Istanbul combo tour of old city and Bosphorus cruise

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Place: Istanbul

Duration: 7 hours

Language: English, French, Spanish, German

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Skip the line

Guided Tour

Kids go free

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Private Tour

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Private group

Do this because

Discover the highlights of Istanbul's historic center, the Old City
Take a cruise along the Bosphorus Strait where Europe meets Asia
Buy spices and nice souvenirs at the Grand Bazaar and at the Spice Market

What to expect

Meet your tour guide in your hotel or port and start your tour! See the beautiful Hagia Sophia from the outside. Head to the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Market, two colorful indoor bazaars that have lots of shops offering a variety of spices, rugs, purses, flavored teas, jackets, Turkish delight, nuts, as well as ceramics, and small souvenirs.

Visit the Blue Mosque. It was built in the early 1600s for Sultan Ahmet I, and it is a magnificent masterpiece of architecture with amazingly delicate proportions for a building of such a massive scale. The blue shade of the 27.000 pieces of Iznik quart tiles gives the mosque its popular name and 6 towering minarets give its uniquely recognizable structure.

Take the public ferry for Bosphorus Cruise to see both Istanbul’s European and Asian sides, Galata Tower, Dolmabahce Palace, the Rumelian Fortress, old Ottoman villas, Bosphorus bridges, and mosques. After the Bosphorus Cruise, your Istanbul tour will be completed and your guide will accompany you on the way back to the hotel.

Prices are per group (1-8 people) and not per person
Museum tickets are not included in the price of this tour and children under 7 can get free entrance tickets in museums: please make sure that you have the passport of children as museums will verify their ages for free tickets
Your guide will meet you in hotels in the areas of Sultanahmet, Taksim, Beyoglu, Ortakoy, Laleli, Sisli and Besiktas and start the tour from there. If your hotel or place of stay is outside these areas, by talking with your local service supplier, you can arrange a pick-up point or set a meeting point with your guide
Your tour guide will make necessary changes such as switching/swapping sites when the museums are closed
Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays, Hagia Sophia entrance will be restricted during praying time, the Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays and the Blue Mosque is closed until 2pm on Fridays
The Bosphorus cruise is operated on a public ferry boat
Skip the line service is not available for active mosques, there is a queue for the entrance. On Fridays, Hagia Sophia or Blue Mosque will be visited from outside because of the worship