Tour of Byzantine and Constantinople in Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey

6 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

All Fees and Taxes
Private transportation
Lunch
Entrance fees

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We pick up all travellers from their hotels or address

Operating hours
.10:00 am

Itinerary

Yedikule Fortress

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

The Walls of Istanbul

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Vlaherna Meryem Ana Church

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tekfur Sarayi

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Fener

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Balat

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

based on 8 reviews

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Enjoyable viewing of Byzantine Historical sites

Ryan_D, Nov 2024

Seeing the Theodosian walls and the Golden Gate was great. It was deserted. Can’t believe more visitors to Istanbul don’t want to visit something so famous.

It was okay

b5ypwrzhbx, Oct 2024

The tower and walls were fantastic to see. But the rest were irrelevant and our tour guide didn't explain a whole lot. Miniturk and churches were ok but would have skipped if I could. It would’ve been better to see just one or two stops and have a shorter tour.

Most informative and Erme was very conscientious.

FatherGeorge_L, Sep 2024

Erme was a very good tour guide. He was personable, quite knowledgable, easy to talk to, and very flexible and accommodating to my personal interests. He was quite articulate and able to answer my questions adeptly. Thank you Erme— great job! My one concern about this tour,and this is no reflection on Erme as a tour guide, is that as an Orthodox Christian priest, I was made to feel uncomfortable by the security guards in the churches that had been seized by the Ottomans and Turks from the Christians. I hope that someday Turkey will catch up with the civilised world and respect the freedom of religion that we enjoy here in the United States. Our government protects the mosques and the people who worship in them. In Turkey I am not permitted to dress in my priestly clothing and I am not allowed to pray in churches that were built by Christians long before the world had ever heard the words Islam, Turkey or Ottoman. Let’s all work together to love and respect one another without hatred and violence. Sincerely Father George Liacopulos

Personalized tour.

Timi_P, Jul 2024

It was a private tour but Emre made every effort to take me to the sited that I was most interested in seeing.

Excellent Tour Away from the Crowds

Alan_H, Jun 2024

Yunus was an excellent guide, who allowed me to dictate the pace the of the itinerary and gave the right balance of information and free time to explore. Super trip. Many thanks.

Excelente tour para conocer otra parte de Estambul

Samuel_A, Sep 2024

Este tour nos permitió apreciar los restos de la herencia de los imperios romano y bizantino en Estambul. Fue impresionante ver las murallas que rodeaban la ciudad, los restos del palacio de los últimos emperadores bizantinos, el cuerno del oro por donde pasaron los turcos para apoderarse de la ciudad y las hermanas iglesias ortodoxas que perduran. Yesil es un excelente guía, con un muy manejo de la historia y del ingles