Istanbul: Private Customized Tour

Explore the city with a private guide. Choose from a wide range of sites and enjoy a unique, personalized experience.

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Duration 4.0 hour - 7.0 hour

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Live tour guide

English,French,German,Italian,Spanish,Portuguese

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Details on this Activity

Itinerary

With one arm reaching out to Asia and the other to Europe, Istanbul is a cultural and historical gem that offers a wide range of possibilities. Unravel the city's mysteries while listening to your private guide's fascinating anecdotes about the city's past, as well as the history of the sites and monuments you chose to discover. Enjoy the opportunity to choose from a wide range of sites to visit and create a personalized one, two, or three-day tour with the help of your guide. Need some inspiration? Here's some suggestions for full day (7 Hours); Option 1 - Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and Gran Bazar Option 2 - Bosphorus trip, Dolmabahce Palace, RustemPasha Mosque, Spice market Option 3 - Europe (Galata Tower, Pierre Lotie Hill) and Asia (Çamlıca Mosque, Çamlıca Hill, Üsküdar Local Bazaar, Foto stop in front of the Maiden Tower) Option 3 can be realized by vehicle so we will be arranging a private vehicle with its extra cost. NB: This service is not functional with any kind of Epass or Touristpass

Highlights

Discover Istanbul with a private guide
Visit the sites you chose to discover
Customize your experience according to your schedule and interests

Includes

Private guide Pre-reserved entrance tickets (ticket cost must be paid to guide as extra)

Reviews from other travelers

GetYourGuide traveler - United Kingdom

5 /5

(Written on 2024-10-22)

We covered everything we wanted to see. It was great to have a guide for the historical places.

GetYourGuide traveler - France

4 /5

(Written on 2024-07-28)

We are very satisfied with our guide Muharrem, he was of exemplary professionalism. His knowledge and general culture are amazing. Muharrem is self-taught, extremely friendly, speaks several languages (Read More), he is eager to learn every day, and loves to pass on his knowledge with passion. He is punctual and flexible, showed us several places in Istanbul and recommended a good local restaurant with excellent value for money. However, the price remains very high 245 euros per day (excluding food, excluding entry ticket prices, excluding transport prices) for 2 adults and 3 children is huge especially since the average salary in Turkey varies between 400 and 500 €. The agency takes a large part of the sum. If you have the means and need a guide who speaks perfect French and many other languages Italian, Spanish and English I highly recommend Muharrem he is adorable and perfectly masters his job.

Bruce - United States

5 /5

(Written on 2024-10-29)

The primary advantage of these types of tours is that you can work with your tour guide to customize your experience. Our tour guide, Servet, was simply spectacular. At his suggestion, we stopped firs (Read More)t at Hagia Sophia then the Blue Mosque and then Topkapi Palace. All of these were extremely interesting stops, and I felt sorry for all of the tourists that were visiting without the help of Servet. After 6 1/2 hours, our guide said we could see more things, but frankly by then we were very tired. We were back in the hotel about seven or so hours after starting. It was a great visit.

Benoit - France

5 /5

(Written on 2024-08-28)

The expensive guide services + tours of Istanbul represent a certain budget. To consider if you want to visit the 4-5 major sites of the historic center in 1 day. An incredible time saving thanks to o (Read More)ur guide Ihsan MEHMET who easily adapted to our wishes while maintaining our cultural, culinary, visual interest etc etc ... I recommend

GetYourGuide traveler - France

1 /5

(Written on 2024-08-25)

The driver preferred to make an appointment at the place of visit instead of coming to the hotel. Result: almost half an hour to find him. Visit of Topkapi very suitable. The big problem started when (Read More)we decided to have lunch in a famous restaurant where we had reserved. He did everything to dissuade us and take us to another restaurant that he had chosen. He reacted very badly when we refused. He even tried to tell us that our restaurant was closed. We then offered to take a break of 1h15 and to meet after lunch. Afterwards, he started walking very quickly without waiting for us and explaining nothing to us until we asked him questions. In short, very bad experience

GetYourGuide traveler - Italy

5 /5

(Written on 2024-07-16)

persona molto preparata e gradevole, ottima esperienza

Berthold - France

5 /5

(Written on 2024-10-22)

Our guide, Cem, was super exciting. He has an impressive knowledge of the city, its history, all the places. He made the visit as much fun as it was informative. We almost felt like we were visiting w (Read More)ith an old friend, who could have participated in Question for a Champion, and who wanted to show us his city. The price is really very honorable, even more so if we compare it to the entrance fee of the Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia (but that's the game of tourism). To recommend without hesitation to discover and immerse yourself in this city so rich in history.

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