Istanbul Private Tour: Visit Highlights in One Day with an Expert Guide

Experience the best of Istanbul in just one day with a private tour. Skip the lines at Topkapi Palace, explore the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, and discover the secrets of the Grand Bazaar.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sultanahmet District - Meet your expert guide and start your private tour to see the top sites in Istanbul.\n\nSee Sultanahmet with your own eyes as an awe-inspiring hotspot for visitors with prestigious hillside monuments and much more.
What's Included
  • Insider’s local knowledge with an expert guide
  • Personalized experience with a private tour
  • Skip the line access to Topkapi Palace
  • Convenient cruise ship pickup included
  • Enjoyable walking tour at a leisurely pace
What's Not Included
  • Transport to the meeting spot
Additional Information

Discover the key attractions of Istanbul in one day with a private tour.
Avoid the queue to get into the intriguing Topkapi Palace
Explore the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia under the guidance of a knowledgeable guide
Roam about the Grand Bazaar using top tips from a local expert
Gain insight into Ottoman and Byzantine history from a qualified guide…

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. Your guide will be in front of the Ersoy Bufe with a sign that says, “Walks in Europe.”
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Karchoute
Nov 2, 2021
Great weekend and a lot of insights - Guzin was very nice, instructive and gave us plenty of useful details on Sainte Sophie, Blue Mosque (under renovation), Topkapi Palace and Suleiman Mosque. She also showed us good kebab places and carpet and ceramics handcraft. It is less useful to have a guide un the Grand Bazar or the Spice market. It was a great weekend thanks to Guzin and Walks in Istanbul !
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Beaubo
Oct 24, 2020
As For Her By Name- Guzin - We booked three tours with Walks InIstanbul and our online contact was the owner Arzu, who communicated in a timely and clear fashion. We requested a female guide and were assigned to Guzin, who was an absolutely terrific guide- friendly, charming, knowledgeable, opinionated (when we asked!!) and passionate. Our initial tour was of the original Jewish and Greek neighborhoods that are now in the midst of a pretty aggressive gentrification campaign. We then did a short Bosphorus cruise at dusk, with the highlights being the different sultans' palaces that were scattered along the straits. The following day, we covered the expansive Topkapi Palace that really had a thorough set of billboards to read about everyday life in the palace kitchen. The humongous Hagia Saphia and the equally sprawling Grand Bazaar rounded out that busy day as well. Istanbul is bursting with a colorful and complicated history, and we were grateful that Guzin really provided an unadulterated perspective of the Ottoman interaction with its minorities. We appreciated her candor. Its important to have a solid guide to provide context and and expertise and we were thrilled with Guzin as our choice.
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From $72
up to 12 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).