Free tour

Free Tour of Istanbul: Essential History & Inner Visit to a Mosque

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İstanbul

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: English

Guru: Free Istanbul Tours

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Registered on 3 February 2018

We are a group of friends and official guides from Istanbul. We are in love with our city and we would like to share it with you. For this reason, we have decided to offer our travelers some tours to discover its charm together. Passion, enthusiasm and professionalism characterize us and will be the perfect ingredients to make you experience Istanbul as we do.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Welcome to Istanbul :)

Hope so far you are having great time!

During our free tour, you will get to know the essential places to visit in Istanbul. Everything you can not miss in the city, its history, and evolution and lots of fun facts and also local recommendations.

With our guides, you will discover in the most entertaining way, İstanbul, its history, and culture, as well as some curiosities and facts.

We will explore together the story of the city and give you an introduction to Turkey and İstanbul!

With the most entertaining and passionate local guides, you’ll get to know:

The essential history of Turkey throughout the streets of Istanbul
The historical neighborhoods of old town and visit some iconic places.
Fun facts about the Turkish people, their culture, and their habits
Great sightseeing spots
A lot of smart tips to make the most of your vacation in Istanbul
Free Tasting of the best borek ( cheese pastry)

On our Classic Istanbul Free Tour you will see:
⦁ German Fountain
⦁ Blue Mosque ( We will try to go inside depending the line as sometimes it takes 1 hour, none will enjoy on the tour waiting at the line instead of waiting, we would like to show more sites and show another mosque )
⦁ Hippodrome
⦁ Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern from outside ( require an entry fee and we cover from outside )
⦁ Nuru Osmaniye Mosque
⦁ Grand Bazaar
⦁Sampling Turkish Delights with fruit tea ( Optional you can skip if you like )

This tour is about 2,5 hours.
(The guide can adapt the itinerary depending on the weather or possible contingencies).

Note: Our tour guides are licensed, they studied 4 years to be a guide and this is their full-time job. They will give you plenty of clues that you can save time and money. Recommended tipping at least 10 Euros or 400 TRY

İmportant note: if you are are group more than 8 people we don't accept your reservation even you make seperate bookings. Your guide has the right not to accept your group if you come as a big group. This tour is designed for solo travellers couples and small groups. Please contact us if you have a big group so we can arrange private tour for you. Thanks

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

No:, Sultan Ahmet, Divan Yolu Cd. No:6, 34400 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey

Pudding Shop Lale Restaurant, Divanyolu Caddesi No.6 34400, Sultanahmet, Istanbul Our Guide will be waiting with yellow umbrella

Free entry

Blue Mosque

Depending the line we will try to go inside of the Sultanahmet mosque and if the line is very long and require waiting long time, we will see an alternative mosque

Outside visit

Hippodrome of Constantinople

We will see some obelisks remained from old times.

Outside visit

Santa Sofía

Once the biggest church of the World now it is a mosque and as it require an entry fee that's why we will see from outside

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).