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Grand Bazaar
Top Sites Of Istanbul: Half Day or Full Day Private Walking Tour
Top Sites Of Istanbul: Half Day or Full Day Private Walking Tour
Top Sites Of Istanbul: Half Day or Full Day Private Walking Tour
Basilica Cistern

Istanbul Highlights Private Guided Tour with Snacks and Transfers

By Real Istanbul Tours
4.8 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is £172 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

The best choice for any first timer, Top sites of Old Istanbul, is a half-day and optional full day private tour. Discover what has made Istanbul such a majestic and historically significant city by hitting all of the hot spots and then some!

In half day tour you can visit; Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome, Basilica Cistern and Grand Bazaar and if you like you can have full day with adding the Topkapi Palace.

Please note if you have half day tour, entry fee of the cistern is 450 TL per person and if you have full day with Topkapi Palace, entry fee is 750 TL per person additional fee.

Activity location

  • Blue Mosque
    • Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Pudding Shop Lale Restaurant
    • 6 Divan Yolu Caddesi
    • 34400, Alemdar, İstanbul, Turkiye

Check availability

Private Half day
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Top Sites of Istanbul for a single supplement. Includes Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, Hippodrome, Grand Bazaar.

Price details
£171.56 x 1 Adult£171.56
Total
Price is £171.56
Private Tour - Full Day
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Full Day Tour: Full Day Tour of Top Sites of Istanbul. Includes Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, Hippodrome, Grand Bazaar

Price details
£214.45 x 1 Adult£214.45
Total
Price is £214.45

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel/port pickup and drop-off with public transport or taxi if necessary
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate walking tour with an official tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedBorek or Simit with tea or Turkish coffee
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks are not mentioned in the inclusion part
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntry fee of Cistern 600 TL per person, 25 Euros for the Hagia Sophia you can pay with credit card.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedIf you have full day tour, entry fee of Topkapi Palace 1500 TL per person

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque are mosques now and none has right the skip the lines of security.
  • Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays and our guide can show another bazaar instead.
  • Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and Half day tour is available on Tuesdays or will be replaced with Bosphorus Tour for full day tours
  • On Religious Fests; Grand Bazaar and Spice Bazaar are closed; May 13th,14th, 15th, July 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23th in 2021
  • Fridays are mosques are closed till 2 pm, We recommend starting half day private tours later after 11 am
  • Entry fee of the Basilica Cistern is 600 TL per person, 25 Euros for Hagia Sophia and if you book a private tour with Topkapi Palace entry fee is 1500 TL per person
  • 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

Blue Mosque
  • 30m
Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque) Also known as the Sultan Ahmet Camii (or Sultan Ahmed Mosque), this breath-taking building is one of the most majestic Ottoman mosques in all of Turkey. Please note it is under restoration and until 1st April, and we will see Nuriosmaniye or Suleymaniye Mosque instead.
Hagia Sophia Mosque
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
Hagia Sophia is one of the most impressive museums of Istanbul; built as a Christian church, then converted into a mosque, museum and again into a mosque in 2022. Please note none has any priority to skip the lines in Hagia Sophia
Hippodrome
  • 30m
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Basilica Cistern
  • 25m
  • Admission ticket not included
This subterranean structure was commissioned by Emperor Justinian and built in 532. The largest surviving Byzantine cistern in İstanbul, it was constructed using 336 columns, many of which were salvaged from ruined temples and feature fine carved capitals. Entry fee is 450 TL per person
Grand Bazaar Jewelers
  • 30m
Visit one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world - Istanbul's Grand Bazaar

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBlue Mosque
    • Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPudding Shop Lale Restaurant
    • 6 Divan Yolu Caddesi
    • 34400, Alemdar, İstanbul, Turkiye

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