Lo mejor de Estambul: Cisterna Basílica - Mezquita Azul - Gran Bazar
Descripción
Explore el vibrante e histórico "casco antiguo" de Estambul en este recorrido, donde tendrá la oportunidad de capturar fotografías increíbles en lugares emblemáticos como la Cisterna Basílica subterránea y la Mezquita Azul en Sultanahmet. Disfrute de las delicias aromáticas de los mercados de especias y adéntrese en la rica herencia bizantina del Hipódromo. Déjese inspirar por la escena artística y artesanal local, y descubra los secretos del tejido tradicional de alfombras durante una visita a un histórico taller de alfombras. • Disfruta de acceso prioritario y salta las filas para comprar boletos en la Cisterna Basílica • Deléitese con delicias turcas en el bullicioso Gran Bazar • Pruebe a tejer en telar si se siente aventurero. • Benefíciese de un grupo turístico más pequeño que se puede personalizar según sus intereses
Opciones de la excursión
Itinerario
Esta espaciosa cisterna construida por los romanos muestra una impresionante ingeniería romana, fue encargada por el emperador Justiniano, la cisterna bizantina más grande que se conserva en Estambul y ha sido el telón de fondo de muchas películas a lo largo del tiempo.
La Mezquita del Sultán Ahmed, conocida como la Mezquita Azul por muchos turistas debido a su decoración interior azulada (azulejos azules que rodean las paredes del diseño de interiores), es la mezquita más importante de Estambul que se encuentra junto al Hipódromo Bizantino en el casco antiguo de la ciudad.
El Hipódromo de Constantinopla fue un circo que fue el centro deportivo y social de Constantinopla. Hoy es una plaza con algunos fragmentos de la estructura original sobreviviente. Los monumentos que decoran el Hipódromo incluyen el Obelisco Egipcio de 3500 años de antigüedad, la Columna Serpentina...
El Gran Bazar de Estambul ocupa un lugar destacado en la mayoría de los itinerarios de turistas, y por una buena razón. Este enorme sitio es el mercado cubierto más grande del mundo con 61 calles cubiertas y más de 4,000 tiendas en un área total de 30,700 m², atrayendo entre 250,000 y 400,000 visitantes diariamente ...
"Centro Sultan Ahmet", el corazón de la "Ciudad Vieja" desde donde se gobernaron los imperios bizantino y otomano
Un espléndido monumento de mil quinientos años de antigüedad, es una visita obligada en Estambul, construido para ser el lugar de culto más grande del mundo por el emperador Justiniano en el año 532 d.C.
Esta hermosa plaza y un gran lugar para hacer una parada, relajarse y tomar fotos de Hagia Sophia y la Mezquita Azul.
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Información importante
- Hay opciones de transporte público disponibles en las cercanías
- Los bebés deben sentarse en el regazo de un adulto
- Adecuado para todos los niveles de aptitud física
- Se debe preferir la ropa modesta al visitar la Mezquita Azul de Sultanahmet. Los pantalones cortos para hombres o mujeres deben estar debajo de la rodilla. Las mujeres se cubren la cabeza y los hombros expuestos con una bufanda o chal, la falda debe estar debajo de la rodilla.
- Puede ser desafiante hacer el recorrido con un cochecito, no recomendado
- Gran Bazar está cerrado los domingos
- SI “Opción Todo Incluido” no seleccionado : Cisterna Basílica (1.500TL por persona) no está incluido en el precio del tour. Una vez que pague su entrada a su guía turístico, tendrá el privilegio de saltarse la cola de entradas. Puede pagar al guía turístico preferiblemente en efectivo en TRY (o en equivalente a USD o EURO).
Opiniones(54)
Ezgi was charming and took care of us on a hot day. We got to see things that we wouldn’t have necessarily planned to do like the basilica cistern, which was a wonderful surprise.
Thank you for your lovely feedback! We’re so happy to hear that your first visit to Istanbul was made even more special with Ezgi’s care and guidance. The Basilica Cistern is indeed a magical surprise, and we’re glad you enjoyed discovering it along with the other highlights. We truly appreciate your kind words and hope to welcome you back to explore even more of Istanbul with us!
Our guide Kim was friendly and informative. We enjoyed the overview of Istanbul. Unfortunately the line to get into the Blue Mosque was so long that we opted out….next time. I highly recommend this highlights tour.
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear that Kim’s friendly and informative guidance made your highlights tour enjoyable. We completely understand how long lines can be frustrating, and we hope next time you’ll have the chance to experience the Blue Mosque as well. Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we’d love to welcome you back for another wonderful Istanbul adventure!
A fantastic experience one we will never forget. Our Guide was fantastic and very informative. It was a little challenging with all the walking would not suggest this for someone with any soreness that managed to make it through the day.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We are thrilled to hear that you had a fantastic and unforgettable experience on our Istanbul tour, and that our guide was so informative. Your feedback about the amount of walking is very valuable. We appreciate you mentioning this for future guests. We will be sure to add more detailed information about the walking intensity to our tour descriptions to help guests with mobility issues or soreness plan accordingly. We are so glad you managed to make it through and had such a memorable day. We hope to welcome you back again soon!
Very informative and interesting history. Our small group tour turned out to be a private tour and our guide was a Turkish historian and really knew his stuff. The Blue Mosque was easy to get in and around and the history of the hippodrome was interesting. Basilca Cistern was really cool!!
