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Private Half-Day Tour of Modern Istanbul: Explore Taksim Square, Dolmabahce Palace, and Galata Tower
5.0
6 Ratings
Beyoğlu
Discover the modern side of Istanbul on a private half-day tour. Visit Taksim Square, Dolmabahce Palace, and climb the Galata Tower with a knowledgeable guide.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Dolmabahce Palace - Visit with a professional guide to the second Palace of the Ottoman Empire after the Topkapi Palace. We are going to see the western architecture designed with both rococo and baroque styles. It was built in the 19th century. It was the last residence of the last Sultans. The founder of the Turkish republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died in this palace in 1938.
The entrance is paid for each client separately $ 10 per person
What's Included
- Professional guide fluent in Spanish and English
- All applicable fees and taxes included
- Public transportation costs covered if required
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Carbonated beverages
- Tickets for Dolmabahce Palace. $35 per person)
- Tickets for Galata Tower (Approx.$25 per person)
Additional Information
We walk towards the modern part seeing the most crowded streets with their restaurants, bars, pubs and much more.
We visit the second main residence of the Ottoman Empire - Dolmabahce Palace. We take a look at the widest and most famous square in the city - Taksim Square
To feel like a bird you have to climb the Galata Tower. And your guide accompanies you from beginning to end for this half day tour in the modern area of Istanbul
Location
Taksim Square
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Nicholas_v
May 28, 2023
Accommodating, family-friendly guide - Very warm and accommodating guide. We appreciate that she was flexible and able to adjust for our 5-year-olds needs (calling a cab at one point to save our little one from walking to the next destination, and allowing us a pause to get a treat from the Turkish ice cream man). She also made a point of highlighting specific things in Taksim that she thought we would be interested in, like the Catholic churches (our family has a particular interest in Christian history). And she was very knowledgeable about everything we saw. We are happy with our experience.
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Mustapha
Jul 15, 2021
Istanbul experience - Highly recommended estambul tours.Ali was an amazing guide, he took to all of the top tourists area. He was very knowledgeable about the history of Turkey.he is not only my guide he was also a very professional photographer He took all my pictures, and was very friendly.
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510vann
Jul 11, 2021
Good! - It was a great tour with estambul tours. He knew a lot and you saw and experienced quite a lot for a day. Since I traveled alone, he even offered to be my personal photographer. I was excited. Always happy.highly recommended
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1979amarjeet
Jul 11, 2021
Great service for our Turkey trip - Excellent service... I like it very much last year I booked Istanbul package from this company and Im a setisfied more then my
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Chenteddy12071975
Jul 7, 2021
Excellent tours & guide - Ali was our guide and we couldn’t have hope to get better. Not only was he friendly, helpful and shrewd, but with his 20+ years of experience in guiding this city we just have learned so much. Having previously traveled to Istanbul without a guide, I realised how much information I have missed. This experience has exceeded all of our expectation ! I would highly recommend getting this tours.
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Cannr2019
Jun 5, 2021
Definitely worth a visit - Have a great trip with interactive explaination of different sight. In order to visit Dolmabahçe Palace, The Selamlık tour takes you through the quarters reserved for men, while the Harem tour shows you the apartments of the sultan’s family. At Galata Tower you see Istanbul from a very different vantage point and you get a sense of why this was such vital trading point over the centuries. Our guide was also very much supportive, helpful and explained very well about the places and history.
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