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Private Layover Tour from Istanbul Airports & Hotels

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From $149.00

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Departs: Istanbul, Istanbul

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

You have a long layover in Istanbul and you don't want waste all these hours at the airport. You want to go the center but worried if you will risk your flight. Here we are for you with providing a service of a friendly local guide who knows the city very well where you can do a lot during your layover. As this is a layover tour so, we will need to arrange an itinerary according to your flight times. You can discus the itinerary with your guide when you meet him/her at arrival at the center. You can see some or all sights below from inside if your flight lands before 4 pm. However, if your flight lands after 4 pm then you will see these sites from outside only and see Istanbul by night.
Sight to See : Hagia Sofia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar, Topkapı palace, Basilica Cistern
Optional Activities:Cruise in the Bosporus, food market in Asian side, Turkish bath, dinner at local restaurants, Baklava tasting and more…

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Fuel surcharge

Local taxes

Private tour

Professional guide

Round-trip private transfer

What's Not Included

Entry/Admisión fees for sights ( if you choose to enter ).Can be paid by cards or cash in TL

Food and drinks

Gratuities

Visa expenses. Please note that you might need a visa to leave the airport. Please apply online

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 1 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 85

Additional Info

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
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
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.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers

What To Expect

Hagia Sophia Mosque

For the morning arrivals, Hagia sofia is an option to visit from inside with paying an admission fee of 60 tl ( 10 USD). This is one of the most visited attraction in Istanbul. Built as a church in 6 c AD, converted to a mosque in 1453 and to museum in 1935. It is a unique building in the wold which embrace Islam and Christianity inside one single building.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Basilica Cistern

The most impressive water reservoir you can ever see. Built in 6th Century AD to preserve drinking water for the city. It was supplied from rain and aqueducts. 336 column, each column 8 m tall, 100.000 ton water capacity. The legendary Medusa heads are here located at the end of the cistern in the far blind corner.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Blue Mosque

The biggest and most visited mosque in Istanbul. This was built in 1609 by Ottoman sultan Ahmet and still host prayers five times a day. After the praying is conclude it is open to visitors.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hippodrome

This is the hippodrome where the chariots races were held here from 4th century until 15 century. It has been pull down by the Ottoman and its materials been recycled to built mosques and palaces by the Ottoman. There are monuments survived and can be visited. Four live size horse statues in St Mark Basilica are taken from here. One of the head from the serpent column is the British museum.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Topkapi Palace

This was the Ottoman residential and parliament house for four hundred years. It is a museum since 1930. This museum helps to understand how Ottoman lived and managed a huge empire over six hundred years.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise

These ferries carry the locals between Europe and Asia in 20-30 minutes.It is the best way to see Istanbul from the water.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)

This is the places where the aromas from the world meet. Spice bazaar was built in 1664 as a part of the New mosque next to it. The complex is built by a lady Turhan Sultan.

In this market you can find and taste the best spices, Turkish delights, nuts, herbal teas,dried fruits and vegetables.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kadikoy Carsisi

This is a non touristy local market where local shop for the daily needs, greengrocers, butchers, fish mongers, restaurants an more..

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Cinili Turkish Bath

If you feel tired and need a massage then it is time to go to a Hamam ( Turkish bath). You don't need to take anything with you ( towels, shampoo etc. ) as they all provided for you. Here you will be washed with a scrubbed, soap massaged and relax at the lobby of a historic building covered with towels and sip your apple tea.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Suleymaniye Mosque

A great mosque which was built in 1550 by Ottoman sultan Suleyman the magnificent. mosque is famous with its architecture and its high location which offers great Istanbul view.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Grand Bazaar Jewelers

This a bazaar built in 1461 by Ottomans with 4000 thousands indoor shops. It is an up market offers anything you need but mainly carpets, antiques, jewelries,leader products, textile products.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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