Free walking tours in Ankara

Very nice tour with Aişe today, can recommend 🙂

Hakan is a real guru in his duty. We had information, knowledge and fun during the tour. I strongly suggest him to any kind of groups.

Enjoyed time with Aise, she is very attentive, kind and friendly person. As there were no other people on the tour she agreed to to make a private tour only for me and in English ( she normally has tours in German), highly recommended and appreciated. Thanks

Wir waren sehr positiv beeindruckt von der Führung. Organisatorisch hat alles planmäßig gepasst. Darüber hinaus hat Aise uns eine Fülle von Informationen vermittelt und zwar in einer Art und Weise, die gleichermaßen unterhaltsam wie informativ war. Wir können Sie nur uneingeschränkt weiterempfehlen. An dieser Stelle noch mal liebe Grüße an Aise. Vielleicht sieht man sich ja noch mal wieder.

Aise hat einen prima Job gemocht! Sie konnte viele unserer Fragen beantworten und hat uns interessante Fakten vermittelt. Sie ist freundlich und intelligent. Als Bonbon hat sie uns Restaurants empfohlen, die uns sehr gut gefallen haben. Gerne immer wieder!

Ich habe an einer Stadtführung durch Ankara mit Aişe teilgenommen. Es war eine durchwegs positive und empfehlenswerte Erfahrung. Aişe teilte viele spannende Informationen zur Stadt, hatte auf jede Frage eine Antwort und konnte dabei sehr gut erklären. Dabei hat Aişe eine Wohlfühlatmosphäre geschaffen. Uneingeschränkte Empfehlung!

Supertolle Führung und wahnsinnig herzlicher Mensch! Empfehlenswert!

Ich kann die Tour mit Aişe nur weiterempfehlen. Sie hat uns die wirklich interessante Geschichte Ankaras näher gebracht. Während der Tour kamen wir an viele schöne Ecken der Stadt die wir vermutlich alleine nie gefunden hätten.

Die Tour war wirklich sehr spannend und informativ, hat eine optimale Länge und zeigt einem die schönsten Orte von Ankara. Aişe macht die Führung mit Herzblut und beantwortet alle Frage mit großem Wissen. Vielen Dank für die großartige Führung.

Wir hatten eine sehr schöne und informative Tour mit Aişe, ich kann sie uneingeschränkt empfehlen! Sie hat sich viel Zeit für uns genommen, und die Tour flexibel an unsere Verspätung angepasst.

Es war eine sehr interessante und kurzweilige Tour mit Aise. Neben vielen Informationen zur älteren und neueren Geschichten Ankaras hat sie auch viele spannende Hintergrundinformationen geliefert und hilfreiche Tipps gegeben. Eine klare Empfehlung für die Tour!

Die Tour mit Aise hat uns sehr gefallen. Wir haben einen guten Überblick der Stadt Ankara bekommen. Alle unsere Fragen konnte sie beantworten. Dadurch haben wir was über die Geschichte Ankaras lernen können und wissen wie wir unsere restliche Zeit hier gestalten mit insider Tipps einer Einheimischen.

Eine sehr inhaltsreiche Tour, die wir genossen haben. Man kann von Aişes Führung viel mitnehmen. Es war uns eine große Freude. Wir empfehlen sie herzlich weiter!

Was a truly terrific tour with Alaise in Ankara. Her in-depth knowledge of the history of Ankara combined with her ability to merge historical and cultural facts with also general information about Turkey and its people and customs made it a really fantastic 3 hours experience. Thanks Alaise for the memorable tour of your city.

Vielen Dank für die tolle Tour Aise! Es war sehr nett, die Tour nur für mich durchzuführen. Die Tour war voller Highlights, die man so allein nicht gefunden hätte. Auch die vielen Informationen über Ankara und die Türkei waren sehr interessant. Sehr weiter zu empfehlen!

Es war eine richtig schöne Stadtführung, vielen Dank!

It was Aişe’s first ever free walking tour and she did an excellent job. Language skills as well as gained information were awesome. She even changed the tour a little based on our interests. I can highly recommend her.

