Istanbul Highlights Small-Group Walking Guided Tour
Description
Visit six top Istanbul attractions in one day on a full-day sightseeing tour of the city! The action-packed day includes a comprehensive tour of the historical Sultanahmet neighborhood where many of the city’s finest architectural legacies and landmarks are found. Visit the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace, as well as Istanbul Hippodrome, the sunken palace of Basilica Cistern and the dazzling Grand Bazaar. Optional visit to Hagia Sophia ( For those who wants to visit , will purchase their own ticket) Numbers are limited to 14 on this small-group tour ensuring a personalized experience.
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Itinerary
Continue through Istanbul Hippodrome, seeing the granite Egyptian obelisk that was gifted to the city, and hear how the site once represented the hub of the city’s sporting and political life. After stopping for photos.
Head to the Blue Mosque to marvel at its six minarets and the thousands of Iznik tiles that cascade a sea of blue over the building’s interior. One of the finest examples of classical Ottoman architecture, the mosque was built at the bequest of Sultan Ahmet I who demanded a mosque to rival the grandeur of the Hagia Sophia.
Like Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace now exists as one of Istanbul’s premier museums, home to a collection of ornamentation that once belonged to the city’s 15th-century sultans and harems.
Might be replaced with Museum of Great Palace Mosaics. Visit Basilica Cistern — Istanbul’s ‘sunken palace’ — a site that famously featured in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love. The site is one of the largest of the city's ancient cisterns that lie beneath the ground.
Grand Bazaar, one of the world’s most famous souks. Comprising nearly 60 streets and thousands more shops, the bazaar can be overwhelming. Let your guide introduce you to its colorful (if chaotic) highlights, and shop for jewelry, leather, pottery, spices and more.
Optional visit to Hagia Sophia - Entrance fee is on guests own expense
In between Ibrahim Pasha palace and Blue Mosque 35 hundred years old of an masterpecie and its dept history will be given by your guide.
In hippodrome square built in late Ottoman period send by German king Whilliam the 2nd.
6th century church of holly peice
Ceremonial Street of Ottoman empire
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
In order to get your final pick up time and your pick up point, please contact us from +90 532 282 45 29 (emergency number) / 48 hours before the tour departure day.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
- Minimum age is 4 years
- Children 18 years and under must be accompanied by an adult
- Guests must call 24 hours in advance for pick up times
- Blue Mosque ang Hagia Sophia are open to visit after 14:30 on fridays due to prayer times
- Not recommended for participants with walking difficulties
Reviews(1,346)
Han and I had a wonderful walking tour in Istanbul on October 1st. Our guide Yunus is amazing. He gave us a lot of useful, interesting and practical information. For almost 3 hours! As a retired teacher in Tourism I say he is both excellent and a real professional. We are very satisfied and will booking more walking tours thanks to him. Çok tessekurler Yunus!
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We liked our guide very much .He was very friendly and knowledgeable . We enjoyed our experience . The driver was very safe and helpful taking us back to our accomodation .
Dear Guest, First of all, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us. We are happy that you were satisfied with the service we provided. We hope you leave our country with pleasant memories, and we would like you to know that we are looking forward to seeing you again and welcoming you back to our country. We wish you healthy, happy, and beautiful days. Thank you.
Good day overall. Guide and our driver was on time, which was really nice. Informative tour overall. A good idea is to get the "whispers" as crowds are big and sometimes hard to hear or keep up with, when you see something interesting along the routes.
Dear Guest, First of all, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us. We are happy that you were satisfied with the service we provided. We hope you leave our country with pleasant memories, and we would like you to know that we are looking forward to seeing you again and welcoming you back to our country. We wish you healthy, happy, and beautiful days. Thank you.
Our designated tour guide was Seviley - she was friendly, kind and knowledgeable - overall a sweet person. I feel that although the Tour guide was good. I felt Viator could bring down the price of this tour as it was fairly pricy for what it was. I also feel that the commentary on the blurb of this experience is slightly misleading. On the first page it states entrance fees of sites are paid for but if you scroll to the itinerary it states otherwise.
