Last Updated on April 11, 2021
City walking tours has recently become a top travellers’ choice especially during this pandemic year. Istanbul also offers many city walking tours for travelers as majority of the popular tourist zones and sights are very accessible on foot. You can explore the city’s top attractions and get a closer look at the popular sights whether by self-guided or with professional guided city walking tours.
With guides, you are able to discover the city’s hidden gems, learn about the city’s and sights’ history, diverse culture and find out the best places to make shopping, try local food, taste Turkish delight.
And an innovative city walking tour in Istanbul is on offer now. It is called hop-on hop-off Istanbul city walks. You’ll find several hop points where a guide will meet you there and show you around. You can join the tour any time and any day you want during your stay in the city.
Top Best Istanbul City Walking Tours
As being Istanbeautiful team who have collectively lived in Istanbul for more than 40 years, we are sharing our four decades of insider knowledge in this practical city walks. There are also plenty of other options for wandering.
Book one of our pick of the top best Istanbul city walking tours, experience and enjoy the city’s most popular and tourist sights, and discover the city’s local markets, the most Instagrammable spots, entertainment places, tourist zones on foot with the below top guided city walks.
1. Istanbul Hop On Hop Off Walking Tour
This is our collaborator Istanbul Welcome Card, providing in-depth guided tours in English to Istanbul’s most visited attractions. Has great traveler ratings and comments.
This is an innovative and new generation city walking tour with professional guides. You can experience and enjoy the unlimited sights and sounds of the city at this Hop On Hop Off Walking Tour, discover the very best of Istanbul, experience local markets, taste Turkish delights and visit the most popular Instagram spots.
Hop-On Hop-Off Routes & Stops
1. The Old City Sultanahmet to the Grand Bazaar
Explore the highlights of Ottoman and Byzantine heritage including the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace Garden. Along the 15 min walk to the Grand Bazaar, explore sights off the traditional tourist path, offering unique historical secrets and one of a kind Instagram spots.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Departure Times: daily except Tuesdays at 10:00 am.
- Departure Point: in front of Hagia Sophia
2. The Grand Bazaar to the Spice Market
Witness the beauty and skill of Turkish handcrafts, capture amazing pictures from rooftops, visit a local food market and try spices, herbs and Turkish Delights at the Spice Bazaar.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Departure Times: daily except Tuesdays at 12:00 pm. and 14:30 pm.
- Departure Point: Cemberlitas, the Column of Constantine the Great, across from the entrance of the Grand Bazaar
3. Spice Market, via Galata Bridge to Tunnel Square
Enjoy a Turkish tea its flavorful history, pass the fisherman of Galata Bridge which stretches over the Golden Horn, capture amazing pictures, follow in the footsteps of the Italian, Greek, Jewish, Austrian, Russian and German cosmopolitan cultures which once resided here and discover famous sites such as the Galata Tower, Dervish Lodge and Tunnel Square.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Departure Times: daily except Tuesdays at 10:00 am. and 12:30 pm.
- Departure Point: in front of Spice Market
4. Tunnel Square to Galataport, the Cruise Port
Marvel at the most colorful European Istanbul shopping street and admire neo-classical and art nouveau architecture, passing by old book shops, art galleries, vibrant street art, the flower passage, the fish market, consulate buildings from past centuries and stunning churches.
Witness nostalgic trams and metro lines, stroll through the most popular neighborhood for cafes, bars and restaurants and have a browse in some of the many antique shops. At Galataport we take a closer look at Ottoman monuments, pop-in to adorable cafes and bars, and of course, a stop at a famous Turkish baklava manufacturer.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Departure Times: daily except Tuesdays at 15:00 pm.
- Departure Point: At the exit gate of the funicular at Tunnel Square
How It Works?
- Book your ticket online
- Your name will be on the list for 3 days
- Come join the tour as much as you want at the available times at one of the meeting points
Our website visitors will get 5% extra discount. Just click the red button below and make sure you see the discounted price on the official page.
Book Your Hop-On Hop-Off Istanbul Walking Tour
2. Galata Tower Tickets and Walking Tour with an Insider
This is our collaborator providing in-depth guided tours in English to Istanbul’s most visited attractions.
You’ll experience and enjoy the city from one of the best point of views on top of the Galata Tower.
You’ll also enjoy a short walking tour with a guide along the touristic Galata neighborhood. Galata has the living memories of different cultures, nationalities, religions.
Highlights:
- Awe at Bosphorus and majestic Istanbul from the top of a Medieval Tower dating back to the Genovese era
- Explore the neighborhood of Galata with a guided walking tour
- Witness the great cultural diversity of centuries through the vibrant streets between Taksim and Karaköy
- Have a ride at one of the oldest subways in the world
Includes:
- Galata Tower entrance fee
- Express elevator up to the lookout platform
- 90 minutes with a local guide
- The Funicular ticket
Our website visitors will get 5% extra discount. Just click the red button below and make sure you see the discounted price on the official page.
Book Your Galata Tower & Guided Walking Tour
3. Blue Mosque and Sultanahmet Square Tour with Historian Guide
This is offered by Istanbul Welcome Card and we highly recommend. You’ll discover and enjoy all the historical buildings from outside that surround the ancient imperial square of Istanbul. Between the monuments, your guide will take you through the ages of Istanbul – from antiquity to modern times.
Highlights:
- Discover Byzantine and Ottoman relics
- Learn more about the fascinating history of Istanbul
- Discover some of the city’s most important historical sites
- Get a sense for the culture both past and present
- Explore the Hippodrome with its two obelisks and the Serpentine Column
- Visit the German Fountain, a gift from the German Emperor Wilhelm II
- See the magnificent Palace of Ibrahim Pasha
- Stroll through the courtyards of the Blue Mosque
- Step inside the beautiful Blue Mosque and stay inside as long as you want
Meeting Location: Meet your guide in front of the Hagia Sophia
Tour Duration: Tour duration is about 45 minutes
Meeting Hours: daily at 14:00 except Fridays
Our website visitors will get 5% extra discount. Just click the red button below and make sure you see the discounted price on the official page.
Blue Mosque and Sultanahmet Square Tour & Historian Guide
Alternative Walking Tour Buying Channels
Here we only suggest the proven ways and top rated ones with travelers’ comments. You can feel free to book one of the below top selling private Istanbul city walking tours.
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