Thank you for this excellent review! We are so glad to hear that you had an informative and interesting Istanbul tour and that your small group turned into a private one. It sounds like our guide's expertise as a Turkish historian truly made the experience special. We're thrilled that you enjoyed the Blue Mosque, learned about the Hippodrome, and found the Basilica Cistern to be so cool. Our goal is to provide deep, meaningful experiences, and your feedback shows we succeeded. We hope to welcome you on another tour soon!
This turned out to be a private tour for just my husband and me. Our guide seemed very knowledgeable and we enjoyed our time with him.
Thank you for sharing your experience! We're so glad that you had a private Istanbul tour and that your guide's knowledge made the experience so enjoyable for you and your husband. It sounds like a fantastic way to explore the city! We hope to welcome you back again soon.
A very informative introduction to some of the most beautiful iconic sites. Erol’s commentary was full of detail about the history and he also gave us a sense of life as a modern day Turk. Highly recommended!
Thank you for the wonderful review! We're so glad you had such a great experience and found the tour to be a very informative introduction to **Istanbul's** iconic sites. It's fantastic to hear that **Erol**'s commentary was not only rich with historical detail but also gave you a sense of what life is like for a modern-day Turk. We believe that blend of past and present is what makes a tour truly special. Your high recommendation means a lot to us!
Wish there was better audio with tour hard to keep with with him or find him if he had mike would have neen better
Thank you for your feedback. We're glad you had a chance to explore some of the best sites in **Istanbul**, and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We are always looking for ways to improve our tours, and your comments about the audio and staying with the guide are very helpful. We will take your suggestions into consideration to ensure a better experience for all our guests.
This is a scam. They only run tours as per their convenience and not as per the scheduled times shown while making the booking. Although the money got refunded, they were extremely rude, and the entire experience left a very bad flavour. I lost the opportunity to see the sights since I had a very short time in Istanbul, and was unnecessarily made to come to the meeting point. I had booked a tour for 8:30 in the morning. Less than 12 hours before the tour, when the tour was no longer cancellable from my end, I got a message on my phone directly from the tour operator that my tour has been postponed to 1:00 pm. As this new time did not suit me, I asked them to allocate another guide. They said they are searching for one but never replied back. When I told them I have found something else, and to cancel my tour, the operator came back saying that the tour is operational, and if i do not show up the tour will be a no show and hence no refund. I kept requesting for the details of the guide, which they didn't share, stating privacy, all the while messaging me directly and not through Viator. The next day I was at the meeting point 5 mins before the tour was to start, which was the suggested time. However there was no one at the meeting point. When I reached out to the tour operator, I was told to prove that I am at the pick-up point, and then told that the tour had already started (before the start time). They said I was free to join the tour at 1:00 since I'd missed this one. Eventually I raised a request through viator and was refunded my booking amount, however despite not running the tour, the tour operator did not initial the cancellation from their end. Although the money got refunded, they were extremely rude, and the entire experience left a very bad flavour. I lost the opportunity to see the sights and was unnecessarily made to come to the meeting point.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I am deeply sorry for the unacceptable experience you had. This is not the standard of service we strive for, and I want to sincerely apologize for the frustration, inconvenience, and disappointment this caused. Your feedback highlights several serious issues that we need to address immediately with our tour operators. The behavior you described—canceling a tour on short notice, rudeness from staff, and failing to provide clear communication—is completely unacceptable. Making you come to the meeting point for a tour that had already "started" is also a breach of our trust and commitment to our customers. I want to assure you that we are taking this matter very seriously. We will be investigating this specific incident thoroughly and working with our partners to ensure this never happens again. We understand that a refund, while important, does not make up for a ruined experience or lost time during your short visit to Istanbul. We hope you can find it in your heart to give us another chance in the future. In the meantime, thank you for your honesty and for helping us to improve.
It was a great experience in Instambul with our great guide Huseyin. He gave us a great and colorful historical review in perfect English. It was very interesting also to find out architectural and archeological details. We also had an Excursion to the Turkish rug factory, where we could see handmade silk and wool rug production from a silk cocoon to a weaving by hands beautiful patterns genuine only for Turkish rugs. The guide was very friendly and knowledgeable.
Thank you for your wonderful review! We are so glad you had such a great experience in **Istanbul** with our guide, **Huseyin**. It's fantastic to hear that he provided a "colorful historical review" in perfect English and that you found the architectural and archaeological details so interesting. We're also happy that you enjoyed the excursion to the Turkish rug factory and got to see the fascinating process of handmade silk and wool rug production. We'll be sure to pass on your kind words to Huseyin.
The tour guide never showed up! We were at meeting site will before meeting time and waited 25 minutes for tour guide who never appeared. When tour provider was contacted we were told that the tour happened and that this was not their problem. Do not reserve this tour!!!
I am so sorry to hear about your experience. This is completely unacceptable, and I want to extend my sincerest apologies for the tour guide not showing up and for the lack of support you received when you contacted the tour provider. What you described is not how we operate, and we take this feedback very seriously. The provider's response that "the tour happened" and that it was "not their problem" is unprofessional and completely wrong. We are investigating this incident immediately with the tour operator and will be taking action to ensure this never happens again. A full refund for your booking has been processed, and you should see it reflected on your credit card statement within 5-10 business days. While we know a refund doesn't make up for the disappointment and wasted time, we hope you'll allow us to regain your trust in the future.
