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Full Day Historical Walking Tour of Istanbul Old City from Hagia Sophia
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Cankurtaran
About
We will be meeting with our guests at the gate of the Hagia Sophia and will start our walking tour with visiting Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul. Afterward, we will visit Blue Mosque, A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. Then we walk ...
Highlights
From 6 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 6 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
English Speaking Guiding
Lunch
Entrance Fees of Topkapi Palace Museum - (750 Turkish Liras)
Entrance Fee of Basilica Cistern - 450 Turkish Lira
Meeting Points
Departure
Ayasofya Muvakkithanesi
Our guide will be waiting for you at the gate of the Hagia Sophia Mosque at 09:30 a.m with Istanbul on Tour signed white umbrella .
Return
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and exchanged with Underground cistern visit on Tuesdays
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Full Day Historical Walking Tour of Istanbul Old City from Hagia Sophia
(115) Reviews
Cankurtaran
About
We will be meeting with our guests at the gate of the Hagia Sophia and will start our walking tour with visiting Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul. Afterward, we will visit Blue Mosque, A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. Then we walk ...
Highlights
From 6 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 6 hours to 8 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
English Speaking Guiding
Lunch
Entrance Fees of Topkapi Palace Museum - (750 Turkish Liras)
Entrance Fee of Basilica Cistern - 450 Turkish Lira
Meeting Points
Departure
Ayasofya Muvakkithanesi
Our guide will be waiting for you at the gate of the Hagia Sophia Mosque at 09:30 a.m with Istanbul on Tour signed white umbrella .
Return
Itinerary
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Hagia Sophia Mosque
Officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul. Built in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial capital of Constantinople, it was the largest Christian church of the eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire) and the Eastern Orthodox Church, except during the Latin Empire from 1204 to 1261, when it became the city's Roman Catholic cathedral. In 1453, after the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935 the secular Turkish Republic established it as a museum. In 2020, it re-opened as a mosque
1 hour
2
Blue Mosque
Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. It sits next to the Hagia Sophia, the principal mosque of Istanbul until the Blue Mosque's construction and another popular tourist site.
45 minutes
3
Hippodrome
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with a few fragments of the original structure surviving.
Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras.
45 minutes
4
Topkapi Palace
The Topkapı Palace is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.
1 hour
5
Basilica Cistern
On tuesdays only, as Topkapi Palace museum is closed on tuesdays and we will visit Underground cistern instead of Topkapi Palace on tuesdays.
The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located 150 metres
45 minutes
6
Hagia Irene Museum
One of the oldest structures inside the Topkapı Palace, dating back to Byzantine Empire era of the Istanbul/Constantinopolis.