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Istanbul Guided Tour: Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and More!

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Overview

Learn about the local history and culture with a local and professional tour guide.

See all the highlights of Istanbul in a day. Explore the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapı Palace, Basilica Cistern and more destinations.

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Suggestion for lunch (3 course mix kebab or vegetarian)

Sweet and spice tasting for FREE

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  • Tea and coffee Coffee and/or Tea
  • Bottled water
  • Sweet and Spice Tasting for Free
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
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Binbirdirek
At Meydanı Caddesi, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye

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Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

It is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in 537 CE. The site was a Greek Orthodox church from 360 CE to 1453, except for a brief time as a Latin Catholic church between the Fourth Crusade and 1261. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, it served as a mosque until 1935, when it became a museum. In 2020, the site once again became a mosque.
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45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Blue Mosque

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today. It also attracts a large number of tourists and is one of the most iconic and popular monuments of Ottoman architecture.
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30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Hippodrome

It was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in Istanbul, Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square.
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20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

German Fountain

It is a gift from German Emperor Wilhelm II to Sultan Abdulhamid II in hippodrome.
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10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Obelisk of Theodosius

The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Serpent Column

It is an ancient bronze column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople in what is now Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of an ancient Greek sacrificial tripod, originally in Delphi and relocated to Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 324.
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10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Walled Obelisk

It is a Roman monument in the form of an obelisk in the former Hippodrome of Constantinople, now Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey.
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5 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

TopkapI Palace

Topkapı Palace was built by Sultan Mehmed II (1444-1445 and 1451-1481) during the years 1460-1478, following the conquest of Istanbul. Topkapı Palace is situated in one of the oldest parts of Istanbul; the historic peninsula bounded by the Marmara Sea, the Bosphorus Strait and the Golden Horn inlet. It is one of the city’s most iconic buildings.
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1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Basilica Cistern

It is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey.
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45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Nuruosmaniye Mosque

The Nuruosmaniye Mosque is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Çemberlitaş neighbourhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey, which was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey in 2016.
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10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Grand Bazaar

The Grand Bazaar is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 65 streets and over 4,000 shops.Also, we will taste sweets and spices from one of the shops inside the bazaar for free.
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45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Cemberlitas Sutunu

The Column of Constantine is a monumental column commemorating the dedication of Constantinople by Roman emperor Constantine the Great on 11 May 330 AD. Completed 328 AD, it is the oldest Constantinian monument to survive in Istanbul.
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10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Operated by a business

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Istanbul Guided Tour: Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and More!?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (+03). Read more Apr 2025

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