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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Golden Horn River by Ferry and Pierre Loti Hill
We are licensed professional tour guides in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Polish languages. We love the unique historical richness of our city of Istanbul. In our tours, we limit the number of walkers with maximum 15 to have more motivated theme. You can always write to us about any special things you need during your visit in Istanbul. It could be about any how-to questions.
Tour description
Istanbul has been a hub for big empires. To discover the unique blending of two of the biggest empires in history we will go through a journey in which we will see the history from a public boat with panoramic view in the Golden Horn River. Plus we will be having a view of old city and old city walls from a hill where the famous French Author Pierre Loti use to have his coffee.
So in these tour program you will be able to see all Unesco Heritage List Areas of Istanbul.
In our program we will be able to see these followed buildings
'by boat'
- Ottoman Empire Topkapı Palace
- Hagia Sophia
- Galata Tower
- Suleymaniye Mosque
- Valens Aqueduct
- Zeyrek Monastery
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mosque
- Greel Orthodox High School
- Constantinople Old City Walls
- Golden Horn Bridges
'by Walk'
- Ayyob Sultan Mosque and Tomb (Companion of the Prophet Mohammad)
- Local Market and Walking Streets of the area
- Coronation Road of the Ottoman Sultans
- Local Food Points
- Pierre Loti Hill
- Cable Car
*The boat ticket/pass will be covered by tour guide for one way. And the tour will be finishing at the Pierre Loti Hill. Our guide will help you how to come back easily to the meeting point of the tour or main areas of the city like Taksim & Eminonu Areas.
***At the end of the tour our guide also will show the option of Cable Car for those who want to use
**Feel free to message us. Your questions will be answered by our guides as much as earlier in their available times.
Please note that;
- At the end of the tour, you are expected to tip the guide minimum 10 Euros or 250 liras per person.
Please check the other options on guruwalk if our time schedules are not fit with you
https://www.guruwalk.com/walks/30329-old-city-tour-from-constantinople-to-istanbul
What will we visit on this tour?
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Meeting point:Binbirdirek, German Fountain, At Meyd...Binbirdirek, German Fountain, At Meydanı Cd, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye
Alman Çeşmesi - German Fountain
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1Outside visitBlue Mosque Arasta Bazaar
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2Outside visitBlue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque)
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3Outside visitHagia Sophia
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4Outside visitRoman Hippodrome Ruins
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5Outside visitObelisk of Theodosius (Egyptian Obelisk)
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6Outside visitSerpent Column (Greek Obelisk)
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7Outside visitMuseum of Turkish&Islamic Arts
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8Outside visitHurrem Sultan Public Bath
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9Outside visitGerman Fountain
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10Outside visitTopkapı Ottoman Palace Main Gate
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).