Full Day Istanbul Classic & Bosphorus Cruise Combination Tour

Small-group tour English-speaking guide Daily departures Hotel pickup included Best-price guarantee
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Overview

Combine Istanbul’s essential historic sights with a scenic water journey on this full-day shared Istanbul Classic & Bosphorus Cruise Tour. After pickup from eligible city-center hotels on the European side or the Istanbul cruise port, visit Hagia Sophia Museum, Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome, and Grand Bazaar with an English-speaking guide. Following lunch at a local restaurant, continue with an afternoon Bosphorus Cruise before returning to your hotel or cruise port around 5:30 pm. The tour includes air-conditioned coach transport, entrance fees, lunch, local taxes, and service charges, with a moderate amount of walking involved.

Highlights

  • Visit Hagia Sophia Museum with a guide
  • See the Blue Mosque and Hippodrome
  • Explore the Grand Bazaar in the morning
  • Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant
  • Cruise along the Bosphorus in the afternoon
  • Travel by air-conditioned coach
  • Return to hotel or cruise port

Itinerary

Istanbul Classic & Bosphorus Cruise Tour

At approximately 8:30 am you will be picked up from your hotel or cruise port to begin the full-day shared group tour. You will first join the half-day morning Istanbul Classic tour and visit the Hagia Sophia Museum, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, and the Grand Bazaar.

After lunch at a local restaurant, you will then join the half-day afternoon Bosphorus Cruise. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel or cruise port around 5:30 pm.

What's included

  • Hotel pickup and drop off (on the European side of Istanbul only) & Istanbul cruise port.
  • Transport by air-conditioned coach
  • English-speaking guide during the tour
  • Lunch
  • Entrance fees
  • Local taxes and service charges

What's not included

  • Gratuities (optional)
  • Food and drinks, unless specified

Good to know

  • A moderate amount of walking is involved
  • During religious holidays, the spice market and Grand Bazaar are closed
  • St. Sophia is closed on Monday, this will be replaced with the Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnici)
  • Please note that the Blue Mosque is not open for visitation on Fridays as it is closed for religious prayer services. You will only be able to visit the outside of the Blue Mosque area on tours operated on Fridays. No visitation will be allowed inside the Blue Mosque for tourists on Fridays
  • This is a regular group tour, but if requested at cost can be provided as a private tour
  • The regular group tour has a shopping stop included in the tour
  • Pick-up and drop-off service is only provided from city center hotels including the Old City and Taksim and Beyoglu hotels. Pick up service from outside the city center will be at an additional cost that we will communicate once you give us your exact pick-up location

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  1. Donna B

    The tour guide was awesome, I see most Istanbul with this tour. Will highly recommend for tourist

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