Topkapı Palace & Hagia Sophia & Blue Mosque. Small Group Guided Tour
- Visit Topkapı Palace & Harem, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazar, Old City and Hagia Irene Church
- Visit where the sultans lived at the Topkapı Palace with skip the line ticket
- Explore Byzantian and Ottoman heritage in historical sites of Istanbul Old City
- See the splendor and charm of Islamic architecture in the Blue Mosque
- Find out how the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque has switched roles over the years with skip the line ticket
- Discover the secrets of Constantinople's first church at the Hagia Irene Church
- Look for a bargain as you pass by hundreds of stalls in the Grand Covered Bazaar
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What to expect
Discover Istanbul’s rich heritage by exploring the Blue Mosque, famed for its 20,000 blue Iznik ceramic tiles, and the iconic Hagia Sophia, a 6th-century masterpiece originally built as a Greek Orthodox Church. Enjoy a shopping stop for unique gifts before heading to the Grand Bazaar, one of the world’s oldest and largest markets. Step inside Topkapı Palace with the Harem to view sacred Islamic relics of Prophet Mohammed, opulent imperial treasures, and the harem quarters once home to the sultan’s family. Visit the historic Church of Hagia Irene, the first church built in Constantinople, offering insight into the city’s early Christian past. This journey combines Istanbul’s architectural marvels, cultural treasures, and centuries of history in one unforgettable exploration
Reviews
Enjoyed the visits. attractions are pricey but worth the visits esp for first timers to Istanbul. be prepared for a lot of walking and queuing. the heat was really hot. a mini portable fan would come in handy.
the tour guide was knowledgeable and ensured that you get to benefit from the tour. but it’s a walking tour which includes no transfer. you don’t enter hagia sofia either. misleading title of the tour.
Quite uncomfortable experience with the local tour guide. After paying entrance fees in cash, he already started asking about his tip. Didn't manage to visit Blue Mosque due to the crowd and half the time, the tour guide brought us to his friends' shops (carpets, jewelery, tea, leather) to buy things. Wasting time instead of actually visiting historical monuments. The worse was the tour guide brought us to random lunch spot with no signboard and the owner tried to charge us 3000 lira ($120) for simple tomato and cucumber salad, kebab and rice and 3 tea. The guide also initially wanted us to pay for his steak lunch. The only good part is that we skipped the line for Basilica Cistern, Palace, and Hagia Irene.
This was the worst tour I've ever been on. The bus only picks up and drops off at the hotel, and the whole tour is on foot. We paid the entrance fee separately. We were taken to a carpet shop where the owner spoke fluent Japanese, and we were locked in a separate room. The guide was gone, and we repeatedly said we had no intention of buying anything, but he tried to sell us carpets worth hundreds of thousands of yen, saying that it was for the purpose of letting us know about Turkish carpet technology, and we didn't return them until we bought them, so we said that we came to sightsee and that it was a waste of time, and asked him to call the guide. We waited about 30 minutes and the guide returned. It seemed that the tour of the Grand Bazaar had already finished, and we were told that the other people were having lunch, so we toured the Grand Bazaar by ourselves during the rest of the lunch break.
I have done 20 tours on Klook so far. Had the worst experience so far. The guide was decent but the tour was not at the standards and way too expensive for a 3 hour walking tour. As per the guide you need to buy tickets for all attractions(additional $70 around). only then he would take to those places. would not recommend this tour to anyone at all. At this price there is usually pickup and drop in vehicles, entrance tickets, lunch etc. This was absolutely no value to money
When I buy this I wasn't aware of walking. Didn't mention there. Seems we will be pick up by car.
Our timing was wrong as we went during Ramadan and hence it did not work out and long Que everywhere and took us about 3 hours to get back due to traffic
it is a walking tour! not recommended. guide didnt care about me and my friend.
Good to know
- Please dress appropriately when entering sacred sites. Participants are advised to wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt. Please bring a scarf to cover head.
- Hagia Sophia entrance ticket costs €25 and Topkapı Palace & Harem entrance ticket costs: 2750 Turkish Lira and must be paid in cash.
- Even though you'll skip the ticket lines,the security checks at the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque are mandatory and cannot be bypassed.
- The Grand Bazaar is closed on religious holidays and Sundays.
- The tour is walking tour
- The Grand Bazaar portion of the tour will be self-guided
- Pick up service are only available from hotels in the following areas: Sisli, Osmanbey, Harbiye, Taksim, Findikli, Karakoy, Tepebasi, Sirkeci, Sultanahmet, Kadirga, Beyazit, Laleli, Aksaray, Yenikapi, Findikzade, Topkapi. For each hotel there is a fixed pick-up time, before the tour starts time
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