ISTANBUL DAILY TOURS

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NOTE: As you decide to book these tour, remember only the entrance fees of major museums or a simple lunch would cost about 10$, if you visit them on your own. You will also be protected from being overcharged by taxi drivers.

TOUR 1: ISTANBUL CLASSIC – HALF DAY MORNING TOUR

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This tour covers:

Built in the 6th century by Byzantine Emperor Justinian.

Blue Mosque: This mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I during 1609-1616 in the town carrying his name in Istanbul. It is the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets. Due to its magnificent hand-dyed blue, green and white tiles it has been named the "Blue Mosque" by Europeans. The central dome is 43 m in height and is 33.4 m in diameter. 260 windows surround the mosque.

Hippodrome: The ancient Hippodrome, scene of chariot races and the centre of Byzantine civic life. Of the ornaments which once decorated it, only three remain: The Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column, and the Column of Constantine. Theodisious Obelisk is originally an Egyptian piece of art erected in 1547 BC and originally 60m tall. German fountain is also within the hippodrome area, constructed in Germany to mark German Emperor Wilhelm II’s second visit to Istanbul, it was imported and officially opened on January 1 1901. The fountain’s three domes are decorated with gold mosaics.

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Grand Bazaar:  The oldest and biggest closed bazaar in the world, also known as Kapali Carsi (Covered Bazaar) has around 4000 shops and over 60 alleyways, covering a huge labyrinth in the city centre. Apart from the usual shops selling clothes, textiles, jewelry and carpets, there are small workshops where craftsmen cast and beat silver or brass, in a skilled trade handed down through the generations.
Departure: Daily in the mornings. You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Tour ends at approximately 13:00-13:30
Price : 45 Euro (or 55 $) per person including hotel pick-up, guide, entrance fees.
Closed: Mondays: Hagia Sophia, replaced with Kariye (St.Savior in Chora) Museum, City Walls and Yedikule Dungeon. Sunday Grand Covered Bazaar
Note: Half Day Morning tours terminate at Sultanahmet center, in front of Santa Sophia. We kindly request our guests to be ready 10 minutes before the departure.


PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Minimum 2 person. Licensed tour guide. Flexible pick-up time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 50 Euro or 60 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers

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TOUR 2: OTTOMAN RELICS  –  HALF DAY AFTERNOON TOUR

Topkapi Palace, Topkapi Palace was the imperial residence of the Ottoman Sultans, starting with Fatih Sultan Mehmet, the conqueror, until 1856. It was converted to a museum in 1924. Parts of the Palace such as the Harem, Baghdad Pavilion, Revan Pavilion, Sofa Pavilion, and the Audience Chamber distinguish themselves with their architectural assets, while in other sections artifacts are displayed which reflect the palace life. The museum also has collections from  imperial treasury, Chinese porcelain, weapons, calligraphy etc.

Suleymaniye Mosque: The cascading domes and four slender minarets of the Imperial Suleymaniye Mosque dominate the skyline on the Golden Horn's west bank. It is considered the most beautiful of all imperial mosques in Istanbul, it was built between 1550 and 1557 by Sinan, the renowned chief architect of the Ottoman Empire's golden age in the name of Sultan Suleyman The Magnificent.

Departure : Daily in the afternoons. You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 13:00-13:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Tour ends at approximately 16:30-17:00
Price : 45 Euro (or 55 $) per person including transportation, guide, entrance fees.
Closed: Tuesday, Topkapi Palace, replaced with Archaeological Museum

PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Minimum 2 person. Licensed tour guide. Flexible pick-up time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 50 Euro or 60 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers

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TOUR 3: BYZANTINE & OTTOMAN RELICS – FULL DAY TOUR 

This is a combination of Tour 1 and Tour  2, which covers:
Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Obelisk of Theodosius, Serpentine Column, Constantine Column, German Fountain of Wilhelm II, Grand Bazaar, Lunch, Topkapi Palace, Suleymaniye Mosque. Also viewed during the tours: Galata Bridge, Golden Horn, Leander’s Tower


Departure : Daily
You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Tour ends at approximately 16:30-17:00
Price         : 60 Euro (or 75 $) per one person, including transportation, tour guide, entrance fees and lunch.

