Istanbul Private Tour: Customizable Itinerary Highlighting Historical Monuments and Famous Places
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35 Ratings
Fatih
Experience the best of Istanbul with a private tour guide and a customizable itinerary. Explore historical monuments, famous landmarks, and indulge in local cuisine and shopping. Avoid ticket lines and get insider tips for an unforgettable vacation.
Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Topkapi Palace - Ottoman palace
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Private tour
  • Guide meets you at central hotels
  • Tea and coffee
  • Professional local guide
What's Not Included
  • Museum tickets and entrance fees
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a bespoke journey around Constantinopolis/Istanbul with a private tour guide who will tailor your tour to your personal interests. Bypass the queues at high-profile historical sites and landmarks. Benefit from the insight of a professional local guide to explore numerous locations in a single day. Receive top-notch suggestions for dining at restaurants, cafes or sampling local street food, as well as shopping tips for quality purchases. Simply enjoy your holiday with this unique tour providing stellar insights and access to the best spots in Istanbul.

Location
German Fountain
At Meydanı Caddesi
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Global34102626981
Mar 11, 2024
Memorable visit to Istanbul - During our 5 day trip to Istanbul, we had Sema as our guide for 3 days (she was referred to us by a close friend who had her as a guide in 2022). Sema is an excellent guide, very knowledgeable about the history of Istanbul and the Roman/Ottoman empire and she is also very fluent in English. It is very easy to become friendly with her, she is so easy-going and willing to put herself out for any request made by us, whether it was shopping or food tasting or just general questions. Over the 3 days, she showed us all the highlights of Istanbul (both the European as well as the Asian side) and explained to us the history and current status for all of them. Her historical knowledge of every place is phenomenal!!! She also took us around for food tasting as well as shopping, especially with the specific requirements that we had in mind. And the places that she took us for baklava and turkish delight and turkish coffee and turkish tea as well as chicken rolls and fish rolls served us delicious lip-smacking food. Thank you Sema for an unforegattable experiance of the beautiful city of Istanbul. I would highly recommend Sema for anyone visiting Istanbul.
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Shaheerghulamn
Feb 29, 2024
Best guide in Istanbul. Useful tips! - We are grateful to our guide Sema for showing us all the main highlights of Istanbul, while giving us information about the history and modern use of all places. She also give us really good tips on where to shop, what else to see, and what to do in Istanbul
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Sragdharak
Feb 18, 2024
Amazing job - Sema did an excellent job. She took us everywhere we wanted to go (haha Sophia, blue mosque, sisterns, hippodrome, spice market, and grand bazar) and showed us all of the cool things (apple pie place, ice cream trick place). If we didn't want to do something she'd skip it. She had a lot of knowledge about the history of Istanbul. Highly recommend.
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Marthar839
Feb 5, 2024
Fabulous Experience in Istanbul! - We had Sema as our guide for two days and it was the best experience ever! She took us to all the important landmarks, reserved a private boat tour and Turkish bath. She shared wonderful restaurants and detailed history of Istanbul. I highly recommend her to anyone traveling to this beautiful city.
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Loaij997
Jan 7, 2024
Professional and personalized tour - A knowledgeable guide, who can understand the group she is dealing with. We were a family with kids and she managed to keep her pace so as to suit everyone without letting anyone feel left out. We now have beautiful pictures with landmarks of Istanbul. Sema showed us places of the bazaar that we would have never reached and brought us to taste amazing food. We enjoyed our day, and would like to thank our guide who is still so helpful after the tour with her advices.
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786analuisam
Dec 1, 2023
Istambul city tour - It was a very Nice with Sema in Istambul. A perfect tour in one day. She was very kind, and She knows everything a about the city history. I recomend her tours!
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Theffernen
Nov 21, 2023
Great tour - Sema was a big help and was incredibly knowledgeable and Istanbul is a really cool city that has a lot more than just hagia Sofia which I think the average person misses out on
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Go40281812993
Nov 7, 2023
Excelente tour - We really like the experience also our Gide Sema show us the best places for pictures. The best tour in Istanbul
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Marthar839
Nov 2, 2023
One of the best trips ever! - I never knew Istanbul could be so interesting, beautiful and energetic. Our tour guide Sema was fabulous! Thru her, we were able to bypass the long lines to the Hagia Sofia, Blue Mosque, Topkia Palace and the cisterns. She reserved a private yacht for us to cruise the Bosporus and took us to the Grand Bazzar, Spice Market and great restaurants. We were able to end a busy day with an evening at the Turkish bath. I would do it all over again immediately.
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Dashit2016
Oct 24, 2023
Kindfull - Thanks for taking pictures! It was my first time visiting a mosque, and I was surprised at how beautiful it was. I was also happy that the guide kindly took photos for me.
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