Small Group Tour - Full Day Istanbul City Tour

The tour was perfect and our guide Akif was supportive, full of knowledge and patient. It was a very pleasant tour with very beautiful places

Tour guide was disappointed that she had only one person in the morning. She spent a lot of time smoking while I have "free time" to take photos.

Arrangements were spot on. We were picked up from the pre-agreed location and dropped off with the tour leader near the Blue Mosque. There was a lot of walking involved. But the tour leader did not rush us. He was very knowledgeable. All in all n good tour if you like history. Recommended.

The tour was really nice. We went to the blue mosque , ayasophia , topkapai , and grand bazar. Lunch was included in the tour fees . the tour guy Bulut speaks english and Spanish. We really enjoyed it. Bulut explained everything that we wanted to know . The group was also nice which have multi nationalities .

Very informative tour guide and well organized tour . Even the lunch was pretty decent . We had some issues in electronic tickets at some counter , however the tour guide has managed it well eventhough it took 1 hour due to the quee . In short i will defenity recomment this company to all .

Amazing city, atmosphere, and if you are first time , just must take the tour from one or other agency.. alone will spend more time and see less especialy if have only 4-3 days.

You get to see everything in one day! highly recommended, out tour guide was very good and he explained everything of each place we visited

Very nice and interesting to visit objectives. too expensive for getting almost a walking tour between objectives.

Considering its a complete on foot tour, it can become daunting for tourists who are not used to walking 12000 steps in a day. Half day tours are recommended for tourist who want to walk about 5 to 6000 steps..otherwise very informative and a must visit.

Well the trip was definitely well organised. From arriving at my hotel just before 8:30 am to pick me up, to dropping me home, to our guide Bulut being very knowledgeable and full of facts and made the trip very pleasant, as I was a solo backpacker who had just arrived the night before. Brought us to beautiful places, both to see and for having lunch. Would definitely recommend this and will definitely do tours with them again.

For everyone that are looking for a city full of a amazing things to see and to do - Istanbul is a place "to be". We had 2 tours and one amezing tour guid named Bulut Alinmis - he had time for our questions, showed us everything and gave us tips what to do after tours - big Thank You !! Realy looking forward to visit Istanbul again and to see it all at least one more time. :-) :-D :-) :-D

<p>I booked this whole day tour last week to have a guided one in Istanbul. Topeka museum is closed during Tuesdays and so we were brought to some old churches in the afternoon. The Chora Church, Bulgarian metal church of St Stephen, Chirch st George that belonged to the Orthodox and another church of the blessed Virgin Mary . The tour guides for both morning and afternoon trips are very learned.</p>

The tour was well-organized, well-executed. The correspondence with the tour reservations director was fast. Like the title said, excellent and professional service. I really do recommend this tour service to everyone, and will be using it again in years to come.

<p>Great tour with an excellent guide Umut. Learnt a lot about the city, the culture and the history. Rain played spoil sport and hence could not cover the Hippodrome. The organisers can include umbrellas on rainy days. </p> <p>Umut was friendly, humourous and wise and spoke good English and Spanish. If possible, tours could be separated to only one of the languages without Umut multitasking. </p> <p>Though lunch wasn't great, it wasnt bad either.</p>

<p>Wonderful. Saw most important sites very efficiently. Guide well informed and very pleasant. Info delivery by guide exceptional.</p>

<p>The long walks was well worth it and you get to have enough time to enjoy each place at your own pace.</p>

<p>We were very lucky to have the same tour guide for this tour, once again his knowledge about Istanbul was outstanding, we learned a lot and we are making plans to return to Turkey again.</p>

<p>enjoyed istanbul's major sights. knowledgeable guide Ike. will recommend to friends.</p>

<p>This was a good tour to some interesting and famous attractions, but it was not the tour we had booked and paid for. The tour we booked included an afternoon at the Topkapi Palace, and this was confirmed in the tour information we received from Viator. However, we discovered on the day, that the Palace is not open on a Tuesday, and we would like to know how Viator allowed us to book this tour on a Tuesday. We would appreciate your comments on this, as we feel that we paid for something we did not get.<br/> Secondly, although our Plan Tours guide was very knowledgeable, his English was not clear enough for a number of members of our tour group.<br/> Finally, the post tour drop off took over two hours and included what seemed a lengthy diversion to somewhere in Beyoglu to drop off the tour guide before eventually returning to Sultanahmet. Surely the tour guide should have been the last person to be dropped off.<br/> For these reasons, we cannot rate the tour more highly.</p>