Dear Guest, We are offering our tour with two alternatives: The first option includes only transfers, excluding entrance fees. This option allows you the flexibility to visit the museums of your choice. The second option includes transfers along with the entrance to the museums visited during the tour (excluding Hagia Sophia, as this visit is always offered as optional). We apologize for any confusion caused. Please be assured that we value your feedback and will make the necessary adjustments. We hope to welcome you back to our country soon.
We had a private tour two of us by Sevilay. She was responsible, proactive to inform meet-up venue, and informative about the history of the places of interest. Best part she has excellent photography skills & helped us take nice photos. Friendly and excellent guide. As expected and informed by previous tourists, there is a carpet sale pitch at shop, ceramic shop and shop at grand bazaar we were brought to. Prices seem bit steep
Dear Guest, we are very happy to hear that you were satisfied with our service. Your feedback is very helpful to us in improving our service. We hope that your entire trip to Turkey was wonderful and that you leave our country with beautiful memories. We would be delighted to see you in our country again. Thank you.
Don’t book the inclusive ticket, the tour was terrible, the company did not handle any of our concerns, and we were left extremely dissatisfied Couple of notable issues though there were many: Lunch was not properly scheduled and we ate extremely late Tour guide didn’t accompany us into rooms even though other groups had guides in there Tour guide lied to us and told us toilets weren’t available and only when we saw signs ourselves did we realise Company implied we were lying when we brought up our issues Grouped with people who didn’t have the inclusive ticket so we still had to queue in the sun to get their tickets and then queue again for entrance Hagia Sophia is not included and this is not made clear (to us at least)
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We sincerely apologize that your experience fell short of expectations and that you encountered multiple issues throughout the tour. We apologize for the delay in lunch scheduling and the lack of clarity regarding access to facilities. The issues with the tour guide not providing adequate guidance and the confusion around amenities are serious, and we are investigating these points to ensure they do not happen again. Regarding the Hagia Sophia entrance fee, it is indeed not included in the tour, and this information is noted in both the itinerary and program description. However, we apologize if this detail was not sufficiently clear. We value your feedback and are committed to using it to improve our service. Your concerns are being taken seriously, and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know. Thank you again for your feedback.
Our guide so very knowledgeable about the sites and the Turkish history. We would highly recommend this tour.
Dear Guest, we are very happy to hear that you were satisfied with our service. Your feedback is very helpful to us in improving our service. We hope that your entire trip to Turkey was wonderful and that you leave our country with beautiful memories. We would be delighted to see you in our country again. Thank you.
Our intimate tour of Istanbul’s sites with Sevilay Tokmak was incredible. She made sure we were taken care of and answered all of our questions and curiosities with insightful facts about Istanbul and the culture. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the day with her and appreciate all of her knowledge about this beautiful city. We highly recommend using Neon Tours for a tour of the grand sites of Istanbul!!
Dear Guest, we are very happy to hear that you were satisfied with our service. Your feedback is very helpful to us in improving our service. We hope that your entire trip to Turkey was wonderful and that you leave our country with beautiful memories. We would be delighted to see you in our country again. Thank you.
We had such a wonderful time with this walking tour! In one day, we were able to see so much of the Sultanahmet with our guide, Nadriye. We learned so much and had the best time walking around the city!
Dear Guest, we are very happy to hear that you were satisfied with our service. Your feedback is very helpful to us in improving our service. We hope that your entire trip to Turkey was wonderful and that you leave our country with beautiful memories. We would be delighted to see you in our country again. Thank you.
Visited most all the major attractions in the Sultanhamet district of Istanbul. Guide was extremely knowledgeable.
Dear Guest, we are very happy to hear that you were happy with our service. Your feedback is very helpful to us in improving our service. We hope that your entire trip to Turkey was wonderful and that you leave our country with beautiful memories. We would be delighted to see you in our country again. Thank you.