Closed: Monday: Hagia Sophia, replaced with Kariye (St.Savior in Chora) Museum, City Walls and Yedikule Dungeon (Golden Gate)
Tuesday: Topkapi Palace, replaced with Archaeological Museum
Sunday: Grand Covered Bazaar

PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Licensed tour guide. Flexible pick-up time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 70 Euro or 85 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers and lunch.

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TOUR 4:  BOSPHORUS CRUISE ON PRIVATE BOAT- HALF DAY TOUR (Morning/Afternoon)  

Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), Mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish etc.,
Bosporus Cruise, thorough the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia, with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residential of luxurious apartments.
Rumeli Fortress: A monument-art built in the narrowest and flowing section of Bosporus, covering 30.000 m2 area. In preparation to the conquest of Istanbul, the castle was built in about four month period which is a considerably short period. In some historical documents it has been stated that 1000 masters and 2000 workers  were employed for construction.

Also visioned during the tour Imperial Gardens of Royal Yildiz palace, Ciragan Palace, Dolmabahce Palace, Bosphorus Bridge connecting Europe and Asia, Beylerbeyi Palace; from the see.

Departure : Daily
Price : 45 Euro (or 55 $) including transportation, tour guide, entrance fees.
Closed: In the afternoon tours Spice Bazaar may be substituted with Bedesten, exhibiting the traditional silk weaving girls at the carpet weaving courses authorized by the Ministry of National Education.
Departure: Daily
Morning: You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Half day morning tours terminate at Sultanahmet center in front of Santa Sophia.
Afternoon: You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 13:00-13:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Tour ends at approximately 16:30-17:00

NOTE: Bosphorus Tours are practiced with regular boats if minimum number of attendants is not provided for the private boat

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TOUR 5:  DOLMABAHCE PALACE & TWO CONTINENTS ( EUROPE & ASIA ) – HALF DAY AFTERNOON TOUR  

Dolmabahce Palace, the last residence for Ottoman Sultans with 365 rooms and 22 saloons. Famous with the great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier.
Bosporus Bridge, unique chance to step from one continent (Europe) to another (Asia) in 2 minutes.
Camlica Hill, exposing a panoramic view of Istanbul and Bosporus from the best point of view.
Departure : Daily. You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 13:00-13:30, depending on the location of your hotel.
Price  : 50 Euro (or 60 $) including transportation, tour guide, entrance fees.
Closed: Dolmabahce Palace on Monday and Thursday Replaced with Imperial Yildiz Park and Yildiz Porcelain Factory (Golden Gate)

PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Minimum 3 person. Licensed tour guide. Flexible pick-up time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 55 Euro 70 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers

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TOUR 6:  BOSPHORUS CRUISE  – FULL DAY TOUR  

This is a combination of Tour 4 (Morning Bosphorus cruise) and Tour 5 (Two continents)
Lunch Included

Full day Bosporus Cruise covers Spice Bazaar, Rumeli Fortress, Lunch, Dolmabahce Palace, Bosporus Bridge (from Europe to Asia), Camlica Hill on the Asian side which provides the best panoramic view of Istanbul..

Departure: Daily
You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Tour ends at approximately 16:30-17:00
Price: 60 Euro (or 75 $) per person including transportation, guide, entrance fees and lunch. Courtesy transfer from/to hotels
Closed: Dolmabahce Palace on Monday and Thursday Replaced with Imperial Yildiz Park and Yildiz Porcelain Factory (Golden Gate) Rumeli Fortress on Wednesday, Spice (Egyptian) Bazaar on Sunday.
Note: We kindly request our guests to be ready 10 minutes before the departure.

PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Minimum 3 person. Licensed tour guide. Flexible pick-up time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 70 Euro or 85 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers and lunch.
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TOUR 7:  PRINCES' ISLANDS- FULL DAY TOUR  

Lunch Included

Cruise in Marmara Sea to Princes' Islands, stop at Buyukada, the popular summer resort with sandy beaches and pinewood scenery, once the pleasure island of Byzantines Princes. Tour of the Istanbul with horse-drawn carriages before lunch at a fish restaurant.
Evening return to Istanbul and transfer to hotels.
 
