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Istanbul Essentials : Private Guided Istanbul Tours
Istanbul Essentials : Private Guided Istanbul Tours
Istanbul Essentials : Private Guided Istanbul Tours
Istanbul Essentials : Private Guided Istanbul Tours
Istanbul Essentials : Private Guided Istanbul Tours

Istanbul Essential : Private Guided Old City Tour

By Sayga Travel
Free cancellation available
Price is £230 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This is the ultimate tour for first-time visitors to Istanbul. Visit the fascinating sights of Istanbul in this specially curated one or two-day tour that provides the perfect introduction to Istanbul.

This tour takes in Istanbul’s highlights and goes beyond them to show you the bustling energy of the city’s bazaars, streets and hidden spots.

Itinerary: Hagia Sophia-Basilica Cistern-Blue Mosque-Hippodrome-Grand Bazaar

• Customise the itinerary according to your personal interests and preferences

• Enjoy the private tour flexibility with a dedicated licensed tour guide

Activity location

  • Hagia Sophia Mosque
    • Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Cağaloğlu Hamam
    • No:24 Profesör Kazım İsmail Gürkan Caddesi
    • 34110, Alemdar, İstanbul, Turkiye

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Guide in Spanish-French-German
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • German
Price details
£229.54 x 1 Traveller£229.54
Total
Price is £229.54
Private Guided Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • English

Old City Tour: Hagia Sophia-Basilica Cistern-Blue Mosque-Hippodrome-Grand Bazaar

Language options: English
Price details
£229.54 x 1 Traveller£229.54
Total
Price is £229.54

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPick-up by guide from central hotels or Galataport (on foot)
  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed Professional Tour Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMuseum entrance fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport from/back to hotel and between sites

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays can be replaced with Spice Market.
  • This is a private tour. Your group will be the only one with the guide for all day.
  • Guests can customise the itinerary according to their personel interest.
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Hagia Sophia Mosque
  • 1h 15m
The Hagia Sophia with its innovative architecture, rich history, religious significance and extraordinary characteristics has been fighting against time for centuries. Constructed three times in the same location, it is the world’s oldest and fastest-completed cathedral. With its breathtaking domes that look like hanging in the air, monolithic marble columns and unparalleled mosaics are one of the wonders of the world’s architectural history. The sheer dazzling beauty of the mosque with its magnificent play on space, light, and colour provokes worship in the believer. *Reminding that as it's not a museum anymore, tour guides don't have skip-the-line priority. You may need to wait in the security line up to 1 hour.
Basilica Cistern
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
There are hundreds of ancient cisterns hidden underneath the streets and houses of Istanbul. Of the two that are open to the public, the Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) is the largest and Istanbul’s most unusual tourist attraction. Built-in 532 by Emperor Justinian, it was constructed using 336 columns, many of which were salvaged from ruined temples and feature finely carved capitals. Its symmetry and sheer grandeur of conception are quite breathtaking, and its cavernous depths make a great retreat on summer days.
Blue Mosque
  • 30m
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome
  • 30m
Hippodrome - German Fountain - Obelisk of Theodosius - Serpent Column - Walled Obelisk
Grand Bazaar
  • 1h 30m
Welcome to The Grand Bazaar, one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops, attracting more than 300,000 visitors daily. Sellers hawk their wares at the top of the voice, and everyone has their own technique to entice you in, the colours, lights, and sounds create an exotic and unique atmosphere. Get ready to experience it.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESHagia Sophia Mosque
    • Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECağaloğlu Hamam
    • No:24 Profesör Kazım İsmail Gürkan Caddesi
    • 34110, Alemdar, İstanbul, Turkiye

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