Istanbul Old City Tour
From Sultanahmet to the Grand Bazaar, explore Istanbul's historic peninsula at your own pace in a private car with driver. You'll be picked up from your hotel and dropped back at your door at the end of the day.
Tour itinerary
Sultanahmet Square and the Hippodrome
About 30 minA stroll around the Byzantine Hippodrome, home to the Obelisk, the Serpentine Column and the German Fountain.
Hagia Sophia
About 60 minThe dome and mosaics of a building some 1,500 years old. Hagia Sophia serves as a mosque today, so visiting arrangements vary with prayer times.
Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque)
About 40 minA 17th-century mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque for the tiles that line its interior.
Basilica Cistern
About 40 minAn underground cistern from the Byzantine era, with its Medusa-head columns.
Topkapı Palace
About 120 minHome to the Ottoman sultans for nearly four centuries: the courtyards, the Harem and the Treasury. Closed on Tuesdays.
Grand Bazaar
About 60 minShopping and a tea break in one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world, followed by the drive back to your hotel.
Included
- Private vehicle with driver (Mercedes Vito, Vito VIP or Sprinter)
- Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel or address
- Fuel
- Flexibility to shape the itinerary at your own pace
Not included
- Entrance fees for museums, palaces and archaeological sites
- Food and drinks
- Guiding services (arranged separately on request)
- Parking and bridge/motorway tolls (charged separately as per receipt)
Good to know
- Meeting point
- Pick-up from your hotel or address in Istanbul
- Group size
- 1–16 people