All Day Historical Istanbul City Tour: Old Town

4.9 (7 Reviews)
Istanbul's Old City Tour. Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, Hippodrome and Grand Bazaar. English-speaking tour guide, lunch, entrance fee included.

About this tour

Duration

8 Hours

Price

95 EUR

Starts at

08:30

Ends at

17:30

What is Included and What is Excluded?

Inclusions of Istanbul Old City Tour

 

  • Hotel pickup and dropoff from centrally located places
  • English-speaking tour guide
  • Lunch
  • Topkapi Palace entry ticket

Exclusions of Istanbul Old City Tour

 

  • Drinks at lunch
  • Personal expenses
  • Hagia Sophia upstairs

Latest Reviews

Istanbul Tour

Great experience, fabulous time Brilliant Tour guide. I really enjoyed my tour,lots of information. I took many pictures.

Nihad from The UK

August 25, 2025

Awesome 3-day Istanbul City Tour

The tour was perfect, carefully planned to include all the attractions we dreamed of visiting and them some. Our guide Ösgen, being a graduated historian, not only has very accurate and detailed information, but also helped us navigate places like the grand bazaar, a metro station and Taksim square, to name a few.
Istanbul is a fascinating and complex city and exploring it with the help of Hakan and Ösgen made the experience even more interesting, safe and fun. We definitely recommend this agency

Sam and Liz from Canada

September 15, 2021

Overview: Istanbul's Old City Tour

 

Are you ready to discover the mesmerising history of Istanbul? Join us on this tour and find out the history of Ottoman and Byzantium Empire since 6th century. All day tour with lunch, English-speaking tour guide, and entry ticket.
 
Visit Hippodrome of Sultanahmet, Hagia Sophia from outside, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Grand Bazaar. We offer you professional English-speaking tour guide and unforgerttable historical day with us!

Who will like this tour?

 

  • Travellers who are interested in history
  • Couples
  • Solo travellers
  • Families 

Istanbul Old City Tour: Itinerary


08:00-08:30 Pickup from the hotel
09:30-13:00 Starting the tour with Hippodrome of Byzantium. Hagia Sophia from outside, and Blue Mosque
13:00 Lunch break
14:00-17:00 Visiting Topkapi Palace, and Grand Bazaar
17:30-18:30 Dropoff at the hotel 

Lunch Menu

 

  • Soup of the day
  • Salad
  • Grilled mix of chicken and meatballs with rice

Terms & Conditions

 

 

  • Partial prepayment is required for group reservations.
  • Tours are guided in English.
  • Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays; Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays.
  • Hagia Sophia is not included (extra 25 EUR per person). A short 15–20 minute visit is allowed, but guides cannot give information inside.
  • Card payments during the tour incur a 10% processing fee.

 

How it works

 

We pick you up from centrally located hotels around 08:00-08:30 and start the Istanbul's old city tour. After visiting the places which are mentioned, you'll be dropped off at your holel around 18:30-19:00.
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Istanbul Tour

Nihad from The UK

August 25, 2025


Great experience, fabulous time Brilliant Tour guide. I really enjoyed my tour,lots of information. I took many pictures.


Awesome 3-day Istanbul City Tour

Sam and Liz from Canada

September 15, 2021


The tour was perfect, carefully planned to include all the attractions we dreamed of visiting and them some. Our guide Ösgen, being a graduated historian, not only has very accurate and detailed information, but also helped us navigate places like the grand bazaar, a metro station and Taksim square, to name a few.

Istanbul is a fascinating and complex city and exploring it with the help of Hakan and Ösgen made the experience even more interesting, safe and fun. We definitely recommend this agency


2 unforgettable days with stunning views and tons of important information

Luana from Romania

September 20, 2021


Although the tour was organized the evening before over whatsapp, it turned out to be one of the best tours I have ever been on! On the first day we did the old classic tour, which included the Blue Mosque, Topkapi palace, Hippodrome and Hagia Sophia. On the second day we really wanted to visit the Dolmabahce palce and take a boat tour on the Bosphorus, so this is what we did. In addition our tour guide, Ozzy recommended that we take a look in the spice market bazar as well, which was totally worth it. All in all, the amount of information we learned during our 2 days in Istanbul is amazing. Our tour guide made us fall in love with Istanbul and made everything so much more interesting. Cannot wait to be back and visit more of this wonderful country! Keep up the god work!


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