Istanbul Introduction & Shopping Tour only for Gay People

FREE OF CHARGE  IF YOU RESERVE ANY HOTEL OR A TURKEY TOUR PACKAGE FROM PRIDE TRAVEL
Free offer is not valid for "direct reservation hotels" listed on our partner websites or for daily city tours.

Where will you eat to best price ? Where and what to shop without being overcharged or hassled ? How do you go to major districts of Istanbul by public transportation ? What are the hidden places of the city that are not included in major tours. What are the risks awaiting you in a city of mysteries ? You can make sure that we know better than your guide books !



This tour is available almost everyday from 10:00 am till 14:00. We offer this tour free of charges for our gay clients who reserves a hotel or other tour packages from our  websites.

This is the layout of the introduction tour of Istanbul

- You will be picked up from your hotel by our guide at 09:15-10:00 depending on the location of your hotel. The tour itself will start from Sultanahmet square, and the rest of the tour will be mainly walking.

- We will provide each of our clients a file consisting of brochures and maps including schedules of current cultural activities, bus and ferry boat schedules, maps and addresses of good restaurants, Turkish baths, shops as well as a free printed gay guide and map of Istanbul. This will be most update gay guide and the only available printed gay map of Istanbul prepared by Pride Travel. Remember many gay venues closes and opens after the Spartacus magazine and the like are distributed.

- You will visit some interesting destinations around old city Sultanahmet which are not included in regular city tours such as Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar and other local bazaars, shopping streets, small non-tourist mosques, peculiar back-streets etc. We will give a tea  & Nescafe break at a nice Turkish style cafeteria on the way.

- You will be provided with some very useful general information such as where to eat and where to shop without being overcharged and hassled, where to visit, a brief location orientation of the city etc including how to use public transportation or ferry boats to go interesting districts of Istanbul. You will also have the opportunity of shopping by the assistance of your guide if you are interested for about 1 hour towards the end of the tour..

-At the end of the tour you will be set free at the Sultanahmet square or will be taken to a famous Turkish bath (for example Cemberlitas or Cagaloglu Hamam) if you prefer. The entrance fee of Hamam will not be included and you will be set free at the Hamam after necessary information is provided.
 
The tour includes: Any entrance fee to museums if required, transportation to Sultanahmet square if necessary, and private gay/gay friendly guide for our tour clients only.
 
This tour is also open to other gay people even if they do not book any service from Pride Travel  for a price of 25 Euro per person for people joining from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci hotels, 30 Euro from Taksim hotels.

ATTENTION:
*This tour is organized almost everyday. If it is not available on the day you request, we will suggest you the closest available date during your stay in Istanbul.

*This is a city tour for gay clients but not an information tour for gay venues and gay life of Istanbul, although you will be provided some maps and brochures about them. Your guide will definitely be gay friendly but not necessarily be gay/lesbian who will know all about gay places. If you are interested in a tour about gay venues and gay life in Istanbul, please click here :