Hakan is very knowledgeable, professional and spoke English very well. He also knows German. I highly recommend him.

Un tour muy entretenido. Gurú carismático y siempre brindando información importante sobre los sitios visitados; además de recomendar algunos sitios para avistas futuras. Muy ameno!! Altamente recomendable!!!

Hakan es tremendo guía turístico, muy profesional, amable, dedicado, puntual, lo recomiendo al 100%.. va más allá, nos dio muchas recomendaciones de sitios que visitar, donde comer, etc. La pasamos super bien con él.

Hakan was an exceptional guide to Anakara's highlights. He was very helpful in answering my questions and advising me on some practical aspects of my stay in the city. Thank you for your kindness!

We can feel the passion of Hakan for his job and for Turkey. He was very attentify, kind and show so much knowledge about history and culture. We had a inexpected good time. I am sure we liked Ankara more because Hakan’s tour and his company.

Hakin was the ultimate professional and so kind. Extremely knowledgeable on the history of Ankara and of Turkey. He is a great story teller for sure. After the tour, on the phone, he graciously helped me resolve a flight booking problem with the airline. A class act.

Incredible tour of historic Ankara with an excellent guide. Hakan is an extremely professional, knowledgeable and kind person and we felt so lucky to have him give us a tour of Ankara castle, surrounding area including a beautiful mosque and one of the best museums we have ever visited. We felt as if we met Hakan as curious travelers but left feeling we had made a new friend. He took so much time to answer our questions and share insights into Ankara and Turkey and his passion for sharing this was so evident. During our time in the Museum of Civilizations. Hakan explained the timeline of different historical periods then pointed out artifacts from each era and explained their significance. The museum building and the well preserved artifacts are a must see in Ankara. We had time to stop for Turkish coffee. Watching it being made and enjoying it was a memory we will always keep. There was so much more we experienced during this tour and I can highly recommend touring with Hakan who went well above our expectations.

Hakan is a very pleasant gentleman, fluent in both English and Deutsch. We were fortunate to have a private tour with him. We recognized from our planning that Ankara has far fewer tourist attractions and sites than Istanbul which we've visited a couple of times, so we had a proper mindset and expectations. Although the major attractions like the Castle, the surrounding district, and Museum of Anatolian Civilizations were interesting and much more enjoyable with a guide, the highlight for us was the Haci Bayram Mosque. We were there mid-day on a Friday afternoon which is the most popular day and time for prayers. The antiquity of this mosque sharing a wall marked by the Galatians, Hittites and Romans was quite something to see. We wanted to stay and experience as much as we could, so we stopped for lunch at an authentic doner restaurant highly recommended by Hakan and nearest the entrance to the mosque. To be honest, we probably would have walked by this place thinking it too touristic but it was superb! We ate outside and were able to witness the energy and many people gathered for prayer. We were also able to hear the Imam and Hakan graciously interpreted some of the sermon and prayers for us. This was a highlight as we respect all religions and it's a rare opportunity to be so close to such an ancient ritual. The mosque itself was amazing and we were able to walk inside before the prayers --- even me as a woman! A kind old man gave me a scarf to cover my head as I was wearing pants and long sleeves. When we left, I tried to return it but he insisted I keep it. (Note: if you are to visit a mosque as a woman, bring a head scarf and cover your body appropriately...respectfully.) After lunch, our tour was officially over but we opted to walk rather than take a cab downtown and as it turns out, Hakan was headed in the same direction. Our tour continued! He explained the various buildings, their current function and history, we stopped at the postal stamp museum where my husband scored buying stamps. It was free and actually very interesting. While Ankara is a modern secular city, there is so much rich history in all of Turkey. Hakan surely helped us understand and learn much more. Also, Hakan being fluent in both English and German (and of course Turkish!) was able to explain to my husband in Deutsch (his first language) when he stumbled in English. We had such a lovely day with Hakan. He is knowledgeable, kind, and very accommodating. I can't recall a single question we asked that he couldn't answer. We highly recommend a tour with Hakan here in Ankara and he also conducts tours in Cappadocia so we look forward to seeing him again!