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Private Guided Istanbul Tour Skip the Line

5.0(52 reviews)Istanbul, TurkeyOperated by Guided Tours Turkey
  • Duration4 hours – 6 hours
  • GroupPrivate tour
  • TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
  • LanguagesEnglish

About this activity

See Istanbul’s historic sights on a half-day shared tour led by a guide, with an opportunity to skip ticket lines. Walk through the Hippodrome and the Blue Mosque, visit Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, and browse the Grand Bazaar. The itinerary also includes the Basilica Cistern. Pickup and drop-off are available in Istanbul, Istanbul Airport, and Sabiha Gokcen.

What to expect

4 hours – 6 hours6 stopsPrivate tour

  1. Hippodrome

    At MeydanI Cd No:21, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye

    30 minutesAdmission included

    Hippodrome was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in Istanbul, Turkey

  2. 45 minutesAdmission included

    The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey.

  3. 1 hourAdmission not included

    Hagia Sophia is officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.

  4. Topkapi Palace Museum

    Gulhane ParkI, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye

    1 hour 30 minAdmission not included

    Palace is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. NOTICE: Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays

  5. Basilica Cistern

    Yerebatan Caddesi, No:1/3, Istanbul, 34410, Turkiye

    30 minutesAdmission not included

    The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey.

  6. 1 hourAdmission included

    The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’; also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Market’[1]) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world.

Pickup & meeting point

You can choose either hotel/location pickup or to meet the guide at the start point.

Pickup starts about 15 minutes before the departure time.

You can request a pickup location of your own.

Start

Your guide will meet you at the Galataport terminal exit. Please look for a guide holding a sign with your name on it. Your guide will also have your contact details and will be able to reach you if needed. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in Sultanahmet Mosque. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in German Fountain. Please get contact with your guide before you meet. When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel.

End / drop-off

Your guide will meet you at the Galataport terminal exit. Please look for a guide holding a sign with your name on it. Your guide will also have your contact details and will be able to reach you if needed. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in Sultanahmet Mosque. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in German Fountain. Please get contact with your guide before you meet. When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel.

Pickup locations4,174

The operator lists 4,174 pickup points. 40 are shown here; choose yours from the full list when you book.

Hotels & residences40

  • Harbour Suites Old CityKadirga Liman Cad. Kumluk Sok No: 4, Sehsuvar Bey Mah., Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Atlantis Royal HotelDizdariye Cesmesi Sk. No:53, Binbirdirek, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • Vardar Palace HotelSIraselviler Cd. No:16, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Gulseda Otel ApartTaksim Firini Sk. No:16, Sehit Muhtar Mahallesi, Istanbul, 34435, Turkiye
  • Imagine Istanbul - SultanahmetPertevpasa Sk. No: 57, Emin Sinan Mah, Istanbul, 34126, Turkiye
  • Hotel Inter IstanbulMithatpasa Caddesi Buyuk Haydar Efendi Sokak No 29, Mimar Kemalettin, Istanbul, 34126, Turkiye
  • Union Hotel PortFindikli Celebi HamamI Sk. No 14, Ömer Avnı Mh., Istanbul, 34427, Turkiye
  • Xenia Hotel IstanbulKeresteci Hakki Sokak No 7-9, Sultan Ahmet, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • AHC Ayasofya Hotel - Special ClassPiyer Loti Cad. No: 1, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • Meddusa HotelAlemdar Mh. Nuru Osmaniye Cad. No: 5, Cagaloglu, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • 216 Pasha Palace Hotel AtasehirFerhatpasa Mah, Ferhatpasa Yolu Sk. No: 55, Istanbul, 34888, Turkiye
  • Gulhane Corner HotelHudavendigar Cad. Saffeti Pasa Sok. No:12, Hoca Pasa Mah., Istanbul, 34110, Turkiye
  • Chambers of the BohemeKucuk Parmak Kapi Sok. No:13, Chambers of the Boheme, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Ess HotelSehit Muhtar Bey Caddesi 23, Beyoglu, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Skalion HotelCifte Gelinler Cad. No: 6, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • La Pearl KonaklamaFatih Mahallesi 832. Yanyol Caddesi No:10, Istanbul, 34290, Turkiye
  • Arts Hotel TaksimTopcu Cad. No. 11, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Hotel V Plus TaksimKazancI Yokusu, Purtelas Sokak, No:06/A, Cihangir Mahallesi, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Akdeniz HotelDivanyolu Cad. Haci Tahsin Bey Sokak No : 7, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkiye
  • Faros Hotel Old CityDivanyolu Cad. No:68, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • Simper HotelKatip Kasim Mah. Turkeli Cad. Kiziltas Sok. No: 57, Aksaray, Fatih, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • The Marions Suite HotelPurtelas Sok. No:12, Cihangir, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Calenberg HotelDaltaban Yokusu Sok. No:23, Nisanca Mah, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Mukarnas Taksim HotelIpek Sok. No:6, Katip Mustafa Çelebi Mahallesi, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Kupeli HotelEmin Sinan Hamam Sokak No:4, Emin Sinan Mah., Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Remall Suites HotelKocatape Mahallesi Feridiye Caddesi Asiklar Sok No 2, Istanbul, 90212, Turkiye
  • Taksim Star HotelSiraselviler Cd No:37, Taksim, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • B&B TaksimSehit Muhtar Mahallesi AltIn Bakkal Sokak No 4, Istanbul, 34435, Turkiye
  • Titanic City TaksimKocatepe Mah. Lamartin Cad. No:45-49, Kocatepe Mah., Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Style Star HotelCihangir Mahallesi, Baskurt Sokak 8, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Grand Ambiance HotelAkbiyik Caddesi No:63 Sultanahmet, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • Livro HotelCemal Nadir Sok. No:9-11, Hobyar Mah, Istanbul, 34112, Turkiye
  • ArenaIkitelli CD 24, Istanbul, 34307, Turkiye
  • The Hotel IstanbulBinbirdirek Mah. Binbirdirek MeydanI Sok. No:17, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • Best Town PalaceIstasyon Arkasi Sokak, 9, Hocapasa Mah., Istanbul, 34110, Turkiye
  • Innpera HotelSiraselviler Cad. No: 15, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Mahya HotelMolatasI Cad. No 78, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Beyoglu Suites HotelSadri AlIsIk Sk. 12-16, Istanbul, 34440, Turkiye
  • Aprilis HotelPeykhane Sk. No 4, Binbirdirek Mh, Cemberlitas, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • Modern SuitesDolapdere Caddesi No: 143-145, Istanbul, 34375, Turkiye
  • You may choose to meet the guide at the departure point.
  • You can arrange your pickup point with the operator after booking.

