Your walking tour will include the most visited (and most famous!) sites of Istanbul's historic peninsula. Your old Istanbul walking tour takes you to the imperial center of the old Turkish Ottoman Turkish Empire. Visit the Blue Mosque, Beautiful mosque with predominantly blue stained glass windows and tiles, Topkapı Palace where you can get good understanding about how the Turks ruled and lived, The Grand Bazaar with more than 4 thousands shops and the relics of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire: Ha
At your hotel, cruise ship port or airport
I come to pick you up from cruise ship or hotel lobby or airport
First we visit Blue Mosque before other paces because they might close the mosque when it is pray time
Before we go to Topkapi Palace we will visit Hagia Sophia before the pray time. Because mosques get close when it is pray time
Topkapi Palace is founded in a 700.000 metre square area. It is very big. You pass from one courtyard to another. Each courtyard has different exhibitions. It takes longer than the other places we visit.
We give a small break to get refreshments or some snack or meal in one of the local restaurants. I will ask you what you would prefer, depends on your choice we can go somewhere around the Grand Bazaar
After Lunch we walk to underground cistern, its on the way to Grand Bazaar
Grand Bazaar is very big with more than 3000 shops with many different exits which go out to different districts. We might walk inside or go out walk around it.
At your hotel, cruise ship port or airport
Guiding in English and Spanish for 8 hours
Entrance fees to Topkapi Palace ( It is 30 usa dollar per person )
Underground Cistern ( 15 usa dollar per person )
Personal Expenses
It is a walking tour, if you need a car, it will be added to the prices
Topkapi Palace is closed every Tuesday, instead we visit Suleymaniye Mosque. Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia are closed till 2:30 on fridays. For visiting a mosque you need something to cover hair and shoulders and your legs should be covered at least lower than your knees. They don't allow leggings or any type of trousers that shows your body shape. If you dont have a proper clothing, you have to purchase a cover at the enterence
It was great fun to walk the basic course of Istanbul with Dilek. She was very cheerful and kind. In addition, she seemed to be friends with many guides in the city, so I was able to walk very efficiently while obtaining the latest information on congestion and other things from them.
Hi Hiroshi Thank you very much for your positive review. It is a big motivation for me to see you were satisfied with my tour. Thank you very much for your interest in my country and for your visit.