Historical Peninsula: Experience Golden Age Guides' Knowledge On Culture, Food, and More
4.3
390 Ratings
Fatih

It’s a unique encounter… As our guides are of notable maturity, they have plentiful insights… spanning culture, food, history, and shopping…

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hagia Sophia Mosque - Enjoy ender’s historical presentation and feel thw difference…
  • Topkapi Palace - Enjoy ender’s historical presentation and get brief information about the palace and Ottoman Empire
  • Hippodrome - Enjoy the monuments on the hippodrome and listen their stories…
  • Basilica Cistern - Feel the atmosphere and…
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What's Included
  • Guided Tour
What's Not Included
  • Tea and coffee
  • Lunch
  • All Fees and Taxes
Location
Ayasofya Meydanı
In front of the entrance of Ayasofya Museum
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(390 Ratings)
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Aboobakar
Sep 19, 2025
Hagia Sophia Mosque - Beautiful Historical Architecture which is a must to visit especially with a guide to know the history behind this huge structure which is wonderful!!!!
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Faouzib338
Aug 29, 2025
Visit the museum, it's worth it - Visit of Hagia Sophia and the museum (which I highly recommend). An excellent experience, certainly quite expensive (2400 LT), but definitely worth a visit.
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Simone
Aug 28, 2025
As beautiful as expensive - Very beautiful. Very expensive, as indeed any monument in Istanbul. Too bad you can only see it passing from the top. I recommend going early to avoid the queues (which at certain times are quite feasible without turning to the super expensive skip the line).
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Coastal780440
Sep 14, 2025
Amazing experience of visiting the ancient ottoman kingdom and seeing the city as a big new east culture - The opportunity to visit the markets, bookshops and, other sites let me know how the city is related with the Bosphorus region and the old culture behind the Ottoman Empire.
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Péter
Sep 13, 2025
Beautiful place for an unfair price - Beautiful building in a beautiful place. However the ticket price is too high for what you get in return. Non-muslims can't visit the bottom floor, so you can just walk around the second floor which is not a lot of time.
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Alabarda1973
Sep 3, 2025
Watch it from the outside and save - I don't think €25 is worth the price of the visit. Besides, if you go in summer, if you have bare knees (even men) they make you buy for €3 a kind of tunic. The length of the trousers is then decided quite subjectively by the staff. I don't know...certainly fascinating in its history, from Church to Mosque, but it seems to me that they just want to make money by virtue of its past. I do not recommend it. Look at it from the outside which is better.
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Johnhird2003
Aug 27, 2025
DON'T GET RIPPED OFF - If you buy your tickets in person outside the entrance you will get the hard sell to buy the more expensive full ticket costing €45 which includes entrance to the museum a ten minute walk away. If you only want access to the main viewing gallery insist on the cheaper ticket around €22. Either way you won't get access to the ground floor unless you're here to pray.
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Brendanf86
Sep 30, 2025
UNDERWHELMING . Official Kiosk = official rip-off + it really is not worth the visit - Rip-off even by the official ticket kiosk . The sign says €25 but no other price list is given. After a long queue , the kiosk Teller asks whether you want partial or full ticket . Add in the pressure of queue behind you , conversion rates and the price they present you is on a calculator PER PERSON , one ends up paying €100 for a balcony view , and access to some museum which was never explained . When you complain that you did not wish to go to any museum you get a SHRUG OF THE SHOULDERS . They are only interested in revenue generation NOT customer satisfaction .
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Brendanf86
Sep 28, 2025
Official ticket kiosk = officially try to swindle you - Be careful even the official Kiosk will try to swindle you . There are no written down prices except OVER the kiosk they say €25 per ticket . Once at the kiosk they SAY do you want to see the whole attraction ie they don’t specify . You assume ‘yes’ you want to see the Hagia Sophia but they bundle in another museum tour making the ticket €50 EACH . You assume the €50 is the total price which it isn’t. Add in that at they show you a price in Turkish Lira ir it’s in 000’s and nothing is written down on a piece of paper you have no clarification of what you’re buying .
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Beno_tc952
Sep 25, 2025
Huge disappointment - The 25€ ticket is already very expensive for what you will see there, but they will try to sell you the 50€ ticket including the museum (very regular scam). Then you will only have access to the first floor where a roped limit will prevent you from approaching the balcony. Certainly the place is steeped in history but they made it a cash factory, the restorations are disappointing despite the financial windfall of the operation. Very disappointing, to avoid!
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