Pickup instructions

When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel. If you are being picked up from airport, the welcoming team will greet you when you exit.

Pickup details by option

Pickup & meeting point

Applies to: Private İstanbul Tour With Professional Tour Guide

There is no pickup — all travellers meet at the start point.

Pickup starts about 15 minutes before the departure time.

Start

Your guide will meet you at the Galataport terminal exit. Please look for a guide holding a sign with your name on it. Your guide will also have your contact details and will be able to reach you if needed. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in Sultanahmet Mosque. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in German Fountain. Please get contact with your guide before you meet. When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel.

End / drop-off

Your guide will meet you at the Galataport terminal exit. Please look for a guide holding a sign with your name on it. Your guide will also have your contact details and will be able to reach you if needed. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in Sultanahmet Mosque. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in German Fountain. Please get contact with your guide before you meet. When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel.

  • You may choose to meet the guide at the departure point.

Pickup instructions

When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel. If you are being picked up from airport, the welcoming team will greet you when you exit.

Pickup & meeting point

Applies to: Private Car Transfer + Guide

You can choose either hotel/location pickup or to meet the guide at the start point.

Pickup starts about 15 minutes before the departure time.

You can request a pickup location of your own.

Start

Your guide will meet you at the Galataport terminal exit. Please look for a guide holding a sign with your name on it. Your guide will also have your contact details and will be able to reach you if needed. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in Sultanahmet Mosque. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in German Fountain. Please get contact with your guide before you meet. When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel.

End / drop-off

Your guide will meet you at the Galataport terminal exit. Please look for a guide holding a sign with your name on it. Your guide will also have your contact details and will be able to reach you if needed. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in Sultanahmet Mosque. Please get contact with your guide before you meet.

Your Guide will meet with you in German Fountain. Please get contact with your guide before you meet. When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel.

