Half Day Private Istanbul Tour

Our guide (Celal) was extremely knowledgeable and hospitable, and patient with us while we stopped and tried several delightful food stands. The history of this city is amazing and the whole tour was exactly what we wanted, and more!

We visited Turkey for half day on a layover and had a wonderful visit. The weather was not cooperating but we made the best of the few hours there. We were able to have time to see some city highlights, a quick walk in the Grand Bazaar and some shopping. Best of all we had a wonderful local lunch!

I booked a half-day tour of the major sites in Istanbul, and it was an unforgettable experience. Our guide Celil was a true historian who provided us with an engaging mini masterclass on Turkistan and Byzantium history. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of the Hagia Sophia, which is now a mosque. It was a fascinating part of world history.

Celil was phenomenal, friendly, and incredibly helpful. He even checked in with us the day after the tour to see if we needed anything. I found the tour price to be very reasonable, and I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Istanbul.

Just had a fantastic tour! Our guide was amazing and very very knowledgeable. Learned so much in a short amount of time! Definitely would recommend to anyone coming to Istanbul!!!

Our tour guide Tolga gave us on an amazing private tour throughout Istanbul’s old city. He was patient, he answered all of our questions, and gave us so much insight on this beautiful city.

Then he took us to lunch where we enjoyed some amazing kebabs and shopped at the Grand Bazaar. We would 10/10 recommend this great guide and experience.

We did the half day tour taking in the Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Blue Mosque and finishing up at the Grand Bazaar. Our guide Celal was exceptional - friendly, knowledgeable, flexible and fun. He had an incredible wealth of knowledge of the city and passion for it too and we really enjoyed his tour.

The organisation was great too - easy communication and quick responses to questions.

Highly recommend 😊

I was in Istanbul for a very short time so decided to do a half day private tour. First off as compared to what hotels charge this was way better. The tour operator Emine was so nice and her attention to detail was A+. She wanted to make sure I was taken care of at every step. I saw all the major sites and more in 6 hours with my guide Ece. Her personality, knowledge and warmness was beyond what I expected. Ece made the entire experience memorable. One of the best tours I have taken and so far I have visited over 50 countries. Highly recommend.

Thank you so much to Sercan our wonderful guide and Mr Sinasi our driver.
Sercan explained each venue perfectly for my son and I. He also knew exactly where to go in the Grand Bazaar for the best bargains. The minibus was luxurious. Highly recommend. 10/10.


We enjoy the history and the blue mosque, also the basilica cistern.Our guide was very knowledgeable and patient

Our tour guide was great but Istanbul is a one and done for us. There is a lot of walking with this tour after taking a tram ride. Our guide did pick us up from the galataport which is a city in itself. Our favorite was the bascillica cistern.

We had an excellent tour with Ipek. She was very knowledgeable and very generous with her time. She even arranged an appointment with a Turkish barber. We thoroughly recommend this tour.

Our tour guide, Nurten Canbeyoglu was very personable and knowledgeable!! She took us to all the top sites and guided us through the Grand Bazzaar. She made us feel safe on public transportation and helped us order a terrific Turkish Lunch. A great day. We covered so much in half a day.

I cant start off by saying this tour for our lay over flight was amazing , our tour guy Celalettin took very good care of us , we only had four hours to tour the city and he made it possible in such little time to get to view a couple of the cities great attractions and also took to us get some Kabobs . I highly recommend Travel elefante and their team .

Lucy was a wonderful tour guide, very knowledgeable about the history of the sites we visited. Large, clean van that comfortably fit 5 guests and the tour guide.

Hasan was our tour guide. He took us to the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and the Basilica Cistern. He was very knowledgeable about the sights and as we walked from one to another he gave us additional history and information about things we saw along the way. It was great to have his insight to the beautiful things we saw in Istanbul and having this was much better than we could have done on our own.

We had a half day tour with Alim. My wife and I had a wonderful time and both of us thought he was the best tour guide ever. I highly recommend this tour and Alim as your guide.

This was a great experience. Hasan our guide was super knowledgable about everything we saw and took us wherever we wanted to go, he also gave us good recommendations for places to eat in Istanbul. Highly recommend