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Fullday
Daily Tour
7 people
Chinese, English
This an exclusive tour visiting the most popular places in Istanbul in one day. The tour provided with an experianced tour guide private for you to introduce you the places visited.
Your private tour guide will pick you up from your lodging in the morning with a VIP van.
1. Blue Mosque
The tour starts with Blue Mosque, Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque) decorated with some of the best examples of Turkish Tiles. Built on the 17th century, Blue Mosque is a city symbol standing in the hearth of the city.
2. Hagia Sophia Mosque
The next visit is to Hagia Sophia Museum, a master of mankind, standing since 6th century and bearing the symbols of Christianity and Islam together. Your visit will take about an hour at least including the courtyard, entrance hall, main gallery and upper gallery.
3. Topkapi Palace
The final visit of the morning part of the tour is to Topkapi Palace, Ottoman Sultan’s Residance, built on the slopes of Sarayburnu against Bosphorus and The Sea of Marmara. Topkapi Palace is a combination of different architectural styles as built and restorated in following centuries. The Palace today is world famous museum where the Ottoman Empire treasury, Dynasty clothing, Harem life and Sacred Relics belonging to Divine Religions exhibited. Your tour in the palace will take about 2 hours.
Lunch will be provided at popular Puding Shop, overlooking the Hippodrome (At Meydani), a Turkish cuisine restaurant with the choices of vegetables or meat dishes. Your lunch including soup, main course ( 2 kind of self choice dishes), seasonal salad and desert.
4. Basilica Cistern (Sunken Palace)
The next visit is to Basilica Cistern (Sunken Palace) built by in the 6th century as well Byzantine Emperor Justinian with the structures taken from collapsed Roman buildings in the area. The cistern has a unique atmosphere with the Roman columns and head pillars inside. Your visit to the Cistern will take about half an hour. Basilica Cistern is under construction will be replaced by Serefiye Cistern.
5. Hippodrome
The tour will continue with a walking through Hippodrome, which was the site of chariot races, celebrations, riots, executions and other important events through Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Hippodrome decorated with Roman, Egyptian and Ottoman monuments which are visible today. Your walk through Hippodorme takes about 45 minutes.
6. Egyptian Spice Market
The Egyptian Spice Bazaar, built in 1660 by Turhan Sultan, is built in an L-shaped classical Ottoman style. The market has 6 gates, 4 of which are large and 2 are small. This historic building was built by Kazım Ağa and restored by the Istanbul Municipality between 1940 and 1943. The place where the bazaar was located was also a Jewish settlement, and when it was built, the Jews were transferred to balat. The Spice Bazaar was known as Yeni Bazaar (New Bazaar) in the 17th century. Since most of the goods sold in the bazaar were Egyptian products and spices, it began to be called the Egyptian Bazaar after the mid-18th century. The bazaar has suffered two fires in its history and has grown to this day after extensive repairs.
You can expect your tour to finish by 17.00 and your guide will be gald to lead you to the Grand Bazaar if you have not visited yet. Grand Bazaar is the most popular shopping area in the city with good quality of products such as jewelery, leather products, hand-made rugs, textile and foods. The bazaar established over a huge area with about 58 covered streets and 4000 shops. Please feel free to ask your guide help for the best tips while shopping at the local shops.
Please note that : Topkapi Palace closed on Tuesdays, replaced with Istanbul Archeology Museum
Your private tour guide will pick you up from your lodging in the morning with a VIP van at 09:00.
The tour starts with Blue Mosque, Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque) decorated with some of the best examples of Turkish Tiles. Built on the 17th century, Blue Mosque is a city symbol standing in the hearth of the city.
The next visit is to Hagia Sophia Museum, a master of mankind, standing since 6th century and bearing the symbols of Christianity and Islam together. Your visit will take about an hour at least including the courtyard, entrance hall, main gallery and upper gallery.
The final visit of the morning part of the tour is to Topkapi Palace, Ottoman Sultan’s Residance, built on the slopes of Sarayburnu against Bosphorus and The Sea of Marmara. Topkapi Palace is a combination of different architectural styles as built and restorated in following centuries. The Palace today is world famous museum where the Ottoman Empire treasury, Dynasty clothing, Harem life and Sacred Relics belonging to Divine Religions exhibited. Your tour in the palace will take about 2 hours.
Lunch will be provided at popular Puding Shop, overlooking the Hippodrome (At Meydani), a Turkish cuisine restaurant with the choices of vegetables or meat dishes. Your lunch including soup, main course ( 2 kind of self choice dishes), seasonal salad and desert.
The next visit is to Basilica Cistern (Sunken Palace) built by in the 6th century as well Byzantine Emperor Justinian with the structures taken from collapsed Roman buildings in the area. The cistern has a unique atmosphere with the Roman columns and head pillars inside. Your visit to the Cistern will take about half an hour. Basilica Cistern is under construction will be replaced by Serefiye Cistern.
The tour will continue with a walking through Hippodrome, which was the site of chariot races, celebrations, riots, executions and other important events through Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Hippodrome decorated with Roman, Egyptian and Ottoman monuments which are visible today. Your walk through Hippodorme takes about 45 minutes.
The Egyptian Spice Bazaar, built in 1660 by Turhan Sultan, is built in an L-shaped classical Ottoman style. The market has 6 gates, 4 of which are large and 2 are small. This historic building was built by Kazım Ağa and restored by the Istanbul Municipality between 1940 and 1943. The place where the bazaar was located was also a Jewish settlement, and when it was built, the Jews were transferred to balat. The Spice Bazaar was known as Yeni Bazaar (New Bazaar) in the 17th century. Since most of the goods sold in the bazaar were Egyptian products and spices, it began to be called the Egyptian Bazaar after the mid-18th century. The bazaar has suffered two fires in its history and has grown to this day after extensive repairs.
You can expect your tour to finish by 17.00 and your guide will be gald to lead you to the Grand Bazaar if you have not visited yet. Grand Bazaar is the most popular shopping area in the city with good quality of products such as jewelery, leather products, hand-made rugs, textile and foods. The bazaar established over a huge area with about 58 covered streets and 4000 shops. Please feel free to ask your guide help for the best tips while shopping at the local shops.
We will drop you back to your lodging.
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