Blue Mosque & Hagia Sophia & Grand Bazaar

4.5 Hour

Duration

Istanbul

Location

Duration of the tour: Approximately 4.5 hours.
Departing from: Port of Istanbul
Service level: Private Tour

Departure/Return Location

Istanbul / Istanbul

Service Level

Private Tour

Tour Included

Pick up and drop off at port of Istanbul

Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, luxury, non-smoking, private vehicle

Private proffesional tour guide with official licence

Enterence fees to the sites which are indicated in the tour programs

Tour Not Included

Lunch is not included if it is not indicated in the tour program that you selected. But according to your demand, you may ask your guide to add lunch according to your timing.

If the lunch is included in the tour program that you selected, the drinks during the lunch will be extra.

In Turkey after having a service leaving some tips is a custom like the other countries. Any tips to your guide and your driver is not included.

Tips to staff.

After your cruise docked to Istanbul port, on your meeting time, your guide will be waiting you in the arrival guest terminal with a sign that your booking name indicated. After he/she welcomes you and after getting on your luxury private van, your unforgetable day in Turkey stop starts.

After having approximately 15 minutes drive(according to the traffic jam depends), you reach to the historical peninsula Sultan Ahmet Square most of the important relics located such as; Hippodrome of Constantinapole,Hagia Sophia,Underground Cistern,Topkapı Palace,Blue Mosque,Grand Bazaar…

In this tour, the sites where you are going to be guided are kindly indicated below ;
Blue Mosque (Called Sultanahmet Camii in Turkish); The name “Blue” actually comes from the exquisite tiles that are over than 20,000 located inside the mosque. The areas above the tiles and the inside of the domes are decorated with paintwork. This imperial mosque is an example of classical Turkish architecture, and it is the only mosque that was originally built with six minarets. The architect was a student of Sinan, the greatest architect of classical Turkish architecture. He applied a plan used previously by his master, but on a larger scale. It started to be built in 1609 and was finished in 1616 during the rule of Sultan Ahmed I and with a very good condition still an active mosque by the prayers.

Hagia Sophia ; Hagia Sophia is the one of the most visited museums in the world in terms of art and the history of architecture that inspires you very much even when you just look from outside. This mystrerious place used to be a church built by emperor Justinian then converted into a mosque and today as a museum attracts a lot of attention by all the visitors..Did you know that Hagia Sophia also mentions in the novel of Dan Brown called Inferno?

You are going to have a bit taste of both the Christian and Islamic effects at this impressive atmosphere…

Grand Bazaar ; Time for shopping for a while in one of the best shopping malls ever ! The world famous covered bazaar “The Grand Bazaar” (Kapalıçarsı) is, owing to its architecture, history, location, and sheer variety of merchandise, one of İstanbul’s most significant tourist sites. The Bazaar has eight different entrances, each of them facing one of the city’s most important historic monuments and there are more than 5000 shops located whether it be jewelers,antiques,carpets,copper or leather goods..

After you finish your visits in your program, the same way you drive back to port of Istanbul. Ending our services as saying goodbye to our guests with unforgetable memories and with the wishes to welcome them back again…

During your visits in the sites highly recommanded to wear comfortable shoes because there going to be cobblestone and slippery surfaces, inclines and sometimes steps.
If you prefer another Language speaking guide please let us know awhile you make your reservation.
Sultanahmet area is historical area. It is closed to traffic becasue of that mostly all attractions are in walking distance so at the tour a moderate amount of walking is involved
Some historical places, museums are closed on spesific days could be replaced with some others such as.

Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays so can be replaced with the Archeological Museum.

Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays can be replaced with the Spice Market.

Blue Mosque closed on Friday Mornings because of Friday Pray so the visit to the mosque can be in the afternoon.

During the tours having a hat and putting your sunscreens on highly recommended to avoid the problems in the hot temperatures.
Unless it is not indicated in your itinerary, The Treasury and Harem sections are not included in the programs and are due to extra entrance fees.
According to your request, we can skip some of the sights from the program.
According to the crowds on the busy days, your experienced tour guide could change the rotation of the places to visit in your program to organise a much easier day for your comfort.
Local currency is Turkish Liras(TL) but around the places where you visit, generally they do accept euros and dollars.
0-6 ages of children are free of charge as long as you bring the copies of their passports to show the officials at the enterances of each site.
If there is a mosque visit in your program, you should bring a scarf to wear before you enter.