Istanbul old city tour

See Turkey’s Ottoman and Byzantine relics with an official guide, during half day morning tour.

The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Mosque)

The Hippodrome & Unique Monuments

Tombs of the Sultans

Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III

Grand Covered Bazaar

After meeting your guide at departure point for half day morning tour, climb aboard your luxury coach and head to the Sultanahmet.

The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque: (Hagia Sophia Museum) It was built in the 6th century by the emperor Justinian as a Greek Orthodox Church also called the church of Divine Wisdom. It was converted into a mosque in 1453 by Sultan Mehmet II The Conqueror and in to a museum by Ataturk in 1935 and it was converted into a mosque in 2020 by by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It was largest church in the world for 1000 years.

Blue Mosque: The Sultan Ahmet Mosque known as Blue Mosque because of its blue 20,000 Iznık Ceramic Tiles. It was built for Sultan Ahmet I by the architect Mehmet, has 6 towering minarets and last great mosque of the Classical period. We visit The Blue Mosque on Friday from outside because of Friday pray

Hippodrome: It was the sporting and social center of ancient Constantinople for 1000 years, with its monuments, German Fountain of Wilhelm II, Bronze Serpentine Column, Obelisk of Theodosius and Column Constantine.

Tombs of Sultans: Admire the final resting-place of 5 Sultans and 142 members of the Ottoman dynasty.

Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III: The fountain is located in front of the Imperial Gate of the great Topkapı Palace in Istanbul at the site of an older Byzantine fountain called Perayton. The fountain is a Turkish rococo structure. The fountain of Sultan Ahmed III was built in 1728 by Ottoman sultan Ahmed III.

Grand Covered Bazaar: Visit the oldest and biggest covered market in the world and discover 65 streets and more than 4000 shops containing all kinds of everything. Group will have some free time.

Shopping: We visit touristic shop

Hotel Pickup

From Centrally located Istanbul hotels. For each Hotel there is a fixed departure time. We only have pick up service from hotels (levent, sisli, osmanbey, harbiye, taksim, ortakoy, findikli, karakoy, tepebasi, sirkeci, sultanahmet, kadirga, beyazit, laleli, aksaray, yenikapi, findikzade, topkapi, sutluce)

Additional Info

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

Not recommended for participants with walking difficulties

We visit The Blue Mosque and The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque on Friday from outside because of Friday pray

The Grand Bazaar is closed on religious holidays and Sundays.

Operates all year round except 1st May and 1st January

You will be notified of your departure time after we have received your reservation