Experience the best of Istanbul on this unforgettable experience that combines two best-selling tours at a saving of 10%! Start with a full-day city sightseeing tour by air-conditioned coach, seeing top Istanbul attractions like Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. After your tour, enjoy a couple of hours at leisure before heading to an esteemed Istanbul restaurant, where you’ll sit down to a traditional 4-course Turkish dinner and enjoy a performance of live folk music and belly dancing.

 

 

Combine two best-selling Istanbul tours for a discounted price

See top Istanbul attractions on a city sightseeing tour: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and the Grand Bazaar

Explore the Basilica Cistern where scenes from the James Bond movie From Russia with Love were filmed, and visit Istanbul’s Hippodrome

Enjoy the perfect introduction to Turkish culture and cuisine with a dinner and show combo

Relax over a 4-course traditional meal and watch a live belly dancing and Anatolian folklore performance

Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour (8 hours):

Start your day with an 8-hour city sightseeing tour by luxury coach, seeing all of Istanbul’s top attractions with an expert local guide. Focusing on the Sultanahmet area of this incredible city, your tour visits the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hagia Sophia Museum and the Blue Mosque. Contrast Hagia Sophia’s fascinating Ottoman-era and Byzantine architecture with the extravagance of the Blue Mosque -- built to rival it. Admire the famous mosque’s six minarets and interior Iznik wall tiles while your guide tells you tales of the demanding sultan who designed it.

 

 

Then head underground the Basilica Cistern to discover Istanbul’s ‘sunken palace’ that featured in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love. As you stroll around its magnificent columns, hear of the cistern’s colorful history with its numerous renovations over the years. (From Out side).

 

 

After a break for lunch at a Sultanahmet restaurant, continue to Topkapi Palace and step back in time to a world when sultans and their harems ruled Istanbul. Explore the palace’s ornate Imperial Treasury, and then head back outside to visit Istanbul’s Hippodrome. Hear of the chariot races, polo games, royal celebrations and brutal massacres that took place here, and envisage its former glory on a walk around the grounds. Last stop of the day is at the Grand Bazaar – one of the world largest covered markets. Find the best spots to shop in this amazing souk before returning to your Istanbul hotel by coach. You’ll have approximately two hours at leisure before your evening experience starts.

 

 

Istanbul by Night on The Bosphorus: Turkish Dinner and Show (3 hours):
 

Leave your hotel by luxury coach and head to one of Istanbul’s finest Dinner Cruise for your evening of traditional Turkish culture and cuisine. Relax over a delicious 4-course dinner with wine, beer or soft drinks, and then sit back to watch a live belly dancing and Anatolian folklore show.

 

 

Soak up the atmosphere of the hypnotic Turkish performance and clap along with raucous locals in time to music. After the show, your guide will take you back to your central Istanbul hotel.

 

Lunch

Entrance fees

Transport by air-conditioned coach

Bosphorus Tours

Belly dancing show

4-course dinner with drinks.

Hotel pickup and drop off

Know before you go

 

Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and the visit will be replaced with Istanbul 2 Continents

The Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays, and you will have additional time to spend at the other locations instead

What To Expect Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour (8 hours):Your 8-hour daytime Istanbul tour begins with by meeting your professional guide and boarding your mode of transportation, a luxury coach bus. First up, cruise over to the Sultanahmet area where you will visit the remarkable Hagia Sophia Museum, an UNESCO World Heritage-listed site. Stroll the grounds of one of the oldest churches in the world, that became a mosque, and is now a museum. Admire the Ottoman and Byzantine architecture, then walk to the neighboring, one of the most important structures in the Muslim world.

1 Hippodrome Start your day with an 8-hour city sightseeing tour by luxury coach, seeing all of Istanbul’s top attractions with an expert local guide. 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

2 Blue Mosque Focusing on the Sultanahmet area of this incredible city, your tour visits the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hagia Sophia Museum and the Blue Mosque. 45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

3 Hagia Sophia Mosque Contrast Hagia Sophia’s fascinating Ottoman-era and Byzantine architecture with the extravagance of the Blue Mosque -- built to rival it. Admire the famous mosque’s six minarets and interior Iznik wall tiles while your guide tells you tales of the demanding sultan who designed it. 1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

4 Topkapi Palace After a break for lunch at a Sultanahmet restaurant, continue to Topkapi Palace and step back in time to a world when sultans and their harems ruled Istanbul. Explore the palace’s ornate Imperial Treasury, and then head back outside to visit Istanbul’s Hippodrome. Hear of the chariot races, polo games, royal celebrations and brutal massacres that took place here, and envisage its former glory on a walk around the grounds. 1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

5 Kapali Carsi Last stop of the day is at the Grand Bazaar – one of the world largest covered markets. Find the best spots to shop in this amazing souk before returning to your Istanbul hotel by coach. You’ll have approximately two hours at leisure before your evening experience starts. 45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

6 Istanbul Istanbul by Night: Turkish Dinner and Show (4 hours): Leave your hotel by luxury coach and head to one of Istanbul’s finest restaurants for your evening of traditional Turkish culture and cuisine. Relax over a delicious 4-course dinner with wine, beer or soft drinks, and then sit back to watch a live belly dancing and Anatolian folklore show. Soak up the atmosphere of the hypnotic Turkish performance and clap along with raucous locals in time to music. After the show, your guide will take you back to your central Istanbul hotel. 3 hours • Admission Ticket Free