Istanbuls best places private tour including pick up drop off

Great opportunity to discover the distinctive landmarks of Istanbul. The Old City, known as ‘Sultanahmet,’ shares its name with the Blue Mosque. You’ll visit four of the most renowned attractions in the Old City. This is a walking tour, and cars are not needed as the monuments are just 4-8 minutes apart from each other.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Blue Mosque - interior visit of the Blue Mosque
  • Kapali Carsi - visit the famous grand bazaar, the largest shopping mall in Europe
  • Hagia Sophia Mosque - interior visit with your guide for 45 to 90 minutes
  • Hippodrome - walk through the ancient Hippodrome and see the historic columns and obelisks
  • Topkapi Palace - the city’s largest museum and the residence of sultans for 300 years. Closed on Tuesday, replaced with Underground Basilica Cistern
  • Sultanahmet District - stroll through the historic streets of the area
  • Blue Mosque - Visit the ancient Roman Hippodrome in front of the Blue Mosque
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Professional art historian guide
  • Local taxes
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off from city center hotels
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Location
Blue Mosque
Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7
Cancellation Policy

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

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Tammy_t
Sep 1, 2024
Istanbul tour - Awesome tour! Guide was knowledgeable, professional and fun. We had a great ti.e and thoroughly enjoyed the day.
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Aditidas_r
Aug 31, 2024
Istanbul walking trip. - It was a great walking trip. Our guide Burak was extremely knowledgeable and we learnt a lot about the history of important monuments. Would recommend this trip to anyone visting Istanbul. Thank you!
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Razvan
Aug 31, 2024
Real good tour - Very good tour indeed! Tayfun, our guide, was very helpful and real implicated. We came on cruise, family of 4, and we have managed to see and to experience so many interesting things in one day! Well done!
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Caroline_s
Aug 30, 2024
Excellent tour! Perfect day. - Excellent!!! This is the tour to book. Our guide peri was fantastic! Enthusiastic, super knowledgeable, and very easy and flexible to work with. She matched our pace and took us to all the spots we wanted to see and more. We were picked up by her driver right at the cruise port. She was waiting right at the exit, and dropped us off after a fantastic day! Our best tour experience yet.
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Strawberrystride
Aug 29, 2024
Amazing experience of Sultanahmet - This tour was an absolute delight. Our guide, Billura, was not only knowledgeable, sharing rich details about each site, but also incredibly attentive to our group's pace, ensuring a comfortable and personalized experience. The cherry on top was the ability to bypass the queues at popular attractions like the Hagia Sophia, making our visit both efficient and more enjoyable. It's a premium experience I'd highly recommend for anyone wanting to delve deep into the history and beauty of Istanbul's old city without the hassle of long lines.
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Marianne_v
Aug 27, 2024
Best Walking Tour of Istanbul - Our guide Cicek was phenomenal! She guided us through both the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia giving details and stories we would never have known without her expertise. Later she guided us through the Grand Bazar and led us to the best shops.
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David_k
Aug 25, 2024
Istanbul highlights - I generally don’t do guided tours, but I’m glad I did this time. It was very nice to hear the history of each location visited and added personal touches. The hotel pick-up and drop-off were especially helpful.
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Josel_h
Aug 24, 2024
Best of Istanbul - Kenan was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and always ready to help us. He was very friendly! …….
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Daytrip797291
Aug 30, 2024
Istanbul in 5 hours. - Very nice, polite and knowledgeable guide. Accommodating to our requests. Saw a lot of in the limited time we had. Would use again.
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Rachel_s
Aug 26, 2024
BUYER Beware of the Internal Economic/Political unrest! - Everyone was looking forward to this tour and unfortunately we did not do much research on the economic/political unrest in the area. Sadly, there is a great imbalance in the inflation for products/goods and wages.. We were told by our tour guide that average monthly wage in Istanbul was about $800 euro yet when we went to the lunch establishment for a simple Kabob, hummus, pita for 3 people with no drinks it was $280 euro !! You can feel the desperation to gouge Tourist while they are in the country for every cent that they can get away with.. It was extremely uncomfortable and felt terrible to be taken advantage of by the tour company steering us to this ridiculously priced meal and not being transparent about the food cost that the tourist pay. Clearly, this is a gross overcharge game that everyone was in on accept the tourist. We paid the bill and expressed our disappointment in this practice and informed our tour guide that it is an awful impression on their country to take advantage of tourist in this fashion. I was just in NY city and paid half that at a Italian Gnoccheria in East Village .. this was a complete exploitation by the restaurant and tour company (who knew all the staff when we arrived and I'm certain got a cut of the profit by steering the tourist here.). This experience not to mention the tour redirected us to a rug shop that wasn't on the agenda to sit through what seemed like a "time share presentation" that ended with "what rug would you like?"!.. Ummm , I never wanted a rug , why are we even here.. again a very odd and desperate attempt to capture tourist dollars by being put through an uncomfortable awkward experience that leaves you wondering how you ended up in this position. I was refunded my money for the tour but not the exploitation of the lunch meal. Buyer please beware of the desperate and shameless attempts to gouge tourist at every opportunity. We did not finish our tour and returned to the cruise ship after an overpriced lunch, odd "time share" rug presentation and an aggressive rude Grand Bazaar shopping experience. I am sad that Turkey did not show it's best side to us and hope others have a better experience.
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