Istanbul Tour Classics You Can’t Miss

Meet your private tour guide in your hotel or cruise port and start Istanbul Classics Tour with highlights of city.

Highlights of Topkapi Palace Museum: More than just an Imperial Residence of Ottoman Sultans, it was seat of Supreme Executive and Judiciary Council for almost 400 years long.

Topkapi Palace is a great monument of Oriental architecture which houses exhibits of art, calligraphy, jewels, plates, costumes, the Ottoman Empire Treasury, and Holy Relics of prophet Muhammad.

Byzantine Hippodrome / Sultanahmet Square: Here is the square where chariot races were held in Roman Empire times, Egyptian Column from Byzantine Empire time. Today German Fountain is cornerstone of square.

Hagia Sophia: Here, ancient cultures of East and West speak to you with a clear voice. Great blend of Christian and Islamic influence with beautiful interior mosaics, impressive and significant history. Built in 6th century by Emperor Justinian, played a very important role in Christian and Islamic World.

After Ottoman Empire’s conquest, the bells, altar and vessels were removed. Many mosaics were plastered over to convert the church into mosque, then museum in 1934. In July 2020 it is converted into a mosque again and one of the best sites in every daily Istanbul tours.

Blue Mosque: Built in the early 1600s for Sultan Ahmet I, Blue Mosque is truly a magnificent masterpiece of architecture with amazingly delicate proportions for a building of such massive scale. The blue shade of 27.000 pieces Iznik quart tiles gives mosque a popular name and 6 towering minarets give its unique structure.

Grand Bazaar: It is the largest and oldest covered market of world with over 4,000 shops. It was constructed in 15th century and became the commercial hub of trade between Asia & Europe.

Curiosity will be most charming effect taking you to get lost in streets of bazaar in your Istanbul tour.

After completing your private Istanbul tour here, your private guide will accompany you on the way back to your hotel or port.

This is the end of our service. We sincerely hope to welcome you as our guest again!

• Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays.
• Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays so will be replaced with Spice Market if your Istanbul tour is on that day.
• Children aged 7 and under are free of charge. Please make sure that you have passport copies of children as we have to verify their ages at museums for free tickets.
• If one of the mosques are not visited, Basilica Cistern will be visited as a replacement.
• On Fridays, Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque entrance will be restricted between 12:30pm - 14:30pm during Friday praying 

Annual Closing Dates of museums and bazaars in Istanbul are;

• January 1-New Year
• June 6, 7, 8 and 9, 2025  – Eid Celebrations (Eid AL Adha 2025)
• March 19, 20, 21, 2026  – Ramadan Celebrations (Eid Al Fitr 2026)