Istanbul Private Tour: Experience Highlights and Hidden Gems in 1, 2, or 3 Days
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Experience the highlights and hidden gems of Istanbul in 1, 2, or 3 days with a private guided tour. Skip the lines, customize your itinerary, and taste local food.
Duration:
21 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Topkapi Palace - TOPKAPI PALACE, the former imperial residence from which the Great Ottoman Empire was ruled for nearly 400 years. Today a spectacular museum, it is famous for its collections of treasury of the Ottoman Royal Family. You will chase the memories of the sultans and the Ottoman Empire through 400 years of the most glorious victories, happiest moments, and mournful days.
What's Included
- Local Taxes
- Private Tour
- Professional Tour Guide
What's Not Included
- Entrance Fee: Hagia Sophia 25 Euro Per Person
- Entrance Fee: Basilica Cistern 800 Turkish Lira Per Person
- Entrance Fee: Topkapi Palace 1500 Turkish Lira Per Person
- Public Transportation Fees
- Meals
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Whether you are interested in history, architecture, culture or cuisine while exploring highlights or hidden gems of Istanbul our very well-made itinerary for 1,2 or 3 days private guided tour has you covered ! Istanbul: no other city on earth straddles two continents -Europe and Asia- and has been home to three great empires (Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman). We will discover Hagia Sophia, visit Topkapi Palace, stroll through Grand Bazaar and enjoy the beauty of Blue Mosque. In a city like this, it’s important to have an experienced local guide who can help you to navigate, all the while ensuring you the most personal experience possible. We will sometimes use a ferry and sometimes subway or tram to navigate through the city. Don’t forget that the best way of exploring a new city is to use public transport or walking.
• Skip-the-Line Access to the Museums
• Well-Made Itinerary for 1,2 or 3 Days Private Guided Tour
• Customize the itinerary according to your interest
• Taste Local Food
- Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays. Dolmabahce Palace will be visited instead.
- Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays. Spice Market will be visited instead.
- Grand Bazaar and Spice Market will be closed in 2024 in the following dates; April 10/11/12-Ramadan Celebrations. June 16/17/18/19-Eid Celebrations. October 29-Republic Day.
- We have Kid-Friendly Tour Guides in our team.
- For the cruise passengers public transportation (tram) is strongly recommended due to heavy traffic in/around the old city. By the tram the old city takes only 10 minutes. Please book the tour accordingly
- If you book the tour with a private van, please beware that extra charges may apply if your hotel/apartment is located in the Asian Side or far from the city center.
Location
Adamar Hotel Sultanahmet Istanbul
Yerebatan Caddesi
In front of the Adamar Hotel.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(239 Ratings)
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67sarinak
Mar 28, 2024
Istanbul tour - Fabulous tour in an amazing city. So much history. Duygu was very knowledgeable and flexible with our changing plans. Highly recommend.
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Hilary_s
Mar 17, 2024
Istanbul highlights walking tour - Ugur was fantastic. Punctual with pick up, made us feel very comfortable walking the streets. He is VERY knowledgeable of Istanbul/Turkish history and was engaging. You can tell he was well experienced with the tour and was also a great photographer!
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Tourist570710
Feb 18, 2024
Amazing 3 days in Istanbul - Emel was our tour guide over 3 days for our group of 4. She was fabulous. Very knowledgeable, very flexible adapting to our wishes and interests. Answered all our many questions on the sights we were visiting & providing an insight into her country. She was always on time, meeting us in the foyer of our hotel. We saw several mosques, the Grand Bazaar and Spice Market, a cruise on the Bosphorus, the Hippodrome, Basilica Cistern, Topkaki & Dolmabahce Palaces, nice shops and great eateries & many other locations of interest around Istanbul . We finished with a great view high above Istanbul from a coffee stop at Pier Lotte, We were extremely happy with this tour and recommend Emel very highly. Our driver for the 3 days was also fantastic, making sure we were as close to each attraction as possible, in crazy traffic!, & the car was immaculate. One of the best tour companies & tour guide in all our years of travel. Highly recommend.
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Flyright
Jan 2, 2024
Thorough Tour with Great Guide - This was an amazing guided tour for all of the major sites in the old town area. Our guide was extremely professional and knowledgeable about each of the sites. I would highly recommend this tour, plus you get the added benefit of skipping the extremely long lines to get into each of the sites. Our guide was also nice enough to take us to a terrific restaurant for lunch. He walked us through the menu in order to enjoy traditional Turkish food. we were able to do all of the major sites in one day. This tour is well worth the expense in order to really learn about each of the sites in an efficient but thorough manner.
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Northstar45619346581
Dec 9, 2023
Family tour in Estambul - Really satisfied with the tour and of course with our guide Sercan
Sercan has been charming with the whole family and as a guide he has been fantastic. We are very happy to have met him.
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Cairn
Nov 29, 2023
Wonderful guide and incredible tour - Duygu was an incredible guide who gave us a wonderful and very in-depth two day tour of Istanbul! She customized the tour to our interests, and coordinated it to minimize our time standing in line for entries. She promptly met us at our hotel lobby each day, and spoke perfect English while fully explaining the sites we visited as well as the culture of the region. She was always so warm and friendly, it was a pleasure to spend each day with her. She also set up our airport transfers, which was very helpful. We highly recommend her and this amazing tour!
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Meghan_c
Nov 26, 2023
A rich and personalized experience! Highly recommend. - Our guide, Ugur, created an exceptional experience for us as we explored some of Istanbul's highlights in a very efficient and exciting way. This allowed us to really maximize our limited time in the city. He was extremely knowledgeable, personable, and adapted the experience to suit our pace and interests. He created opportunities for us to meet and engage with other locals along the way (e.g., a ceramics demonstration, negotiating with shopkeepers at the Grand Bazaar). He was engaged in answering any questions we asked of him, including those related to Istanbul's rich history, as well as our curiosity about what it is like to live in modern-day Istanbul. We can't say enough about how enjoyable our time was and can't wait to visit again someday!
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Curiosity31039958346
Nov 20, 2023
Best Day trip learning from Hamide. - What an amazing day with our wonderful Guide Hamide.
Our tour was tailored to what we wanted to see and do. These are the places we chose to visit. Topkapi, Hagia Sophia, blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern, Grand Bazaar.
Hamide is an exceptional tour guide. Explaining the history in so much detail and we learned so much from her.
We highly recommend her to anyone and will for sure recommend her to friends and family who will want to visit Istanbul.
Thank you again for adding to our Anniversary trip. We loved it. The day felt like we spent it with a friend and not a stranger.
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Pui_t
Nov 16, 2023
Tour of Old Town of Istanbul - The guide Hamide adapted the tour to suit the pace and taste of an old couple. Took me on a slow walk from Spice Market to Grand Bazaar ; showing me all the street food, local sights and telling great stories. It’s a great way to learn the local way of life
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Davidpilsenm
Nov 6, 2023
Istanbul - We had an amazing time with our guide. Very personalized and knowledgeable about all parts of Turkish history
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