Imperial Istanbul in one day, on foot

Hagia Sophia · Topkapı · Blue Mosque · Grand Bazaar

Imperial Istanbul Private Day Tour · Hagia Sophia and Topkapı

Tour Overview

One full day in Sultanahmet with a licensed local guide who works for your client alone. No coach, no group of strangers, no audio guide.

Who it suits. Clients who already booked Istanbul themselves and want one day done properly. It is also the easiest thing you will ever add to a booking that is already closed · it changes no flights and no hotels.

How the price works. The guide is private, so the cost is per group and the price per person falls as the group grows. Quote from this ladder:

1 traveller337 USD
2 travellers215 USD each
3 travellers174 USD each
4 travellers154 USD each
6 travellers133 USD each

What you handle, what we handle. You sell and collect. We provide the guide, the entrance fees, the day’s public transport and hotel pick-up and drop-off.

Tour Highlights

  • Private guide, licensed and local · Spanish or English, not a translator and not an audio guide
  • Entrance fees included · Hagia Sophia and Topkapı Palace with the Harem and Hagia Irene
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off, plus the day’s tram tickets
  • Your client sets the pace · they can stop for coffee or skip what does not interest them
  • Tuesday is covered · Topkapı closes, so we swap in the Basilica Cistern at no extra cost
  • Price per person falls with group size · request the tariff sheet for net rates
Public price · PVP
133USD

per person · private tour, from 6 travellers

Already have dates?

The same price on every channel

How it works

  1. Send us the dates and the group · we reply within 24 hours
  2. We confirm dates, hotels and your net rate
  3. You sell and invoice · we operate everything on the ground
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Basilica Cistern, Istanbul
Basilica Cistern, Istanbul

Itinerary

  1. Hagia Sophia

    • Fifteen hundred years of history in one building · first a Byzantine basilica, later a mosque
    • Entrance included
  2. Topkapı Palace

    • With the Harem and Hagia Irene included. Four centuries of Ottoman sultans, the treasury, and the views over the Bosphorus
    • ⚠️ Topkapı closes on Tuesdays. If your client’s free day falls on a Tuesday we change the order and go into the Basilica Cistern instead · same price, same length of day
  3. Blue Mosque and the Hippodrome

    • The six minarets, the Egyptian obelisk, the serpent column, and the square where the Byzantine chariots raced
  4. Grand Bazaar

    • Four thousand shops under fifteenth-century vaults
    • The guide explains how to haggle without giving offence, and where not to buy

What is included?

  • Licensed local guide in Spanish or English, private, for the whole day
  • Entrance fees to Hagia Sophia and Topkapı Palace (Harem and Hagia Irene included)
  • The day’s public transport (tram)
  • Pick-up from and return to your client’s hotel

What is excluded?

  • Lunch · left out on purpose, so your client chooses. The guide takes them to neighbourhood places and says what to order; it usually runs 10-20 USD per person
  • Tips and personal expenses
  • Hotel, flights and anything outside the day itself

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Frequently asked questions

How does the pricing work for agencies?

The guide is private, so the cost is per group and the per-person price falls as the group grows: 337 USD for one traveller, 215 each for two, 174 for three, 154 for four and 133 for six. Every figure is a public selling price · the same one your client would be quoted. Request the tariff sheet for the net rates.

Is the guide really fluent in Spanish?

Yes. We work with licensed Istanbul guides who speak fluent Spanish · Turkish nationals who studied guiding as a degree and have spent years with Latin American and Spanish travellers. They are not translators and this is not an audio guide. English is equally available.

Is it private or shared?

Private. The guide is for your client's group and nobody else. That is why the per-person price drops with group size, and why they can stop where they like, go into a café, or skip something that does not interest them.

How much walking is there?

Between 4 and 6 km spread across the whole day, almost all of it inside Sultanahmet, with long stops inside the monuments. It is not a continuous hike.

What if my client's day falls on a Tuesday?

No problem. Topkapı closes on Tuesdays, so we change the order and go into the Basilica Cistern instead. The price does not change and the rest of the day is identical.

Can it work with children or reduced mobility?

With children, yes, and it works well because your client sets the pace. If someone in the group cannot walk much, tell us when you book: we run the same day with a private vehicle and quote you the difference.

Is lunch included?

No, and it is deliberate. Your client picks where and when to eat. The guide takes them to neighbourhood places where locals eat and tells them what to order; it usually comes to 10-20 USD per person.

Do you invoice in my agency's name?

Yes. We invoice the agency, not the end client, and your client never sees our net rate.

Ready to sell this tour?

Request the tariff sheet

From 133 USD per person