Balat . We were told his interest was the Ottomans - odd when the tour material stressed this area’s interest was its Greek and Jewish history . We were told no more than we could have read in any of the main web descriptions of the area. The point of a walking tour - and this one was expensive - is to walk with someone enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the area who knows and shares details you don’t read in a standard guidebook. Our guide, we decided, expected a group who really wanted to take Insta pictures of the cute houses and had no idea how to fill the time when we didn’t . One good example was stopping by a doorway which must have been connected to the areas’s Greek heritage to be told we were looking at Greek script but nothing further. At the promised cafe stop (definitely not at one of the Insta places - we found them when we abandoned the walk ) he didn’t explain what we were being offered preferring to have his smoke break. All in all a really interesting area but a very over priced and disappointing experience