Short Layover Tour from Istanbul Airport
Description
Discover Istanbul, the city of Constantinople, on your short layover in istanbul and visit the old towns in the city. Learn about the culture and history of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. You may have chance to try amazing local tastes, Turkish cuisine like kebhaps, seafood, street food, Turkish delight, baklava, Turkish coffee, icecream and more. You will enjoy with your journey starting from Istanbul Ist airport to downtown and passing by magnificent sites and taking lovely photos by Golden Horn, Bosphorus, Galata, Sultanahmet, Marmara sea and more. You will also have a chance to visit major sites like Blue mosque, Hippodrome. And visit one of the biggest bazaars in the world, with more than 3000 shops. You will see jewelry, gifts, tiles, leather, rugs, lamps, textile and more. At the end of our layover tour, we will return back airport for your next transit flight from ist airport.
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Itinerary
We will see one of the most famous mosques in istanbul, 400 years old, built by Ottoman empire.
We will explore the Roman Hippodrome and learn about the history of Roman and Byzantine periods in the city.
We will explore one of the oldest shopping malls in the world built by Ottoman Empire and see thousands of shops from jewelleries to gifts.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(6)
Great way to spent 11 hour layover. Leisure stroll through the new part with views off the tower. Informative guide.
If you have a layover in Istanbul, book this tour. The driver was punctual and shared great historical insights. Our guide, Emre, was amazing—he was professional, kind, and took us wherever we wanted to go (and took great photos of us!). We felt very well taken care of and were dropped back at the airport right on schedule. Thanks, Emre, for a memorable day!
Highly recommended if you have a short layover. We had trouble with Turkish Airlines which delayed our arrival and reduced our time for the tour. Our guide was very knowledge and made the best use of our limited time there. Standing on top of Galata tower when every mosque in town began a call to prayer was surreal.
Private walking tour of city center, including bazaar, and some other sites. We had a nice conversation with the guide at his family’s rug store.
My guide was wonderful and knowledgeable, had a great time! Istanbul is beautiful and I only had a short time to experience it.
We had 12 hours layover in Istanbul. We booked a night tour and we were glad that Yasin was our tour guide and driver. He went above and beyond! We were more than satisfied with our experience. Thank you Yasin for your hospitality!
