Hagia Sophia & Hippodrome Tour: Explore Istanbul's Rich History with a Professional Guide

Experience an immersive historical tour of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia and Hippodrome with a professional guide. Uncover the rich history of this remarkable city in the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hippodrome - Byzantine Hippodrome
  • Blue Mosque - Blue Mosque
  • Hagia Sophia Mosque - Hagia Sophia Musuem
What's Included
  • Official Tour Guide
  • All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information

Embrace your opportunity to explore the rich history encapsulating the centre of the splendid city, Istanbul, alongside a skilled guide. This capital once served as a base for the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires - all vital chapters in world history. We’ll embark on our journey from the Hippodrome area, established in the Ancient Roman era, and…

Location
Hippodrome
Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(23 Ratings)
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Amgedb
Apr 5, 2025
Two thumbs up - Great tour, fantastic service, special thanks goes to Ismail for the exceptional support, detailed information and great hospitality. Two thumbs up, totally recommend!
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Karen_s
Mar 22, 2025
Great tour! - We had a fascinating tour, and our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable! I’m so glad we did this!!
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Davidslva
Aug 20, 2022
Discovering old Istanbul! - The tour was fun and informative. On the way from the historic Hippodrome Square, we saw important works such as the Egyptian Obelisk, the Snake Column and the German Fountain, and went to the Blue Mosque. Most of the mosque is under restoration, but it is still worth visiting. The last and most important part of the tour is Hagia Sophia. We spent enough time inside and our guide was also knowledgeable about Hagia Sophia.
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Slobodanm789
Jul 11, 2022
Great Tour guide - It was a great experience, we learned a lot about the history and places. Our guide Zeliha was amazing and she was very helpful and so sweet to everyone! I can highly recommend this tour, but better book extended tour which will include Top Kapi Palace as well!
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Raveshinv
Apr 24, 2022
Fantastic service and great tour guide - Ismail was a fantastic tour guide! He shared his personal experiences with us which made the tour more interesting.
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Farhiya26
Jan 18, 2022
Best tour - Had an amazing time learning about the incident histories/histories behind the mosques and the hippodrome and the serefiye cistern museum with an awesome tour guide (Ismail) the guide helped me understand the histories by using examples which made it even 100times more clear to me. Now I have the chance to share the knowledge I have learned during the tour with close friends/ families. Thank you for an awesome day! We’ll be coming back again :)
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Vendingrandy
May 11, 2025
Mosque tour - I would have given this 5 stars but we had no idea where to meet. I had to call three times to figure out meeting place., and he was late. Guide was knowledgeable and nice.
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Brian_v
Dec 5, 2022
Guide did not show up! - We discovered grounds are on own. There was no admission charge to view sites. The fee was for guide who didn’t show up or call
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Go380426
Aug 20, 2022
Fraud! No information about where to meet no guide showed up! - No information about where to meet was provided. We tried calling phone number specified, but no answer. We looked at all the sights for the guide, but no guide was found. None of the other guides at the sights had heard about Gulliver Tours. This is fraud, and should be removed from TripAdvisor. Demand for refund has been sent.
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Durdana_k
Jun 10, 2022
Useless - Tour was booked but same thing again never contacted by local your operator after sending so many messages to know the meeting up location.felt awful we kept waiting at hagia sophia.then we saw a female tour operator for a different company and we told her about Gulliver travel who was meant to be conducting our your so she contacted and spoken to someone in turkish language and then after an hour we started the tour with a tour guide who was already conducting the tour for a group and we were made to join the tour that had already started.i would rather recommend to book locally so you know whats happening and don't want to be stressed during your holiday.
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From $56
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).