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Istanbul Small-Group City and Secret Streets Tour with Guide
Istanbul Small-Group City and Secret Streets Tour with Guide
Istanbul Small-Group City and Secret Streets Tour with Guide
Istanbul Sightseeing Walking Tour
Egyptian Spice Market

Istanbul Small-Group City and Secret Streets Tour with Guide

By Tematique Tours
9.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$108 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Overview

The former capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul is a vibrant city filled with magnificent architecture and a rich history as the bridge between east and west. Perfect for first-time visitors, this in-depth guided walking tour covers the main attractions while also venturing to hard-to-find secret spots. Leave the navigation to your guide, who also provides illuminating commentary.

After meeting your guide at Sultanahmet Square, head off on a scenic stroll through one of the world’s most spectacular cities. Your guide will tell stories from the heyday of Byzantine and Ottoman rule as you wander the picturesque streets. This tour aims to give you an overview of the city, its historic attractions, museums, local arts and traditions etc.

Activity location

  • Basilica Cistern
    • Alemdar Mahallesi, Yerebatan Caddesi, No:1/3
    • 34410, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Foodie-ist Cafe and Brasserie
    • 13 Muhterem Efendi Sokak
    • 34122, Alemdar, İstanbul, Turkiye

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Shared Tour Option
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Small Group: Get the best Istanbul experience in the company of an expert local guide, unmistakable icons, local markets and old bazaars

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30 am
Price details
AU$108.46 x 1 AdultAU$108.46
Total
Price is AU$108.46
Private Guided Tour
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Private Tour Option: This option includes a private guide just for your party. You can book up to 15 people.

Language options: English
Price details
AU$417.14 x 1 AdultAU$417.14
Total
Price is AU$417.14

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedSmall Group
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge (Recommended)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • It is a walking tour, so there is a moderate amount of walking involved

Activity itinerary

Basilica Cistern
  • 10m
This spacious Roman built cistern shows off impressive Roman engineering was commissioned by Emperor Justinian and built in 532. The largest surviving Byzantine cistern in İstanbul has been backdrop for many films over time. Its cavernous depths make a great retreat on hot summer days.
Sogukcesme Sokak
  • 10m
This is a small street with beautiful historic houses which are leaning against the wall of Topkapi Palace.
Caferaga Medresesi
  • 10m
The Caferağa Medresseh is a former medrese and now recognised as an important centre of Turkish classical arts where traditional Turkish handicrafts such as calligraphy, ceramics, jewellery and so forth are taught, made and sold.
Hagia Sophia Mosque
  • 10m
Began its life as a church in 532 AD, converted into a mosque after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and now a museum since 1935. By general consensus, it is the most important Byzantine structure and one of the world’s great monuments built under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage site in Istanbul and famous for its lofty interior, stunning surviving mosaics and the massive dome...
Topkapi Palace
  • 10m
Imperial residence of Ottoman sultans is the subject of 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. About 24 sultans ruled from the Topkapı Palace for nearly four centuries during the Ottoman Empire's 600-year reign
Sultanahmet District
  • 10m
"Sultan Ahmet Centre", the heart of the "Old City" from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled
Walled Obelisk
  • 10m
The Walled Obelisk or Masonry Obelisk (Turkish: Örme Dikilitaş) is a Roman monument in the form of an obelisk. It is situated at the southern end of the ancient chariot-racing track of Constantinople's central barrier, beside the Obelisk of Theodosius and the Serpentine Column.
German Fountain
  • 10m
Constructed as a present from German Emperor Wilhelm II in 1898, it represents one of the most beautiful monuments in Istanbul.
Hippodrome
  • 10m
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople. Today it is a square with a few fragments of the original structure surviving. Monuments decorating the Hippodrome include the 3500-year-old Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column...
Blue Mosque
  • 10m
Sultan Ahmed Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque by many tourists because of its bluish interior decoration( blue tiles surrounding the walls of interior design), is the most important mosque of Istanbul standing next to the Byzantine Hippodrome in the old city centre..
Serpent Column
  • 10m
Also known as the Serpentine Column, Plataean Tripod or Delphi Tripod, is an ancient bronze column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known as Atmeydanı "Horse Square" in the Ottoman period). It is part of an ancient Greek sacrificial tripod, originally in Delphi and relocated to Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 324.
Sultanahmet Square
  • 10m
This beautiful square and a great place to make a stop, relax and take photos of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque.
Tahtakale District
  • 10m
"Shop till you drop" in Tahtakale, a sub-district of Istanbul's Eminönü, where you can find anything and everything you are looking for, all for resonable prices.
Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)
  • 10m
No visit to Istanbul is complete without stopping by the atmospheric Spice Bazaar with roots dating back to 1660, this is one Istanbul's most famous bazaars. Vividly coloured spices are displayed alongside jewel-like lokum (Turkish delight) at this Ottoman-era marketplace, providing eye sweets for the thousands of tourists and locals who make their way here every day. Stalls also sell caviar, dried herbs, honey, nuts and dried fruits.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBasilica Cistern
    • Alemdar Mahallesi, Yerebatan Caddesi, No:1/3
    • 34410, Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEFoodie-ist Cafe and Brasserie
    • 13 Muhterem Efendi Sokak
    • 34122, Alemdar, İstanbul, Turkiye

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