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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Nomad03318901998
May 26, 2024
The best tour guide in Istanbul. - What a gem of a tour guide; more a friend that a tour guide. Very passionate, very knowledgeable and so personable. Duygu will give you her personal insight, none of the commercial touristy spiel. I can’t recommend Duygu highly enough. The best.
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Daves
May 18, 2024
We struck gold with our guide! - We were in a bit of a panic about the logistics of leaving our cruise terminal and getting to our hotel in another part of town in the early morning so we could begin our 3 day tour with Selcuk Eracun. He agreed to meet us at Galataport and escort us on the T1 tram to Sultanahmet to our hotel for the luggage dropoff and then begin our 3-day tour.
What a kind and generous local guy he is, with such an esteemed reputation in Istanbul among other tour guides and among the historical/architectural/archeological/antiquities crowd!
Selcuk is a fountain of knowledge and trivia and we were so lucky and blessed to hook up with him. Our 3 days were well spent with Selcuk, the “honorary Sultan of Istanbul!”
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Kathybm8934as
May 13, 2024
Istanbul with Emre - We had an extremely positive experience with our guide Emre. He came prepared with an excellent plan for our two days in Istanbul, but was very flexible. He asked us our preferences and accommodated accordingly. He had wonderful recommendations for food and called ahead for reservations to maximize our time. He was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and had a great sense of humor. His love for Istanbul was infectious. We could not have enjoyed our two days more.
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Dnavarro12
May 12, 2024
Big Hug to Ozge - I booked this tour for my parents and was a bit anxious sending them to a big city as newbie travelers but they were in such good hands with Ozge. She was so sweet and patient and had so much history and information to share. What I appreciated was that this tour started earlier than other tours so they got into the Hagia Sophia before everyone and had incredible moments to themselves. And having a private tour was great so they could make their own itinerary based on their interests and chatting with Ozge when they met up.
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Emilac2583am
May 9, 2024
We are extremely satisfied with our experience . Emel, our guide tour was wonderful and made our experience very interes - While in Istanbul we were very fortunate to have an excellent tour guide. Her name is Emel and she made our trip very interesting, presenting all the hystorical and cultural facts of each site in great detail. Emel planned our itinerary wisely so we can avoid long lines and be able to visit all the sites we aimed for the day in a timely manner. Emels knowledge of history and places, her happy and warm nature makes her a perfect guide, We highly recommend her.
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H8970xmdavidt
May 8, 2024
Istanbul 2 day tour - highly recommended - We had an amazing 2 day tour of Istanbul (our 2nd time)! Our guide, Ozge, was amazing from start to finish. She is super knowledgeable about the history of the city and also is very engaging and fun to be with! Highly recommended.
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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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