🏨 Istanbul Modern City Walking: Taksim to Galata With Secret Passages Activity

Istanbul Modern City Walking: Taksim to Galata With Secret Passages

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 2 hours

Departs: Istanbul, Istanbul

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

This tour takes you into the heart of the modern section of Istanbul to be shown the unmistakable icons as well as the hard-to-find secret spots that make Beyoğlu so captivating. Veer away from the hustle and bustle of Istiklal Avenue to discover the beautiful side streets and historical passages that get missed by tourists and Turks alike. See the Pera district through a local’s eyes and learn about its cosmopolitan history. Area is also famous across Istanbul for its outstanding street food but discovering good eateries in a big city is not always easy. Not to worry, as we stroll Istiklal Avenue, your guide will point out best local eating places, cafés and bars, as well as show you the main points of interest along the way.

• Let your guide take you to the hidden backstreets and passages of Beyoğlu
• Discover the secret haunts of locals, best local eating places and bars
• Sample top-notch Beyoğlu Chocolate suggested by your guide
• Enjoy the relaxed pace of a walking tour

What's Included

Professional Guide

Small Group

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 7 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 99

Additional Info

Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Taksim Square

Every great city has a central square, and Istanbul does not disappoint. Taksim square has a little bit of everything and is worth a trip to witness people and their interactions.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Taksim Gezi Park

• Admission Ticket Free

Republic Monument

Situated at Taksim Square, the heart of modern Istanbul, commemorate the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923

• Admission Ticket Free

Hagia Triada Church

Beyoğlu was the primary neighborhood of the foreign community as well as non-Muslim Ottoman subjects. You will learn about how cosmopolitan the neighborhood once was.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Beyoglu

Get to know the cosmopolitan culture of Istanbul on this guided walking tour. Explore the out of the beaten path of Beyoğlu neighborhood and learn where local people hang out, eat and drink.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Balik Pazari

A must see street full of amazing bars and fish meze restaurants.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Cicek Pasaji

Beyoglu is famous for its "passages", or arcades – part covered and part free in the sun – abounding with shops and restaurants. The most famous of these, the Çiçek Pasajı.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Avrupa Pasaji

Beyoglu the old European quarter of the city is Istanbul’s bohemian quarter, full of cafes, street performers and trendy young people.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Passage Hazzopulo

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St Anthony of Padua

Venetian Neogotic Style largest Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul and has the largest community following its masses.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Istiklal Caddesi

In the Ottoman era, Beyoğlu (then known as Pera) was the European Quarter of Istanbul. Home to embassies and trading centers, as well as fine 19th-century, Parisian-style apartment houses.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Pera Museum

• Admission Ticket Free

The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews

Beyoğlu (formerly Pera) was the primary neighborhood of the foreign community as well as non-Muslim Ottoman subjects and gradually attained an European look with the arrival of foreign embassies.

• Admission Ticket Free

Galata Tower

One of the city's most distinctive sights, this great fortification dating back to 1348 was erected by the mercantile Genoese Italians.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kamondo Stairs

• Admission Ticket Free

Historic Areas of Istanbul

The historical city of Istanbul, the only city in the world located on two continents, was the capital of three great empires; Roman, Byzantine and the Ottoman Empire.

• Admission Ticket Free

Karakoy

Karaköy is one of the oldest and most historic districts of the city, and is today an important commercial center and transport hub.

• Admission Ticket Free

Galata Koprusu

The bridge, which spans the two sides of the Golden Horn is an important place in the the daily life of the city.

• Admission Ticket Free

Halic

Halic (Golden Horn) means inlet in English separates the old and new sections of Istanbul.

• Admission Ticket Free

Istanbul

• Admission Ticket Free

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