Panoramic Sightseeing Bus Tour of Istanbul

 

Get panoramic views of Istanbul’s attractions with a Double Decker Open Top sightseeing bus, with an audioguide on board.

Highlights
• Art treasures and architectural works will evoke your feelings of nostalgia.
• Modern-day İstanbul boasts the best of both continents. With a colorful history and vibrant past, vividly alive, İstanbul today offers the visitor a unique insight into variety of cultures.
• Golden Horn not only splits the city into two from East to West, but also merges two opposite worlds.
• The jews, Italian traders and other non-muslim minorities were amongst the first colonies during the Byzantine who settled around the Golden Horn.
• Sultanahmet, the Historical Peninsula, with fantastic highlights of the city: Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Roman Hippodrome, sportive events, and political activities.
• Basilica Cistern, Topkapı Palace, Archaeological Museum, Old Sirkeci Train Station once welcomed the famous Orients Express from Europe.
• Over the historical Galata Bridge drive to the New City viewing Dolmabahce Mosque and Dolmabahce Palace up to Taksim Square.

On our 2 hour-long tour, you will be shown the highlights of Istanbul with the best possibilities to take photographs. Under the romantic backdrop of minarets and mosques, like a step out of time stands the ancient city of İstanbul.

From the top deck of the open-top bus, enjoy an in-depth look at the residential areas of Byzantine Jews, Italian traders, and other non-Muslim minorities. Get a true sense of the history behind the Balat and Metal Church. Enjoy sights such as St. Stephen the Bulgarian, and get a glimpse of what life was like at the Jewish Hospital. Stroll along the Byzantine city walls, shop in the Spice Bazaar, and more.

The best part of this tour is the possibility to take photos between two continents over the Bosphorus Bridge

Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents, Europe and Asia, standing on the shores of Bosphorus and guarding the precious relics of the three world-dominating empires; Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman, which she has been the capital, a unique link between the East and West, past and the present.

After the tour, you may visit İstiklal Street which is very close by, and Beyoğlu, one of the oldest districts of İstanbul with famous Flower Passage, cafes, restaurants and wine houses.

Languages
Audioguide available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Arabic and Turkish

Redeem information
Voucher type: Printed and e-Voucher
Printed voucher or E-voucher. Print and bring the voucher or show the voucher on your mobile device to enjoy the activity.

Location
Start point:
Abdülhak Hamit Cd.,No:34/34437 - 34437 - İstanbul - TR
Please ensure you arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes prior to the Tour start time.

End point: Same as the starting point

Schedule
Duration: 2 Hours

Guide options
Guide type: Not included