Istanbul Private Guided Tour for Layover Flight. Transfer incl.

My husband and I had an 8 hour layover in Istanbul and decided to book a tour around the historic sites. The experience was fantastic. The instructions for pickup made transition from the airport very easy. There is a luggage storage office at the airport (only accepts cash), where you can deposit your luggage before the tour starts. The transport vehicles are luxury, limo-style seating vans and were very comfortable. The tour is private, so no large group which allows you to tailor the experience to your wants and needs. We started with a stop at a traditional turkish restaurant where we had an assortment of amazing foods. We then saw the blue mosque, hippodrome, Hagia Sofia, cistern and a walk through the grand bazaar. Most of these sites are within walking distance of each other, so it is easy to see a lot in a short amount of time. Our guide, Latif was very knowledgeable about all of the historic sites and took amazing photos of us throughout the way. We were able to skip through some of the lines as well. The whole experience was amazing and if you have a longer layover in Istanbul, I highly recommend booking this tour!

We had a significant layover in Istanbul and scheduled a city tour. Mev was our guide and she was simply delightful. She was an absolute wealth of information. Mev did a masterful job of exposing us to the history, culture, and food of this fascinating city. Istanbul is a city with one foot in Asia and the other in Europe. It's a case of east meets west in every sense. Many thanks to Mev for her insights, warmth, and charm!

Busra was an excellent, friendly and very well-informed guide for my walking tour. She has extensive knowledge of the area and its history, explaining in detail as we moved from one area to another. She was easily able to adapt to unexpected circumstances, attraction closures, even a snow storm, without any stress.

I highly recommend her as a guide.

When you have an 18 hour layover in one of the most beautiful cities in the world - and you’ve never been, but are a bit afraid that if you take a cab into the city and walk around yourself, you run the risk of:

1. Bad traffic and an unvetted cab driver that may or may not get you back in time,

2. Getting lost and missing your flight - as well as missing out on all the amazing things to see,

And/or -

3. Walking and seeing but not learning on your own - anything about the history and culture of this city…

Then stop and immediately book a tour with Turkey Layover Tours! We had such a beautiful day, walking all around, both seeing and learning about not just the sights, but about life experiences through conversations with our guide! Dependable, easy to book and a total joy to experience.

I had a 10 hour layover. So I booked this tour. As a US citizen, I did not need a visa. I checked my carry on backpack at a storage for 8 Euro. it was located at the exit gate 14. From there a shuttle took me to the city. It was about a 45 minute ride. It was before sunrise and I slept the whole time. Then I was greeted by Busra and the tour started. It was a very nice walking tour. We saw Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome. then we took the ferry to cross the Bosphorus. And then after spending some time at the Asian side of the city we crossed Bosphorus and this time got to the Jewish village. I had great talk with Busra. She is very friendly and smart. She has a lot of knowledge about history and philosophy. We had a number of stops to have tea, coffee, Turkish delights. It was an enjoyable 4-5 hours. I will highly recommend this tour for anyone who has a long layover and wants to explore this amazing city.

This was the most amazing day the booking process was easy, and everything ran to schedule. Mav was the most amazing tour guide, extremely knowledgeable, super kind and friendly treated us more like friends than customers. Mav tailored the whole day to things we wanted to see and do she made everything exciting and fun. I highly recommend Viator and Mav. Istanbul, you were amazing, and I will be back thankyou

We had a great experience with our Istanbul Layover day tour. During the booking process, Latif was very responsive to our request for an early start and was able to quickly accommodate our last minute change in hotels. The driver picked us up on time and the transportation was clean and comfortable. Mevhibe our guide was wonderful, customizing the tour to what we wanted to see. We enjoyed the food stops, especially, as we started our day with amazing Turkish coffee, had a nice lunch near the Bazaar, and delicious Kunefe. We were thrilled for the opportunity to take a ferry boat ride to the Anatolian side. Everything was timed very well and we made it to the airport in plenty of time to relax before our flight. Definitely recommend as the airport is far and you'll want to maximize your time by having a friendly and knowledgable guide such as Mevhibe.

The tour is very organized. I got picked up from the airport and dropped near the Blue Mosque. The tour guide already waited for me. I had a great time touring Instanbul. Busra, the tour guide, did an excellent job.

Hamide is an excellent tour guide. She made sure I was able to cover most of the sights during my layover. Thank you and much recommended day tour

Very slickly organized tour. The guide was both very knowledgeable as well as relatable. He was genuinely concerned about being able to give us value for the short time we were there since we had booked a transit tour experience between two flights and the time was further reduced thanks to long immigration lines. The pickup and drop off were slick/easy.