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8 hours Private Istanbul Tour with English Speaking Guide

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Overview

Experience Istanbul with a Private Guide tailored to your interests. Enjoy a personalized itinerary tour that caters to your preferences.
(Tour programme below is sample programme)

Design your ideal Istanbul experience with a customized private tour. Visit must-see landmarks like the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern explore the city's diverse cultural heritage, immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of the Grand Bazaar and Spice Market for the shopping.

Our English Speaking Private Guide ensures a seamless and enriching experience, navigating the city with ease and uncovering hidden gems.

Get more out of your travels with a private guide. Design your own itinerary in European or Asian sides of Istanbul, it will be flexible, and you see what you want to see. And wherever you go, your guide will provide you with complete insight into the history and significance of the sites you visit.

Optinal Car Hire with Driver Service available.

What's Included

  • Hotel Pick Up and Drop off (If Transportation option selected)
  • Full Day 8 Hours Private English Speaking Licensed Guiding
  • Transportation (if option selected)
  • Lunch
  • All entrance Fees
  • Gratuities (optional)
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Meeting and Pickup

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Pickup details

Guide meets you at the central located hotels in European Side Guide meets you at the Cruise Port (Galataport) Guide meets you at the point which you want in City Center Optional Car Hire Service with Driver (if option selected)

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Sultanahmet
Alemdar, 34110 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye

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Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.

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This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.

What To Expect

Hippodrome

Square in Sultanahmet Old City. Hippodrome is ancient Greek stadium designed for horse racing and especially chariot racing. Its Roman counterpart was called a circus and is best represented by the Circus Maximus.
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30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Blue Mosque

The Blue Mosque, officially the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today. We will visit inside.
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1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Hagia Sophia Mosque

Hagia Sophia officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
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2 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Topkapi Palace

The Topkapı Palace, or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans.
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2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Basilica Cistern

The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul.
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1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Kapali Carsi

The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’ also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Market') 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.
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1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays
  • Beylerbeyi Palace & Dolmabahce Palace is closed on Mondays
  • Ladies should have a scarf with them to visit Hagia Sophia. (or can buy one from the Mosque)

Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the 8 hours Private Istanbul Tour with English Speaking Guide?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (+03).This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund. Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the 8 hours Private Istanbul Tour with English Speaking Guide?
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (+03).
  • This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Apr 2025
Q: What's included in the price?
A:
The following is included:
  • Hotel Pick Up and Drop off (If Transportation option selected).
  • Full Day 8 Hours Private English Speaking Licensed Guiding.
  • Transportation (if option selected).
  • Tour guides have skip-the-line priority to buy Entrance Tickets.
  • Guide meets you at the central located hotels in European Side.
  • Guide meets you at the Cruise Port (Galataport).
The following is NOT included:
  • Lunch.
  • All entrance Fees.
  • Gratuities (optional).
Apr 2025
Q: What is the weather cancellation policy?
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This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

Apr 2025
Q: What is the minimum age for this tour?
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There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..

Apr 2025
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If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.

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Apr 2025
Q: Is this an accessible tour?
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Accessibility information for the 8 hours Private Istanbul Tour with English Speaking Guide is as follows:

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No Skip the line service for active Mosques
  • Tour guides have skip-the-line priority to buy Entrance Tickets
  • On Fridays, The Blue Mosque & Hagia Sophia are visioned only from outside because of Friday Prayers
  • Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays
  • Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays
  • Beylerbeyi Palace & Dolmabahce Palace is closed on Mondays
  • Ladies should have a scarf with them to visit Hagia Sophia. (or can buy one from the Mosque)
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Apr 2025
Q: Where is the meeting point for this activity?
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Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for 8 hours Private Istanbul Tour with English Speaking Guide will be included in your confirmation email from City Boat Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!

 

 

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  • Hotel Pick Up and Drop off (If Transportation option selected)
  • Full Day 8 Hours Private English Speaking Licensed Guiding
  • Transportation (if option selected)
  • Tour guides have skip-the-line priority to buy Entrance Tickets
  • Guide meets you at the central located hotels in European Side
  • Guide meets you at the Cruise Port (Galataport)
  • Lunch
  • All entrance Fees
  • Gratuities (optional)

Additional Info

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American Museum of Natural History Admission Ticket

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No Skip the line service for active Mosques
  • Tour guides have skip-the-line priority to buy Entrance Tickets
  • On Fridays, The Blue Mosque & Hagia Sophia are visioned only from outside because of Friday Prayers
  • Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays
  • Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays
  • Beylerbeyi Palace & Dolmabahce Palace is closed on Mondays
  • Ladies should have a scarf with them to visit Hagia Sophia. (or can buy one from the Mosque)
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (+03).
  • This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
  • This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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