Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapı, the Grand Bazaar, the Hippodrome - sequenced to avoid the cruise-ship crush and timed around the actual prayer schedule.
When a first-time European traveller arrives in Istanbul, the Sultanahmet quartet is non-negotiable. The question is whether they spend three hours queueing in the sun or two hours inside the monuments.
We operate the classics in private vehicles with pre-purchased fast-track tickets, briefed guides and a pickup that beats the cruise-ship arrivals. The same itinerary, ninety minutes shorter in waiting.
Highlights
- Private vehicle pickup at hotel or airport
- Skip-the-line entry at Hagia Sophia and Topkapı Palace
- Grand Bazaar with a guide who knows which workshops are still craftsmen
- Lunch at a Sultanahmet meyhane (optional)
- Routing adjusted around Friday prayer times
- Photo stops at the Bosphorus skyline
Wholesale package includes
- Licensed Istanbul guide in your client's language
- Air-conditioned private vehicle with English-speaking driver
- Museum entrance tickets (Hagia Sophia, Topkapı, Basilica Cistern)
- Bottled water and a printed pocket map (your brand if white-labelled)