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Private Layover Tour from Istanbul Airport & Hotels
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Private Layover Tour from Istanbul Airport & Hotels
Private Layover Tour from Istanbul Airport & Hotels

Istanbul Private Tour Designed for Stopover Flight, Transfer incl.

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5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is 3 129 kr per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Enjoy the private stopover tour with a pick up service from airport with your licensed English speaking guide who knows the city very well. See and experience a lot of Istanbul during your stopover instead wasting for time at the airport. Enjoy ferry ride and the breeze of the Bosporus and experience how easy to go from Europe to Asia. Taste the baklava and kebabs in their homeland. Visit the famous Blue mosque, Hagia Sofia and Basilica Cistern. Relax at a Turkish bath with a scrub and a foam massage. Get lost in the street of the Grand bazaar with four thousand shops and learn how to bargain with the local shopkeepers.

Activity location

  • Hagia Sophia Mosque
    • Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hagia Sophia Mosque
    • Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

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Istanbul Private Tour Designed for Stopover Flight, Transfer incl. in English
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • Opening hours: Thu 06:30-23:30
  • English

Enjoy the private stopover tour with a pick up service from airport with your licensed English speaking guide who knows the city very well. See and experience a lot of Istanbul during your stopover instead wasting for time at the airport. Enjoy ferry ride and the breeze of the Bosporus and experience how easy to go from Europe to Asia. Taste the baklava and kebabs in their homeland. Visit the famous Blue mosque, Hagia Sofia and Basilica Cistern. Relax at a Turkish bath with a scrub and a foam massage. Get lost in the street of the Grand bazaar with four thousand shops and learn how to bargain with the local shopkeepers.

Language options: English
Price details
3 129,00 kr x 1 Adult3 129,00 kr
Total
Price is 3 129,00 kr
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn private transfer
  • What's includedWhat's includedFuel surcharge
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal taxes
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedVisa expenses. Please note that you might need a visa to leave the airport. Please apply online
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntry/Admisión fees for sights ( if you choose to enter ).Can be paid by cards or cash in TL

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, 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

Hagia Sophia Mosque
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
For the morning arrivals, Hagia sofia is an option to visit from inside with paying an admission fee of 60 tl ( 10 USD). This is one of the most visited attraction in Istanbul. Built as a church in 6 c AD, converted to a mosque in 1453 and to museum in 1935. It is a unique building in the wold which embrace Islam and Christianity inside one single building.
Basilica Cistern
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
The most impressive water reservoir you can ever see. Built in 6th Century AD to preserve drinking water for the city. It was supplied from rain and aqueducts. 336 column, each column 8 m tall, 100.000 tonne water capacity. The legendary Medusa heads are here located at the end of the cistern in the far blind corner.
Blue Mosque
  • 30m
The biggest and most visited mosque in Istanbul. This was built in 1609 by Ottoman sultan Ahmet and still host prayers five times a day. After the praying is conclude it is open to visitors.
Hippodrome
  • 30m
This is the hippodrome where the chariots races were held here from 4th century until 15 century. It has been pull down by the Ottoman and its materials been recycled to built mosques and palaces by the Ottoman. There are monuments survived and can be visited. Four live size horse statues in St Mark Basilica are taken from here. One of the head from the serpent column is the British museum.
Topkapi Palace
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket not included
This was the Ottoman residential and parliament house for four hundred years. It is a museum since 1930. This museum helps to understand how Ottoman lived and managed a huge empire over six hundred years.
Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
These ferries carry the locals between Europe and Asia in 20-30 minutes.It is the best way to see Istanbul from the water.
Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)
  • 30m
This is the places where the aromas from the world meet. Spice bazaar was built in 1664 as a part of the New mosque next to it. The complex is built by a lady Turhan Sultan. In this market you can find and taste the best spices, Turkish delights, nuts, herbal teas,dried fruits and vegetables.
Kadikoy Carsisi
  • 30m
This is a non touristy local market where local shop for the daily needs, greengrocers, butchers, fish mongers, restaurants an more..
Cinili Turkish Bath
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
If you feel tired and need a massage then it is time to go to a Hamam ( Turkish bath). You don't need to take anything with you ( towels, shampoo etc. ) as they all provided for you. Here you will be washed with a scrubbed, soap massaged and relax at the lobby of a historic building covered with towels and sip your apple tea.
Suleymaniye Mosque
  • 30m
A great mosque which was built in 1550 by Ottoman sultan Suleyman the magnificent. mosque is famous with its architecture and its high location which offers great Istanbul view.
Grand Bazaar Jewelers
  • 1h
This a bazaar built in 1461 by Ottomans with 4000 thousands indoor shops. It is an up market offers anything you need but mainly carpets, antiques, jewelries,leader products, textile products.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESHagia Sophia Mosque
    • Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHagia Sophia Mosque
    • Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1
    • 34122, Istanbul, Turkiye

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