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Layover Tour in Istanbul

Layover Tour in Istanbul

Solo traveller, family, business or group; if you have a transit connecting flight in Istanbul with a stop over more than 4 hours, best thing to do is a layover tour in istanbul.You may join a magical day by visiting Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Palace and more. Also you may have a joyful day with Turkish Kebhaps, Turkish coffee, tea, ice cream, Baklava and delights. If you have have a transit flight in Istanbul airport with a stopover 6 hours and more you may have a layover in İstanbul and visit the city for a few hours. You may join a magical day by visiting Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, Hippodrome,  and more.  
Istanbul airport is about 50 minutes away from downtown by a private car. So you need to calculate your timing to arrive airport before your check in.  
  • So what can you see in a short layover in Istanbul ?
  Of course, the most common area is the old cith where the Byzantium empire settled. The city is surrounded by city walls. You may visit in old city, The wonderful Hagia Sophia, on of the oldest and biggest churhes in the World. Next to Hagia Sophia, you will see the Blue Mosque, which is one of the biggest mosques in İstanbul. You will walk through hippodrome square and visit Basilica cistern, water supply of Rome. You may also see the most famous museum in Turkey, Topkapi Palace museum. Surely there are so many other spots in the area like Archeology museum, Mosaic museum, Islamic arts museum.  
  • If you are a shopping fan, you should have a look to the biggest Street bazaar in Turkey, Grand Bazaar. It is a covered bazaar with hundreds of streets and 5000 shops of gifts, souveniers, jewellery. It was listed the world's most-visited tourist attractions place with 91,250,000 annual visitors in a year. The Grand Bazaar at Istanbul is often regarded as one of the first shopping malls of the World.
  You may also walk down to spice bazaar and reach to bosphorus,  a natural channel between two continents europe and asia. You may have a boat cruise on the bosphorus if you have some more time and see all city by the sea.
  •  Across old city you will see amazing Galata tower and istiklal Street which is famous Street of İstanbul with its restaurants, cafe, abrs, pubs, clubs, all kind of shops. You may also see Golden horn river and have some nice time at the famous boutique cafes in Fener and Balat. You may climb up to Pierre loti hill or visit Miniaturk museum.
Any chance to visit Asi apart of the city ? Surely you can have a visit on the asi aside and see İstanbul with a panaromic view from Camlica hill. You may walk in Camlica mosque, Camlica tower which is the highest place in Istanbul.  
  • You may also visit Kadıkoy village on the bosphorus, famous with local peoples life, food, music and more about culture.
If we speak about Istanbul, of course we could not pass without the delicios traditional tastes. We may enjoy with Turkish cuisine of Kebhaps, Seafood, and mezes.  We do not forget the Street food.  
With a small break you may get a Turkish coffee or Turkish icecream. Also you may have some Turkish delights, Baklava, and Lokum with some tea.
  • Layover tours includes, car and driver, airport transfers, tour, transportation, bridge and highway fees, autopark.
Our staff welcomes you at the airport for your transfer to downtown, old city Istanbul. According to your time, we plan your itinerary and visit most fabulous places in the city, take some photos, cruise on the bosphorus, have best food in Turkey. You will have a wonderful day in between Europe and Asia with a culture pool of Turkish, Ottoman, Byzantium, Roman and more. At the end of the tour, we take you back to airport for your connecting flight on time.You will be safe with us during your layover with our staff. You may see some of the places in your layover;
  1. Hagia Sophia
  2. Blue Mosque
  3. Topkapı Palace
  4. Hippodrome
  5. Grand Bazaar
  6. Bosphorus
  7. Spice Bazaar
  8. Dolmabahce palace
  9. Hagia Irini
  10. Archeology Museum
  11. Mosaic museum
  12. Basilica Cistern
  13. Islamic art museum
  14. Carpet museum
  15. Arasta Bazaar
  16. Soliman Mosque
  17. Chora Church
  18. Galata Tower
  19. Maiden Tower
  20. Galata Mevlevihane
  21. Istiklal street
  22. Pera museum
  23. Santa Maria church
  24. Saint Anthony Church
  25. Flower passage
  26. Beylerbeyi Palace
  27. Rumeli fortress
  28. City walls
  29. Rahmi Koc museum
  30. Sea Museum
  31. Madame Tussauds Istanbul
  32. Miniaturk
  33. Rahmi koc museum
  34. Modern Art museum
  35. Toys museum
  36. Chocolate museum
  37. Legoland
  38. Istanbul Aquarium
  39. Emirgan Park
  40. Ciragan Palace
  41. Pierloti
  42. Eyup Sultan Mosque
  43. Fatih Sultan Mosque
  44. Camlica Mosque
  45. Camlica Tower
  46. Kadikoy
  47. Hurrem Sultan Bath
  48. Cagaloglu Bath
  49. Binbirdirek cistern
  50. Ortakoy Mecidiye Mosque
  51. Taksim square
  52. Panaroma 1453
  53. Galata Bridge
  54. Bosphorus bridge
  55. Camlica hill
  56. Ataturk Arboretum garden
  57. Gulhane Park
  58. Belgrad Forest
  59. Princess islands
  60. Balat church
  61. Fener region
  62. Yeni mosque
  63. Yildiz Palace
  64. Sakip Sabanci Museum
  65. Funistanbul
  66. Snowpark
  67. Dolphinarium
  68. Aqua Club Dolphin
  69. Nisantasi
  70. Ahrida Sinagog
  71. Sealife aquarium
  72. Kidzania
  73. Aviation museum
  74. Istanbul zoo
  75. Yoros Castle – Anadolu Kavagi
  76. Rumeli castle
  77. Sile and Agva
  78. Forum Istanbul
  79. Uniq ıstanbul
  80. Cevahir shopping mall
  81. Mall of Istanbul
  82. Venezia mall
  83. Golden horn
  84. Adapark
  85. Yusa tomb
  86. Military museum
  87. Hagia Yorgi Church
  88. Istinye park mall
  89. Cemberlitas bath
  90. Ferry at bosphorus
  91. Bebek region
  92. Viaport
  93. Moda
  94. Rumeli Feneri
  95. Suleymaniye bath
  96. Sultan Soliman Bridge
  97. Kucuksu Pavilion
  98. Salt Galata
  99. Nusret
  100. Galataport
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Layover in Istanbul
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 8 reviews
 by Evgeniya
Fun time during layover in Turkey

