Private Guided Istanbul Tour
Description
Private Guided Istanbul Tour is excellent opportunity for people who have limited time just to understand city in overall view with main highlights. At a Glance, Istanbul is a huge city located both on Europe and Asia. Therefore, it is not easy to explore and understand the city in a day. That is the city where had been the capital of big Empires for 1700 years. So we can say; it is the city of mystery with impressive Architectural Palaces, churches, mosques, synagogues, souks and many other things. Our local guides are highly experienced and knowledgeable about Istanbul and Turkey. We tell our guest to stop being a tourist and explore Istanbul like a local with our guides. Speed of tour, details of information, where to visit are all decided by our guests up on time of availability. P.S: It is wheelchair accessible area. But if you have to use wheelchair, You must be with someone who can push your wheelchair. Our guides cannot be well equipped to push your wheelchair every time.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Second stop will be Hagia Sophia sight museum. It was built as biggest Basilica Church of the world in 6th century and converted to a Mosque in 15th century. In 1936, it was converted to a museum as a decision of Atatürk. But it was converted to a mosque in 2020 again. Hagia Sophia Museum is in the list of UNESCO as a World Heritage. Hagia Sophia is a very impressive Architecture of early Byzantine period. Main Gallery is used as a mosque only for prayers. Upper Gallery is opened to visitors with Admission fee 25EURO per person.
• Topkapı Palace with Harem: After meeting with your guide, we will start from Topkapi Palace. Treasury, Holy Relics, Pavilions in third inner garden, Kitchens, Audience Hall (Private office of Sultan), Ambassador Hall of Topkapi Palace are the main places must be seen there. Also Harem is in Topkapi Palace as well where has to be visited at the same day if guest is interested in to visit. It takes time (min 2-3 hours) to visit whole palace. Admission fee is 53EURO (2000TL) per person. Children below 12 years old are free.
Hippodrome is the square where there was an ancient Hippodrome which includes Egyptian Obelisk (3600 years old), Serpentine Column (dated back to 486BC), Constantine Column from 10th century and German fountain.
Blue Mosque (SultanAhmet Mosque) which is very famous with blue quartz tiles of 17th century is only mosque in all over the world with six minarets on.
It is an untouched Byzantine cistern under the ground. It was a water reservoir during Byzantine period. It is very famous with Medusa Head figures and unique columns. Dan Brown has mentioned about here in his book "Hell" and some famous movies such as "Inferno" was filmed here. Admission fee is 27EURO per person.
Grand Bazaar where has 4500 oriental shops inside. Shopping is a kind of culture in Grand Bazaar. So we advise to walk around with a guide first to explore and get the sense of shopping there. And then our guests will be on safe side and it will be more enjoyable. Otherwise it comes so overwhelming in a short time. After walking around in the Bazaar together, our tour will be ended there.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
At the meeting gate of Cruise port with your local guide
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(21)
We highly recommend this tour. This was our first time in Istanbul and we had limited time to see the unique treasures. Our tour guide, Ensar, was professional, passionate, highly knowledgeable and great company. A wonderful day in an amazing city.
Thank you very much Joan and John for nice review regarding guidance of Ensar and our service. You are more than welcome anytime. Best Regardss
It was our first time to Istanbul as a family and Zerrin was extremely helpful - showing us around, identifying places to visit, pointing out good shops and restaurants. As a result of her guidance, we are getting the most out of our trip! A massive thank you!
Thank you very much Maxine. It was my pleasure guiding you. You are more than welcome anytime. Warm Regardsss.
Istanbul is a city full of marvels, it's gorgeous and so full of history treasures and we were so lucky to see them all with our guide Zerrin!! She's absolutely awesome at her job, she knows so much history, she has a great way to show you the best spots of the historical richness of Istanbul. She always makes sure you get the best experience ever, always assisting us in every single detail, tailoring our tour the way we wanted it to be, with no pressure of any kind, we were so free with her to choose whatever we wanted to visit or see, she perfectly knew where to take us to make the best of it, the best food spots, the best photo spots, the best of the best :) If you want to have the best experience while visiting such mesmerizing city, Zerrin is the right choice!!! We wholeheartedly recommend her, you will not regret any of it!!! SHE IS BASICALLY THE BEST!!!!!
Thank you very much Fortul Familly, for nice review regarding my guidance and service. I am so happy seeing you again in my tours and wish to see you soon. best Regards.
This was our fourth visit to Istanbul, hence we had no interest in seeing the "traditional" sights once again. Zerrin was the perfect guide to assist given her intimate knowledge of the city's shops, restaurants, etc., and very accommodating style! Her knowledge of the local culture and customs made our experience especially enjoyable.
Thank you Peter for nie review regarding my guidance. You are more than welcome anytime to guide you in Turkey.
Zerrin was a fantastic guide. She was fast to respond to our emails planning the tour. She met us at the cruise terminal and explained her suggested itinerary and asked if we wanted to change anything. Her knowledge of archeology and history was excellent—we learned so much on our trip. We were able to see all of the things we requested—had we been our own, we would never have been able to fit in in. I highly recommend Zerrin as a tour guide! She was also wonderful with my 14 year old—we all want to visit Istanbul again!
Thank you very much for nice review regarding my guidance. It was my pleasure guiding you.
Thank you very much for being our guide in Istanbul. When my friends from US called me to visit Istanbul, I thought to host them with a professional guide in Istanbul. It was good decision. Zerrin gave an flexible, and joyful day to us. She is very knowledgable and not boring. We walked a lot and our feet paining in the evening. But no compalin about it. It was impossible for me to show that much with good explanation without Zerrin. I recommend everyone.
Thank you very much for nice review regarding her guidance. It was our pleasure to provide service to you. You and all your friends are more than welcome back to Turkey again.
Istanbul is a very very beautiful city! We went to Fener/Balat colorful, unique place in Istanbul. I took many photos for social media😊😊😊 Ensar is the best guide👍👍👍
Istanbul is already a very beautiful city, but it was a truly amazing tour with Ensar. The stories were very impressive. I don't know how you know even the smallest detail, but I feel lucky to because I found you. And I'm happy to have gained a friend. Thanks for the great time
Thank you so much to Ensar for the lovely time me and my best friend had on our trip in Istanbul! Professional friendly kind and on time , I could not recommend him enough!
Perfect time in Istanbul with guide Ensar. No question of mine stayed unanswered. He demonstrated really good knowledge of Istanbul history, culture as well as Turkey. Great sense of humour and friendliness. Istanbul feels even more welcoming with Ensar.