<p>Very good tour. Guide was very knowledgeable. Food was also quite good with vegetarian options. I would recommend this very much.</p>

<p>excellent choice of sites to visit. Knowledgeable and polite tour guides. Tour was too hurried</p>

<p>We were picked up promptly at our hotel. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and we enjoyed the tour very much because of his expertise. Our lunch was delightful. It was a great tour and I would recommend it to all.<br/> Ginny Mangum</p>

<p>Sadat the tour guide makes this an unforgettable experience. Definitely a tour to book when going to Istanbul.</p>

<p>This is a must do in Istanbul and our guide made it all come alive!!! Loved it in spite of the pouring rain! Lunch was ok.</p>

<p>Were a little disappointed as we were looking forward to visiting the Topkapi palace which is shut on a Monday but this was not advised when we booked.The other sights were worth the visit and the guide had great local knowledge</p>

<p>good services and good shows and beautiful servies :D :D :D good dance also .</p>

<p>Tour guide was very knowledgeable, and kept us on a reasonable schedule. Often walked a little fast for the mix of the group. Did a good. Could have dropped off the last church and added the Cistern for a more balanced tour.</p>

<p>The tour was just OK. The palace tour was cancelled coz was closed and ended up seeing more old orthodox churches. We felt the tour should have been more varied and not just seeing old site of Istanbul etc etc. also, there was a big complaint since it was hot and the AC was not working. But the driver and guide insisted the AC was OK leading to a few arguments. The lunch was below average. We were also combined with Spanish speakers so that translations took a while. The lines into the mosque etc were quite long and standing in the very hot sun for long periods was not fun. I would rather have paid more and done a 'skip the line' tour.</p>

<p>Terrible waste of of time and money - disappointing in nearly every possible way. Disorganized, poorly run so that we spent far more time shuffling around on buses than actually seeing sites. Guide provided minimal information about the sights.</p> <p>If you have the misfortune of ending up on this tour, be sure to eat a huge breakfast or bring your own lunch because the lunch provided was an embarrassment - by far the worst meal of my 10 day holiday.</p>

<p>Sites were fab, however slightly disappointed with guide, spoke most of the time in German.<br/> Meal was very poor</p>

<p>Despite a misty, chilly and eventually windy day, the tour took in the main sites if interest in the Sultanahmet. We saw The Blue Mosque - peaceful, impressive architecture; Hagia Sophia - impressive in stature, but looking a bit worn out and much restorative work with scaffolding and no-go areas included; the Hippodrome - really just nice walk with a couple of obelisks and again an under-scaffold bell/or well tower thingy. Lunch was OK - a bit tourist-fodder with some eclectic foods on the same plate. After lunch we visited some mausoleums at the back of the Hagia Sophia - peaceful area, then onto Topkapi palace, again imporessive, although the mist prevented us from admiring the view across the Bosphorus and the Sea of Mamaris.<br/> To be quite honest, we could have done it all without a guide - the attractions are all in the same area, so the bus was completely unnecessary. In fact, we walked back to our hotel, via the Basilica Cistern which wasn't included on the tour (but should be). However, our guide was good and we don't begrudge paying out on our first trip to Istanbul.</p>

<p>great toiur ..we really enjoyed though it was freezing cold . will come another time in a better weather. but the tour was very informative and the guide was very knowledgeable . would recommend this !</p>

<p>Very confusion! The drive pick up me to in hotel and take me for a place that I need change the bus. I changed the bus three times and waitting so much for the tour begin. The drivers are not polite and order you to change the bus! I leaving the tour because I don't like !</p>

<p>Excellent tour, would like to have had little more time in the bazaar area.</p>

<p>Great tour. Very informative guide and very well paced. Prepare for plenty of walking, although thankfully the main attractions are quite close together. Highly recommended.</p>

Akif is a very friendly guide and explains everything very well; the tour is calm and very interesting.

Good day exploring Istanbul with the guide Akif

The city is pretty because there are many monuments and mosques, cultural richness, be careful in the souks it is thieves, the Turks are racist as ever and not open to tourists... pity because beautiful country to visit.

