🏨 Private Guided Eploration of Istanbul Old City Activity

Private Guided Eploration of Istanbul Old City

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Pricing Info:

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Istanbul, Istanbul

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Get your professional tour guide and together decide the places you would like to see. This enables you to use your time in the most efficient way away from stress. This tour is designed as a full day walking tour and at some points you can use public tram and subway metro to avoid the heavy traffic of Istanbul.

What's Included

All sightseeings mentioned in the itinerary

Professional licensed tour guide

What's Not Included

Admision Fees to the historical sites

Food and drinks (optional)

Personal Expenses

Traveler Information

TRAVELER: Age: 0 - 120

Additional Info

Entry fee to Topkapi Palace: 320TL
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Note: The tour guide will have pre paid Skip-The-Line tickets to avoid long ticket queues. The cost of used entry fee can be paid to the tour guide in cash Dolar, Euro or Turkish lira.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Specialized infant seats are available
Take passport for children if any

Entry fee to Basilica Cistern: 190TL
Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
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

Hagia Sophia Mosque

Meaning Divine Wisdom, Hagia Sophia was the largest building on earth barring the Egyptian Pyramids or the Great Wall of China. Today's Hagia Sophia was built by Emperor Justinian in 537AD. It was the religious center of the city during the Byzantine period. It was used as a church for 916 years and as a mosque for 481 years, In 1934, by the order of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, it was converted into a museum and has since been open to visitors

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Taksim Square

You can explore highlights of Taksim such as Galata Tower and walk the most famous shopping street (Istiklal Street). Learn the history of Istiklal Street from your expert tour guide and get advise from your guide about restaurants, pubs, local lives and street foods

7 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Topkapi Palace

As well as being the imperial residence of the Sultan, the palace was also the seat of government for the ottoman empire. It housed the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years until the Dolmabahçe palace was built. In 1924 it was converted into a museum. Today it is famous with a harem, royal treasury, and holy relics sections.

2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Basilica Cistern

is the size of a cathedral; it is 143m long and 65m wide and can hold up to 80,000 cubic meters (or 17.5 million gallons) of water. There are 336 giant columns (mostly Ionic or Corinthian in style) supporting the structure in 12 rows of 28 columns.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Blue Mosque

Built by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I in the year 1616, it is located opposite the Hagia Sophia. Blue mosque today is one of the most famous landmarks of the old city with its famous six minarets and magnificent dome. Although it is officially named Sultanahmet Mosque, the (nıck) name Blue Mosque was given to it by the visitors because of the amazing blue tiles decorating the interior walls.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hippodrome

Built by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus in 203AD, during the Roman period hippodrome was the civil center for the people of the city where once 100,000 spectators could be held. Located in the heart of Sultanahmet surrounded by Blue mosque, Hagia Sophia, and Topkapi Palace, today it is home to The Egyptian Obelisk (Dikilitaş), The Serpentine Column(Burma sütun), The Constantine Column, and German Fountain.

• Admission Ticket Free

Grand Bazaar

With 18 entrances and more than 4000 shops, it is one of the greatest bazaars in the world. It was built between 1455-1461 by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. Today, shops selling the same kind of merchandise tend to be congregated in their own streets or inns as it was the original Ottoman system.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

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