Top Istanbul Private Sightseeing Tours

You allocated professional guide Renan to look after us. She did an amazing job. We were pleasantly surprised that it was an individual tour and not a group tour. She was able to answer all my questions ( I'm a bit of a history buff) . The other remarkable thing was her ability to skip the long queues at various sites as she obviously knew how to do this. Renan was very kind,personable,she listened to what our interests were and adjusted the tour accordingly. We had an amazing day. Thankyou Renan and Viatour. Well done.

We booked this tour as part of a cruise stop in Istanbul. Our tour guide was a gentleman named Batu and we had a great and informative session. He arrived promptly at the meet up location at Galataport and proceeded to give a walking tour of the major highlights of Istanbul. We started with hopping on the T1 tram from the port to the Sultanahmet area where we paused for some turkish coffee (my wife needed a jolt of caffiene to start us off). Great experience watching the preparation and presentation/service. We proceeded to walk down to the Blue mosque, Batu guided us on dress code while giving us detailed history lessons of the buildings we were looking at. We visited inside the mosque and was awed by the beautiful designs. Next we visited the Obelisk of Theodosius and the German fountain on the hippodrome. My kids particularly enjoyed seeing the obelisk and hieroglyphics. We walked down to the Hagia Sophia next, where Batu helped with procuring tickets and dress code again. Once inside we spent probably close to an hour marveling at this ancient building that has changed hands so many times in history. We ended the tour with a walk to the Grand Bazaar, an epic feast for the senses! Batu showed us a few recommended stores for Carpets and leather goods. By now we had been walking almost four hours (with lots of stops for rest in the hot august temps as well as pictures) and we decided to wrap up the tour. Batu was able to help in getting a taxi to get us back to Galataport to get back on our cruise. Batu was patient, knowledgeable and helpful. He answered all our random questions and we were able to totally customize the tour to what we wanted to see/experience. I fully recommend this tour, you will not be disappointed!!

Deniz was a wonderful, sweet and knowledgeable guide who made our visit to Istanbul memorable. Very accommodating to our needs and preferences. We saw all the sights and had a wonderful lunch and great shopping at the grand bazaar. I highly recommend this tour.