Pickup locations40

Hotels & residences40

  • Harbour Suites Old CityKadirga Liman Cad. Kumluk Sok No: 4, Sehsuvar Bey Mah., Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Atlantis Royal HotelDizdariye Cesmesi Sk. No:53, Binbirdirek, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • Vardar Palace HotelSIraselviler Cd. No:16, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Gulseda Otel ApartTaksim Firini Sk. No:16, Sehit Muhtar Mahallesi, Istanbul, 34435, Turkiye
  • Imagine Istanbul - SultanahmetPertevpasa Sk. No: 57, Emin Sinan Mah, Istanbul, 34126, Turkiye
  • Hotel Inter IstanbulMithatpasa Caddesi Buyuk Haydar Efendi Sokak No 29, Mimar Kemalettin, Istanbul, 34126, Turkiye
  • Union Hotel PortFindikli Celebi HamamI Sk. No 14, Ömer Avnı Mh., Istanbul, 34427, Turkiye
  • Xenia Hotel IstanbulKeresteci Hakki Sokak No 7-9, Sultan Ahmet, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • AHC Ayasofya Hotel - Special ClassPiyer Loti Cad. No: 1, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • Meddusa HotelAlemdar Mh. Nuru Osmaniye Cad. No: 5, Cagaloglu, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • 216 Pasha Palace Hotel AtasehirFerhatpasa Mah, Ferhatpasa Yolu Sk. No: 55, Istanbul, 34888, Turkiye
  • Gulhane Corner HotelHudavendigar Cad. Saffeti Pasa Sok. No:12, Hoca Pasa Mah., Istanbul, 34110, Turkiye
  • Chambers of the BohemeKucuk Parmak Kapi Sok. No:13, Chambers of the Boheme, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Ess HotelSehit Muhtar Bey Caddesi 23, Beyoglu, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Skalion HotelCifte Gelinler Cad. No: 6, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • La Pearl KonaklamaFatih Mahallesi 832. Yanyol Caddesi No:10, Istanbul, 34290, Turkiye
  • Arts Hotel TaksimTopcu Cad. No. 11, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Hotel V Plus TaksimKazancI Yokusu, Purtelas Sokak, No:06/A, Cihangir Mahallesi, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Akdeniz HotelDivanyolu Cad. Haci Tahsin Bey Sokak No : 7, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkiye
  • Faros Hotel Old CityDivanyolu Cad. No:68, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • Simper HotelKatip Kasim Mah. Turkeli Cad. Kiziltas Sok. No: 57, Aksaray, Fatih, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • The Marions Suite HotelPurtelas Sok. No:12, Cihangir, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Calenberg HotelDaltaban Yokusu Sok. No:23, Nisanca Mah, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Mukarnas Taksim HotelIpek Sok. No:6, Katip Mustafa Çelebi Mahallesi, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Kupeli HotelEmin Sinan Hamam Sokak No:4, Emin Sinan Mah., Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Remall Suites HotelKocatape Mahallesi Feridiye Caddesi Asiklar Sok No 2, Istanbul, 90212, Turkiye
  • Taksim Star HotelSiraselviler Cd No:37, Taksim, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • B&B TaksimSehit Muhtar Mahallesi AltIn Bakkal Sokak No 4, Istanbul, 34435, Turkiye
  • Titanic City TaksimKocatepe Mah. Lamartin Cad. No:45-49, Kocatepe Mah., Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Style Star HotelCihangir Mahallesi, Baskurt Sokak 8, Istanbul, 34433, Turkiye
  • Grand Ambiance HotelAkbiyik Caddesi No:63 Sultanahmet, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • Livro HotelCemal Nadir Sok. No:9-11, Hobyar Mah, Istanbul, 34112, Turkiye
  • ArenaIkitelli CD 24, Istanbul, 34307, Turkiye
  • The Hotel IstanbulBinbirdirek Mah. Binbirdirek MeydanI Sok. No:17, Istanbul, 34400, Turkiye
  • Best Town PalaceIstasyon Arkasi Sokak, 9, Hocapasa Mah., Istanbul, 34110, Turkiye
  • Innpera HotelSiraselviler Cad. No: 15, Istanbul, 34437, Turkiye
  • Mahya HotelMolatasI Cad. No 78, Istanbul, 34130, Turkiye
  • Beyoglu Suites HotelSadri AlIsIk Sk. 12-16, Istanbul, 34440, Turkiye
  • Aprilis HotelPeykhane Sk. No 4, Binbirdirek Mh, Cemberlitas, Istanbul, 34122, Turkiye
  • Modern SuitesDolapdere Caddesi No: 143-145, Istanbul, 34375, Turkiye
  • You may choose to meet the guide at the departure point.
  • You can arrange your pickup point with the operator after booking.

Pickup instructions

When you are picked up from your hotel, your driver will be waiting for you either in the hotel lobby or in front of the hotel. If you are being picked up from airport, the welcoming team will greet you when you exit.

What's included

Included

  • Skip the ticket line opportunity
  • Available only for transfer option
  • Professional Tour Guide

Not included

  • Food and Drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Entrance fee of Hagia Sophia Museum
  • Entrance fee of Topkapi Palace
  • Entrance fee of Cistern Basilica

Good to know

Accessibility & suitability

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for people with foot and walking problems

Traveller requirements

  • Minimum 1 traveller per booking
  • Maximum 15 travellers per booking
  • At least one adult must be included in the booking
  • Age bands: Infant (0–6), Child (7–10), Adult (11–99)

Languages

Guide
English

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 1+ days before100% refund
  • 0–1 days before0% refund
  • This experience requires good weather. If it's cancelled due to poor weather, you'll be offered a different date or a full refund.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it's cancelled because the minimum isn't met, you'll be offered a different date or a full refund.

Important booking information

Booking cut-off
Bookings close 2 hours before the activity starts.
Confirmation
Instant then manual
Tickets
One per booking
Local time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Product code
448308P1

What you'll be asked when booking

  • Age of each traveller
  • Date of birth
  • First name of each traveller
  • Last name of each traveller
  • Your preferred pickup point
  • Any special requirements
  • Drop-off address
  • How you are arriving
  • Cruise arrival time
  • Cruise ship name

Traveller reviews

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Ratings aggregated from Viator (19) and Tripadvisor (33).

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