Also viewed during the tour Topkapi Palace, Leander's Tower, Uskudar from the see.

Departure: Daily- Operates all year long
Minimum 4 person

You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel.
Price: 60 Euro (or 75 $) per person including transportation, guide, lunch. Courtesy transfer from/to hotels
Note: We kindly request our guests to be ready 10 minutes before the departure

PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Minimum 3 person. Licensed tour guide Flexible time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 70 Euro or 85 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers and lunch.

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TOUR 8:  BOSPHORUS DINNER & CRUISE ON THE BOAT BY NIGHT  

Note: This tour is available from the beginning April until the end of September. Not available in winter.

Bosporus:  A stay in Istanbul is not complete without a traditional and unforgettable boat trip up the Bosporus, the winding strait that separates Europe and Asia. Its shores offer a delightful mixture of past and present, grand splendor and simple beauty, decorated with beautiful shorefront wooden villas, marble imperial palaces, stone fortresses, small fishing villages both on the European and Asian sides.

Bosporus night cruise is from 20:30 pm until Midnight. An enchanted night cruise will start while you sip your welcome drink as the sun sets on Istanbul. We will pass beneath the Bosphorus Bridge by moonlight, watching Ciragan and Dolmabahce Palaces on the European shores and Beylerbeyi Palace and Anatolian Fortress on the Asian shores. A rich variety of specialties from Turkish cuisine and Barbecue accompanied by live classical Turkish music. A rich menu in dinner will be served which includes salad, hors d'oeuvres, main meal, fruit, dessert and unlimited local drinks.

Departure: Daily. Please make your reservation as early as possible. A certain number of people is required to make this tour. We will let you know the availability on the tour for the day you requested, or else we will suggest you alternative date nearer the date you requested. Saturday nights are specifically recommended availability being most possible and 2 way hotel transfers are also organized for free on Saturday only.

Price: 85 Euro (or 110 $) including boat cruise meal and shows as mentioned above. We will let you know the address where you will go to start the tour when the availability is confirmed.

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TOUR 9:  GOLDEN HORN and EYUP TOUR

Full day tour with lunch
A new but very popular point of interest is miniature park at the shore of the Golden Horn in Istanbul called Miniaturk exhibiting miniature models of most famous Ottoman and Byzantine period monumental attractions from all over Turkey. Koc museum is the first private museum of Turkey where you can observe the industrial history of Turkey by the help of a great collections. After lunch you will visit Eyup town by the far end of Golden Horn famous with its mosques and religious mausoleums, still reflecting perfectly the traditional atmosphere of Ottoman period life style.

Departure: Daily
You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Tour ends at approximately 16:30-17:00

Price: 60 Euro (or 75$) per person including transportation, guide, lunch. Courtesy transfer from/to hotels
Note: We kindly request our guests to be ready 10 minutes before the departure

PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Minimum 2 person. Licensed tour guide Flexible time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 70 Euro or 85 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers and lunch.

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TOUR 10:  DOLMABAHCE PALACE and PERA TOUR - Half Day Morning

Daily half day morning tour. Pera (Beyoglu) was the mostly populated by non-Muslims in 19th century, and it is the best sample of Westernization period of Ottoman Empire. There are Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian Churches, Jewish Synagogues dotted around Pera. Today it is the most busy nightlife and shopping area of Istanbul. A walking discovery of this quarter and visit of Dolmabahce Palace the last residence for Ottoman Sultans with 365 rooms and 22 saloons. Famous with the Great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4,5 tons chandelier.

Departure: Daily except Monday and Thursday.
You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately 08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel. Tour is about 4 hours. Dolmabahce Palace can be replaced with Beylerbeyi Palace when it is closed for visits or on too busy days.

Price: 45 Euro (or 55 $) per person including transportation, guide. Courtesy transfer from
Note: We kindly request our guests to be ready 10 minutes before the departure

PRIVATE VERSION: A private version of this tour is available.
Minimum 3 person. Licensed tour guide. Flexible pick-up time upon your request. Changes and additions can be made at places to be visited upon request. Price is 50 Euro or 60 $ per person including guide, entrance fees, transportation, hotel transfers

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