🏨 Small Group: Full-Day Istanbul Old City Tour Activity

Small Group: Full-Day Istanbul Old City Tour

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Pricing Info: Per Person

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

Visit> Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
SKIP-THE-LINE Tickets, Guiding in English, Lunch in a local restaurant, Transportation provided
Enjoy a full-day tour of the UNESCO site of Sultanahmet Old Istanbul with an extensive Small-Group guided tour. You`ll enjoy the magical Istanbul and its signature sights: the Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome of Constantinople, and Grand Bazaar.

What's Included

All sightseeings mentioned in the itinerary

Land transportation by high model vehicle

Lunch in a local restaurant

Professional English Speaking Tour Guide

What's Not Included

Admission fee for Topkapi Palace: 320TL pp.

Drinks at lunches

Personal Expenses

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 7
ADULT: Age: 8 - 99

Additional Info

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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.
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible

Admissin fee for Topkapi Palace: 320TL
Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Specialized infant seats are available
The Blue Mosque will be closed for 3 months (starting January 1st), Nuru Osmaniye Mosque will be visited instead.
Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

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

Hagia Sophia; 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.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Topkapi Palace

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 harem, royal treasury, and holy relics sections

2 hours • 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.

1 minutes • 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.

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

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