Private Full Day Guided Highlights of Istanbul Tour

5.0
(28 reviews)

7 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Explore Highlights of Istanbul, in one day easily.
At the end of the tour, you will be enchanted by the information was given by your local guide.
With the tickets, already have for you, you will skip all the lines at the entrance of the museums, and easily start to visit.
Because all the museums and highlights are close to each other, this will be a walking tour. In this way, you can more feel the old city, and you can capture each detail in the city.
If you would like to be picked up from the hotel please select the pick -up included option!

What's Included

Entrance Fees for Topkapi Palace
English speaking guidance licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Gratuities
Drinks
Tips
Lunch
Pick up and drop off
Entrance Fee for Hagia Sophia

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Obelisk of Theodosius

If your hotel is located out of the old city area, you will meet with your guide at a meeting point.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 7 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    TopkapI Palace

    The Topkapı Palace is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans. *Topkapi Palace is closed every Tuesday. The Basilica Cistern will be visited instead of Topkapi Palace only on Tuesdays.

    1 hour 30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

    Hagia Sophia is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul, designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. Built-in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial capital of Constantinople, it was the largest Christian church of the eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire) and the Eastern Orthodox Church, except during the Latin Empire from 1204 to 1261, when it became the city's Latin Catholic cathedral. In 1453, after the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935, the secular Turkish Republic established it as a museum. In 2020, it re-opened as a mosque. It's visited outside, if you would like to visit inside, please ask your guide to help to buy the tickets.

    30 minutes Admission ticket not included
  • 3
    Blue Mosque

    Sultan Ahmed Mosque also known as the Blue Mosque is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A functioning mosque also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah, and a hospice.

    45 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Hippodrome

    Hippodrome of Constantinople is a square in Istanbul, Turkey. Previously, it was a circus that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Grand Bazaar

    The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops on a total area of 30,700 m2, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. In 2014, it was listed No.1 among the world's most-visited tourist attractions with 91,250,000 annual visitors. The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is often regarded as one of the first shopping malls in the world.

    1 hour Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Sultanahmet District

    we will have time for lunch. lunch is excluded.

    1 hour Admission ticket not included

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Smart Turkey Tours

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Cultural Tours
Walking Tours
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Cancellation Policy

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

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