istanbul old city private walking tour

5.0 (20 reviews) 6–8 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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About this activity

Our official tour guides focus strictly on your satisfaction. Experience Istanbul’s soul with an unforgettable journey.

️ Living History: Walk the same streets where emperors and sultans once ruled.

✨ Engaging Stories: Our expert guides bring history to life with captivating legends and hidden secrets of the Old City.

Iconic & Hidden Gems: Discover fascinating, lesser-known details about the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Hippodrome while capturing breathtaking photos.

Feel the city's heartbeat and step into its rich past. Book now for an unforgettable Istanbul experience!

Please note: While licensed guides have priority at ticket booths to save you time, all visitors must pass mandatory security screening lines. Your guide will manage this process smoothly.

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At a glance

Duration: 6–8 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Oligarch Tour

What is included

Included

Included: Public Transportation
Included: Licensed Tour Guide

Not included

Not included: Tip for Guide and Driver
Not included: Museum Entrance Tickets
Not included: Lunch

Itinerary

Hippodrome

25 min

Hippodrome was built by East Roman Empire at the 4th century AD., used for chariot races. nowadays only can be seen 3 obelisks.

1-Theodosius Obelisk (Egyptian Obelisk)

2-Serpent Column

3-Constantine Obelisk
German Fountain

Passing by

German Emperor II. Wilhelm sent the fountain he had built in Germany in 1901 to Istanbul as a gift to Sultan Abdulhamit. It is located in Sultanahmet Square. Its architecture is different from Ottoman architecture and European architecture. The purpose of the gift is written in the inscription on the fountain as a memory of gratitude.
Blue Mosque

45 min

Sultan Ahmed Mosque or known as Blue Mosque was built by Ottoman Turks in 1616. You will be glazed with more than 20.000 handmade blue colored tiles inside. With the ostrich eggs hanged on the chandelier.
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

45 min Admission not included

The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque / Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi, with its innovative architecture, rich history, religious significance and extraordinary characteristics has been fighting against time for centuries, was the largest Eastern Roman Church in İstanbul. Constructed three times in the same location, it is the world’s oldest and fastest-completed cathedral. With its breathtaking domes that look like hanging in the air, monolithic marble columns and unparalleled mosaics, is one of the wonders of world’s architecture history. The sheer dazzling beauty of mosque with its magnificent play on space, light, and color provokes worship in the believer! Hagia Sophia pose on the ground of the first hill of İstanbul, precisely at the tip of the historic peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn on three sides.
TopkapI Palace

2 h 30 min Admission not included

Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı) and Harem are likely to have more colourful stories than most of the world's museums put together. Libidinous sultans, ambitious courtiers, beautiful concubines and scheming eunuchs lived and worked here between the 15th and 19th centuries when it was the court of the Ottoman empire. A visit to the palace's opulent pavilions, jewel-filled Treasury and sprawling Harem gives a fascinating glimpse into their lives. Used by 25 different Sultan for 380 years.
Grand Bazaar

45 min

The biggest indoor bazaar of the world with more than 3000 shops in it. On the way to bazaar according to your time and WISH we can visit one of the carpet house which is more than a shop, telling the mystery of Turkish women.

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

German Fountain is just next to Blue Mosque and Tour guide will wait next to it with his/her Tour guide license which is easy to see on his/her tshirt.

End point

German Fountain is just next to Blue Mosque and Tour guide will wait next to it with his/her Tour guide license which is easy to see on his/her tshirt.

Pickup points

Beethoven Premium Hotel
Silvana Hotel
Best Garden Hotel
Zagreb Hotel
Oguzhan Hotel
Vatan House Hotel
New Fatih Hotel
Flamingo Hotel Istanbul
The Istanbul Hotel
Hotel Dost Royal
The Green Hotel
Ramada by Wyndham Istanbul Old City

and 97 more pickup points

Tour guide will met you at the hotel reception if your hotel is nearby main transportation route. Or for that Old City walking tour, tour guide will wait at the old city next to GERMAN FOUNTAIN, which is easy to find. Tour guide will contact you on whatsapp and direct you to meeting point.