Private Istanbul Combo Tour: Old City & Bosphorus Cruise

What your day looks like

Meet your tour guide in your hotel or port and start the Old City & Bosphorus Cruise tour with the highlights of Istanbul; See the beautiful Hagia Sophia from outside, admire the great blend of Christian and Islamic influences with the beautiful interior of mosaics and significant history. The Grand Bazaar and the Spice Market are two colorful indoor bazaars and have lots of shops offering a variety of spices, rugs, purses, flavored teas, jackets, Turkish delight, nuts, as well as ceramics, and small souvenirs. Blue Mosque; Built in the early 1600s for Sultan Ahmet I, Blue Mosque is truly a magnificent masterpiece of architecture with amazingly delicate proportions for a building of such massive scale. The blue shade of the 27.000 pieces of Iznik quart tiles gives the mosque its popular name and 6 towering minarets give its uniquely recognizable structure. Spice Market is a colorful indoor bazaar and has lots of shops offering a variety of spices, purses, flavored teas, Turkish delight, nuts, as well as ceramics, and small souvenirs. Take the public ferry for Bosphorus Cruise to see both Istanbul’s European and Asian sides, Galata Tower, Dolmabahce Palace, the Rumelian Fortress, old Ottoman villas, Bosphorus bridges, mosques. After the Bosphorus Cruise, your Istanbul Tour will be completed and your guide will accompany you on the way back to the hotel.