I had a 9 hr layover in Istanbul from 4pm till 1am. I decided to use this time wisely and do some exploring. What a great idea it was! I contacted Yesil on WhatsApp and went over the logistics a day or two before my trip. Yesil picked me up at the airport and took me to the old city. It was such an immersive and amazing experience! Yesil is an incredible and a knowledgeable host! Highly recommend this company to anyone wanting a taste of Turkish culture in a limited time table. I will definitely do it again next time when my kids are with me.
Thank you, Yesil!!! 🫶🏻

 by Sarah
Istanbul Short Visit

We had a short stopover in istanbul for our transit flight and booked a tour for some sightseeing in the city. We have visited Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Galata Tower and some local parts of the city in the evening. We got some chance to try Turkish kebhap and coffee. We arrived airport back on time. If you have a layover in istanbul, do not miss..

 by Anthony
Transit Layover in istanbul airport

As the airline changed our schedule, we had a last minute layover in istanbul airport for 9 hours. We booked this tour at the airport and visited istanbul for 5-6 hours. We have seen Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Hippodome, Bazaar, Galata Tower and some local parts of city between 5pm to 11pm. We had tried local food and Turkish coffee. Ptogram was really good and timing was with no problem.

 by Emily
Perfect transit layover in istanbul

We had an unexpected night layover in istanbul for our transit flight. We have booked the tour last minute and welcomed on our arrival and visit old city of istanbul, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Galata tower and istiklal street almost untill midnight. Very good organised tour for a short layover. We had also chance of having some local kebhaps, Turkish coffee and street tastes.

 by Sidth
Sabiha Gokcen Airport Layover

We had a 10 hour layover at Sabiha Gokcen airport and booked a tour from airport. We met with driver at airport and went to Old city center of istanbul. We have visited Galata tower, Hagia Sophia, Blue mosque, Grand Bazaar in a short time. We tried some Turkish cuise kebhaps and delights. It was a wonderful time...

 by Michael
Stopover in istanbul

For our transit connection, we had a stopover in istanbul for 9 hours and we visited the city for a short time. They picked us up from airport and see old city and Galata. Had a lovely time and got a nice experience about Turkey. We turned back airport on time. Everything was great.Do not miss this experience!!

 by Adrianne
transit layover in istanbul airport

We have booked a late layover tour landing at 4pm. Driver was ready for us on our arrival and visited really nice spots, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Bosphorus, Galata tower and have some local food in istiklal street. We were at airport on time.

 by Marcelo
Magical Istanbul

I had a 5.5 hour layover in Istanbul and I couldn’t have though of a better way to kill time by exploring the city. Realistically I had 2.5 hours to get down to business after a short departure delay and long taxiing into the gate at Istanbul airport. After clearing customs, my private minivan with the best tour guy ever Yesin, was waiting for me outside ready to take me for an unique experience. He was very confident and knowledgeable of the city ways around and made me feel super relax.

Istanbul is magical. First stop was the Blue Mosque and I recommend to walk inside because is breathtaking, then we walked to the Hagia Sophia, but because of time we couldn’t get in due to a huge line of people trying to enter the Grand Mosque. We continued our walk through the site and before leaving, Yesin told me to try some Simit, a popular circular bread widely known as Turkish bagel, mmm. Couldn’t leave the site also without trying some of the most popular Maras Dondurma ice cream and their famous charismatic vendors that fools you while trying to catch the ice cream cone. Yesin was very knowledgeable about Turkish history and very professional through the whole ride. I will definitely recommend this tour for any one with a layover of 6 hrs but not less.

I wished I had more time to explore this historical an monumental city full of a rich culture and amazing people. I’ll come back for more.

Thank you Yesin.

 
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