Best of Istanbul: 1, 2 or 3-Day Private Guided Tour

I booked the 2-day private tour of Istanbul. The tour operator was very responsive to my questions prior to the trip. My tour guide, Duygu, was extremely knowledgeable about the history of Istanbul and always made sure I had sufficient time to spend at each location. I had a great experience and would highly recommend booking this tour!

Burak (the guide) was very knowledgeable and gave an amazing tour. While it was 1-day tour, I think I’ve got plenty of information for my first Istanbul visit.

This was one of my favorite tours in Istanbul! First of all my guide was Ozgur. He is so knowledgeable and full of cool facts that regular guides might forget to mention or not have time. However since it’s a private tour you are free to ask many questions and get more feedback. Having Ozgur was great because he knew what times the mosque would be closed for prayers and which sites to go to first to avoid big crowds. I had a great experience with the tour and learned so much from Ozgur, definitely request him if you can!

Very little time spent in the historical places. My tour guide, Canero, seemed to give more importance to the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Market which is filled with merchants ready to scam and inflate their prices 10x when they see you are a tourist. My tour guide also spent a decent amount of time texting and talking on the phone, not very formal. It was a waste of money in my opinion.

This curated private tour was a fantastic way to see Istanbul! Our guide, Sercan, was so knowledgeable! We learned so much and had our itinerary catered to what we wanted to see. The driver was great and we felt safe and well take care of the entire time. I would definitely recommend this tour and our guide to anyone visiting Istanbul. Especially as a good way to see the highlights and avoid the crowds! Thank you for a wonderful experience!

We chose the 2Day Tour due to limited time in Istanbul. Ozgur/Oscar was our private guide and he was excellent! First day tour was in Old Town Istanbul which involved a lot of walking -Hagia Sofia, Basilica Cistern, Hippodrome, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque and Grand Bazaar (which we skipped since we already did retail therapy the previous day 😉). Oscar was very knowledgeable, professional and compassionate. He adjusted the pace of the tour based on our needs. Nuggets of information both academic and trivial were captivating! Oscar, you have inspired me to brush-up with world history, thank you!🤙Day2 was more walking but in a more sprawling area of Istanbul. We particularly enjoyed the Bosphorus Tour and Dolmabahce Palace. The Palace interior was incredibly fascinating! More shopping at the Spice Market, this time Oscar made arrangements with the shop-owners to deliver our purchases directly to our hotel. Thank you Oscar for being so perceptive and thoughtful. You saved us from the pain and discomfort of carrying all those items around. To cap off two amazing days with Oscar, a surprise stop at Karakoy G -purveyors of Istanbul's best baklava was a perfect treat! Thank you Oscar for giving us the best first impression of Istanbul! It was fun, memorable and we enjoyed it immensely. We shall be back and hopefully experience the rest of Istanbul with you again👍 A special call out to Mehmet from the main office. Thank you for your flexibility and kind consideration. We are convinced we chose the best private tour operator in Istanbul! Highly recommended 👌

My wife and I came to Istanbul for three days, as sort of a last minute trip from the US. We can not say enough good things about the tour and our tour guide, Hakan! For this tour, he met us in our hotel lobby which made it the easiest tour starting point to find ever— haha. He had a taxi ready for us and we began the tour right away. He is a true historian and foodie and explained the history of the sites we visited in detail but did not bore us at any point. He speaks great English among other languages and even guided us to an excellent local kebab spot for lunch. He added on an additional stop for us as my wife was more interested in the Spice Bazaar than the Grand Bazaar, and was kind enough to chat with me while she shopped. When you come to Istanbul, definitely book this tour and ask for Hakan if he is available. You will be happy you did!

Ozgur is a fantastic guide, extremely knowledgeable about the history of every place we visited! Very accommodating as well.

Excellent guide that’s very knowledgeable. Very friendly and professional. I recommend using this company.

Ozgur our tour guy was completely flexible from the start and shaped the entire day based on our wishes. His English is excellent and he is highly knowledgeable about each site and Istanbul as a whole. My wife and I really enjoyed our day