We chose this activity because we had little time in Istanbul We were able to get an idea of the emblematic sites but the tours were a bit quick with guides juggling several languages (we were in an Italian / French group ) that said the guides were competent but overbooked For people with more time can choose another type of activities for more in-depth

l'heure du rendez-vous pas respectée. Mais le plus désagréable c 'est la visite "forcée" de magasins entraînant une grande perte de temps. Au lieu de 8h affichées comme temps de visite, une demi journée aurait suffi. Bravo au guide Brout qui prend le temps d'expliquer en 3 langues: anglais, français et espagnol

only being winter and the tours are the same as in summer we had to get up at 6 in the morning otherwise I find very little time to visit the great bazaar only 1 h and a half could have taken time from petra or another place to give more time in stanbul the meals very bad every day chicken and breakfast two boiled eggs the rest could not eat or did not like most would have to put international food also the price goes much more expensive than they offer since they charge the drinks and the midday meals are not included the price with safe meals and suitcases goes for 1200 € per person not for 388 as advertised

Born of the Bosphorus, the city of a thousand wonders. You could spend a lifetime wandering its streets and you wouldn't fail to find unexplored corners. Unique landscapes in the world, escape the everyday and go around the fascinating. Five hundred years of history coexist among its neighborhoods that you have to visit. I had one of the best experiences of my life with the guide Bulut Alinmiş, I could calmly speak in my native language, as the guide speaks Spanish, English and French. In addition, Plan Tours company gave us the Airport Shuttle Service and the different excursions.

<p>Alles in allem zufriedenstellend. Leider hatte es in Istanbul geschneit, sodass wir die Sehenswürdigkeiten und das Rundum nur durch Schneematsch, mehr rutschend und in sehr großen, eisbedeckten Pfützen erreichten. Was natürlich auch mit den dadurch verkehrsbedingten Behinderungen kein Genuss war. <br/> Der Reiseführer war OK, GUTES DEUTSCH, aber so schnell, dass man nicht alles verstand. Musste deshalb öfter nachfragen. Werden uns Istanbul nochmal in einer wärmeren Jahreszeit ansehen.</p>

<p>Obwohl wir die einzigen deutschsprachigen Gäste waren, hat sich der Guide exklusiv um uns gekümmert.</p>

<p>Sehr pünktlich und gut organisiert. Einzig ein kleiner Hinweis: Es wäre -wenn möglich- besser,<br/> den Besuch des Topkapi Palastes gleich morgens durchzuführen, wenn noch nicht alles so sehr <br/> überlaufen ist. Man hätte dann bessere Chancen, eine der interessanten Ausstellungen zu sehen.<br/> Sonst alles top !</p>

<p>Abholung am Hotel war pünktlich.<br/> Eine sehr gute Tour. Diese würde ich sofort wieder buchen im Gegensatz zu der 8h Bosporus-Tour mit Schifffahrt.<br/> Wir hatten einen sehr guten Führer und obwohl unsere Gruppe großteils englischsprachig war, hat er sich für uns Zeit genommen wir waren nur zu zweit!.<br/> Leider mussten wir ein Teppichgeschäft besuchen! Diese 30min. wäre ich persönlich gerne am Großen Bazar herumgeschlendert. So blieben für den Großen Bazar nur 20 effektive Minuten.<br/> Danach ging's ab zum Mittagessen.<br/> Am Nachmittag hatten wir überhaupt das Glück den Führer für uns alleine zu haben. Er hat uns alles sehr gut erklärt und konnte Fragen stets beantworten. Wir waren sehr zufrieden. Er verdient dringend ein Lob unsererseits -<br/> Wie gesagt, diese Tour zahlt sich aus.<br/> Bei der anderen würde ich persönlich nun den Dolmabahce-Palast auf eigene Faust erkunden, da hat man mehr davon.</p>

<p>Die Stadtrundfahrt durch Istanbul hat voll unseren Erwartungen entsprochen. Die Abholung von unserem in der Altstadt gelegenen Hotel erfolgte pünktlich. Wir hatten die German Tour gebucht, so dass wir an der Sammelstelle dem deutschen Bus zugeordnet wurden. Der Guide war sehr freundlich und kompetent, man konnte gut Fragen stellen. Das Mittagessen war ebenfalls OK. Wir hatten die Rundfahrt gleich für unseren 1. Tag unseres einwöchigen Aufenthaltes gebucht, so dass wir einen guten Einstieg für unsere weiteren Stadterkundungen hatten. Die Rundfahrt können wir empfehlen.</p>

<p>Bra att få sett så mycket på en dag. bra guide. Bra lunch. <br/> Besöket i basarerna bestod av ett besök hos en matthandlare.<br/> Hämtades på hotellet 1/2 timma efter överenskommen tidpunkt, och efter påminnelse.</p>

<p>Tourleiter war o.k. Organisation war gut keine Wartezeiten wegen Tickets es ist zu empfehlen</p>