Istanbul: Private City Highlights guidet tur

pros are beautiful mosques. cons are guide who was more interested in making commissions by directing us to his high end jewelers, rug dealers and handbag merchants in bazaar that was otherwise closed on Sunday. Yet claimed we didn't have enough time to see palace even though listed in itinerary.

This tour says private car, but what this means is that its a taxi to and from hotel. It is not for you to go to each site with the car. The title and description is misleading. I booked this tour with my elderly mum and brother, due to my mother not being able to walk long distances and hills, we decided not to do the walking tour and do the private car tour. I reached out to the provider to ask what the tour includes exactly as it just gives me the itinerary of each place we're going, and not much more. The provider didn't reach out until about 10 hours before our tour (you can't cancel with less than 24 hours notice) and all they'd said was lunch and entrance tickets were not included. Our guide messaged to say he was at the hotel in the morning, once we got to our first site, which is literally a 2 minute drive and 5 minute walk from the hotel, the guide said that we would be walking to each site, after seeing the first site, we'd said that due to my mums mobility we would need to take the car, and that was why we booked the private car, he said that's not possible as the areas are restricted. Then he showed us the messages of him communicating with the tour provider asking why a car was included when everything is in walking distance and it doesn't make sense, the provider just said that's whats booked. As my mum had to walk to the next site, which is hills, her legs didn't manage it so we had to stop the tour. This was 1 hour into the tour. We then cancelled the tour with the guide, even he was shocked at how much we paid, over 290 pounds. I normally don't mind paying for the experience and have always used viator to book excursions and tours, but this i felt was disgusting by both the tour provider and viator, as when i reached out to them, they said the tour provider is refusing to give a refund and so they can't refund

We had a great time and the staff was super friendly and helpful! Definitely a fun activity to share with friends and be creative! They offer ton of other cool workshops to check out as well!

Kerim is very professional and great tour guide! We really enjoyed his service! His knowledge and attitude are really helpful! Even after our service, he still continued to help us, gave us more details help!

Gülşen is a wonderful guide. Not only is her knowledge of the historic sites comprehensive but the way that she tells their story brings their history to life. She is also a friendly and caring person who looks after those in her charge and accommodates the tour to their needs. I went on this tour on my first day in the city and couldn’t have asked for a better introduction and welcome. I had a fabulous day seeing the sights of Istanbul with this amazing lady.

We booked a 7 hr tour through GetYourGuide for Blue Mosque/Hagia Sophia/Topkapi Palace/Grand Bazaar. Because it was a personal tour it was only my husband and me in the group. Kenan (Ken) was our guide and he was very knowledgeable and great company for the day. He told us about the history and also about modern day Turkey. Skip the Line was especially helpful as we didn't have to stand in the sun for very long. The only down side was that I hadn't realised we had to book tickets and that increased the price of the tour. The whole day was well worth the cost.

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Guide was pleasant and knowledgeable . Although I had a bad experience probably will not go back to istanbul

Great service, excellent experience and very loving guides. Ali is a great person to be around his knowledge is immense. Will always go back to him to see more of Istanbul.

Cicek (her name means flower) guided my son and me on a wonderful one day introduction to Istanbul. We really appreciated the balance of information, history and insight into current and past Turkish life. Really appreciated the advice on getting around – she introduced us to the Istanbul card and the tram system which we used a lot in the following two days. We would really recommend her and the tour.