OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
Highlights of The Tour
- Mahmut Pasa Mosque
- Tahtakale
- Rustem Pasa Mosque
- Spice Market and Yeni Mosque
- A short ferry journey on Bosporus
- Fish market in Kadıkoy and more
- Besiktas
- Extensive walking in Taksim, Beyoglu and Galata
- Karakoy
During this tour, we will visit and walk through number of districts not very popular among the tour groups. We will start the tour from Cemberlitas, a column standing in the mid of the Forum Constantine. We will walk through Tahtakale, a popular shopping area for mid and low budget locals. The next visit will be the Rustem Pasa Mosque, a small mosque highly decorated with famous Iznik tiles, built by famous Ottoman architect: Mimar Sinan. We will have some free time at the famous Spice Market (or the Egyptian Bazaar) , another souk from the Ottoman era, famous of selling spices. From here we will catch a ferry to Kadikoy the city of blind people. After visiting the fish market and shopping area of this district we will take a dolmus to Uskudar. Here we will catch a boat to get back to European side again to a district called Besiktas. We will catch another dolmus here to get to most famous square of Turkey, Taksim square. Here we will walk down hill Karakoy on Istiklal street with some D tours to Beyoglu and Galata. At Karakoy we will catch tram to get back to Sultanahmet.
By this tour you will understand the locals and their routine day in Istanbul.
Price: 40 Euro Per Person
Included: Public Transports and Expert Guide
The size of the group is minimum 2, maximum 6 people.