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From the classic Full-Day Highlights Tour with Guide and Lunch and Best Of Istanbul 1, 2 or 3-Day Private City Guided Tour, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.
★ 4.6 · 1,754 reviews
Cover Istanbul's greatest sights in a single day on this guided highlights tour. Walk the Hippodrome and Blue Mosque, enjoy a restaurant lunch, and finish among the stalls of the Grand Bazaar.
★ 4.6 · 649 reviews
Explore Istanbul your way with a private guide on the Best Of Istanbul tour. Choose one to three days, then follow a route through Sultanahmet, the bazaars, the Bosphorus and neighbourhoods like Fener and Balat.
★ 4.9 · 1,350 reviews
Set off on the Guided Food Tour with 20+ Tastings on 2 Continents for a full day of eating across the Bosphorus. Follow your guide from Sirkeci's breakfast tables to Kadıköy's markets and Moda's sweet shops.
★ 4.9 · 872 reviews
Discover the Guided Food Tour with Ferry Ride and Tastings, a morning of eating across Europe and Asia. Sample simit, stuffed mussels and İskender kebab, then finish with desserts and traditionally brewed coffee.
★ 4.9 · 563 reviews
Join the Evening Food Tour with Ferry to Kadıköy for a taste of Istanbul's Asian side after dark. Ride the ferry, graze through markets and cafés with a local guide, and finish with dessert back in Europe.
★ 4.8 · 487 reviews
Go beyond the main aisles on this Grand Bazaar walking tour. Follow your guide through artisan workshops and hidden passages, then climb to rooftops for views over the bazaar.
★ 4.9 · 576 reviews
Cross to the Gallipoli Peninsula on this early-start day tour from Istanbul. Walk ANZAC Cove, Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair with a guide who explains the campaign where it unfolded.
★ 4.1 · 1,782 reviews
Escape the city on a full-day boat trip to the Princes' Islands. Sail across the Marmara Sea to Büyükada and a second island, then wander past timber mansions at your own pace.
★ 4.5 · 3,549 reviews
Cross the Sea of Marmara by boat to Büyükada and spend the day on the Princes' Islands. Roam its streets, swim in summer and return to Istanbul in the evening.
★ 4.9 · 1,548 reviews
Discover the Turkish Coffee Making and Fortune Telling Workshop, a relaxed way to get inside one of Istanbul's best-loved rituals. You'll brew your own cezve of coffee, sip it with lokum, then try reading the patterns in your cup.
★ 4.2 · 965 reviews
Make your own day trip to Büyükada on the Princes' Islands. Take the ferry from Eminönü, wander the historic mansions and climb to a viewpoint.
★ 4.7 · 2,358 reviews
Combine three Sultanahmet highlights in one guided morning. Tour the Blue Mosque and the underground Basilica Cistern with your guide, then enter Hagia Sophia on your own with tickets and audio.
★ 4.8 · 3,720 reviews
Walk Sultanahmet with a licensed guide who connects Byzantine and Ottoman stories. Admire the Blue Mosque's tilework, cross the Hippodrome, then enter Hagia Sophia with reserved admission and headsets.
★ 4.4 · 2,123 reviews
Meet a licensed guide opposite the Blue Mosque and enter with context in hand. You will study the Iznik tilework and Ottoman design, then stay inside afterwards to take it in at your own pace.
★ 4.8 · 1,994 reviews
See Topkapi Palace and the Harem with a guide who knows the sultans' stories. You'll pass through courtyards and kitchens, study Iznik tilework and finish on terraces above the Golden Horn.
★ 4.0 · 679 reviews
Hear the story of the sultans from a licensed historian inside Topkapi Palace. You'll cover the courtyards, treasury and Harem with headsets, then stay on to wander independently.
★ 4.5 · 572 reviews
See Istanbul's imperial landmarks in a single day with your own licensed guide. Move from Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque to Topkapi and the Grand Bazaar.
★ 4.1 · 1,128 reviews
Get around Istanbul on a double-decker bus with the Hop-On Hop-Off and Bosphorus combo. Hop off at Sultanahmet, Galataport, Dolmabahçe or Taksim, and add a Bosphorus cruise if your package includes it.
★ 5.0 · 4,544 reviews
Make your own perfume in a short, hands-on class with a Bosphorus view. Smell the essences, balance your blend and leave with a 50 ml bottle.
★ 4.3 · 2,257 reviews
Leave Istanbul behind for a day in Bursa and on Uludağ mountain. You'll visit Ottoman tombs, the Green Mosque and the Green Tomb, then spend free time in the mountains before descending, optionally by cable car.
★ 4.9 · 3,744 reviews
Design a lamp of your own at this Original Mosaic Lamp Workshop. You'll pick from over 45 glass colours, arrange them on a template, enjoy tea and cookies while it dries, then take the lamp home.
★ 4.9 · 1,579 reviews
Create a signature scent in a charming old wooden mansion in Istanbul. Mix top, heart and base notes with an instructor and take home your named perfume.
★ 4.1 · 1,294 reviews
Swap the city for lakes and mountains on a day trip east of Istanbul. Relax by Sapanca Lake, enjoy a riverside lunch and head up to Maşukiye's viewpoints.
★ 4.9 · 2,669 reviews
Create a souvenir with your own hands at the Mosaic Lamp Workshop in a 400-year-old Ottoman inn. You'll arrange glass pieces into your own design, sip tea while it dries, and leave with a finished lamp.
★ 4.9 · 2,080 reviews
Wander the colourful streets of Fener and Balat on this guided half-day walk. You'll pass timber houses and old schools, enter the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Bulgarian Iron Church, and hear the stories of each community.
Istanbul · 🧭 Tours
Full-Day Highlights Tour with Guide and Lunch
8h
Best Of Istanbul 1, 2 or 3-Day Private City Guided Tour
Istanbul · 🍽️ Food
Guided Food Tour with 20+ Tastings on 2 Continents
5h30
Guided Food Tour with Ferry Ride and Tastings
4h
Evening Food Tour with Ferry to Kadıköy
3h30
Istanbul Grand Bazaar: From Rooftops to the Secret Passages
2h30
Gallipoli Full-Day Tour from Istanbul
10h
Full-Day Princes Island Tour with Lunch
9h
Princes Islands Tour with Hotel Transfer & Lunch
Turkish Coffee Making and Fortune Telling Workshop
1h15
Round-Trip Ferry Tickets to the Princes' Islands
6h
Istanbul · 🏛️ Landmark
Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, & Basilica Cistern Tour
Blue Mosque & Hagia Sophia Guided Tour with Tickets
3h
Blue Mosque Guided Tour
1h
Topkapi Palace and Harem Guided Tour with Ticket
Topkapi Palace & Harem Guided Tour with Historian
2h
Private City Highlights Guided Tour
Istanbul Combo: Hop-On Hop-off Bus Tour & Bosphorus Cruise
Perfume Making Workshop with Bosphorus View
1h30
Bursa Uludag Tour with Lunch & Cable Car
Original Mosaic Lamp Workshop
Perfume Workshop at Old Wooden Mansion, 90+ Oils
Sapanca and Masukiye Day Trip with Lunch
Mosaic Lamp Workshop in 400 Year Old Ottoman Inn
Fener Balat Half-day Guided Walking Tour
