Istanbul Highlights Small-Group Walking Guided Tour
Overview
About
Explore the vibrant city of Istanbul with a small-group walking tour. Led by a knowledgeable guide, you'll discover the city's most iconic landmarks, hidden gems, and rich history. This guided tour is the perfect way to experience the best of Istanbul.
What you'll do
Meeting and pickup
What is included?
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
What is not included?
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum age is 4 years
- Children 18 years and under must be accompanied by an adult
- Guests must call 24 hours in advance for pick up times
- Blue Mosque ang Hagia Sophia are open to visit after 14:30 on fridays due to prayer times
- Travelers should have a strong physical fitness level
- Not recommended for participants with walking difficulties
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
Meet your host
Itinerary
Istanbul Private Sightseeing Tours Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do
Explore the full itinerary for Istanbul Highlights Small-Group Walking Guided Tour in Istanbul, Turkey. This private sightseeing tours experience includes 10 stops over 1 day. Duration: 8 hours. Activity level: Light.
Here is the starting point
Hippodrome
Continue through Istanbul Hippodrome, seeing the granite Egyptian obelisk that was gifted to the city, and hear how the site once represented the hub of the city’s sporting and political life. After stopping for photos.
Blue Mosque
Head to the Blue Mosque to marvel at its six minarets and the thousands of Iznik tiles that cascade a sea of blue over the building’s interior. One of the finest examples of classical Ottoman architecture, the mosque was built at the bequest of Sultan Ahmet I who demanded a mosque to rival the grandeur of the Hagia Sophia.
Topkapı Palace
Like Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace now exists as one of Istanbul’s premier museums, home to a collection of ornamentation that once belonged to the city’s 15th-century sultans and harems.
Basilica Cistern
Might be replaced with Museum of Great Palace Mosaics. Visit Basilica Cistern — Istanbul’s ‘sunken palace’ — a site that famously featured in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love. The site is one of the largest of the city's ancient cisterns that lie beneath the ground.
Grand Bazaar
Grand Bazaar, one of the world’s most famous souks. Comprising nearly 60 streets and thousands more shops, the bazaar can be overwhelming. Let your guide introduce you to its colorful (if chaotic) highlights, and shop for jewelry, leather, pottery, spices and more.
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
Optional visit to Hagia Sophia - Entrance fee is on guests own expense
Obelisk of Theodosius
In between Ibrahim Pasha palace and Blue Mosque 35 hundred years old of an masterpecie and its dept history will be given by your guide.
German Fountain
In hippodrome square built in late Ottoman period send by German king Whilliam the 2nd.
Hagia Irene Museum
6th century church of holly peice
Divanyolu Street
Ceremonial Street of Ottoman empire
This concludes the tour.
