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Gay Friendly
Istanbul City Tours From Leading Gay
Travel Agency of Turkey |
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TOUR 1: ISTANBUL CLASSIC HALF DAY
MORNING TOUR |
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NO ADVANCE PAYMENT/CREDIT CARD INFORMATION IS REQUIRED FOR
BOOKINGS !
Your confirmation by e-mail will be enough to book these
city tours from us, if you are staying in hotels near down town
(such as Sultanahmet, Taksim, Sirkeci, Aksaray etc.). We
also pick up people from airport or harbour, in which case we
usually prefer to get a small advance payment.
We respect if some people wants to discover the city on their own,
but the places covered in our daily tours are highly recommended
to be visited with professional guidance. Besides getting accurate
information, you will also
be protected from being overcharged & hassled by taxi drivers and shops
along the way. Your
tickets will be bought before hand, and you will not wait in long
queues.
Group version of city tours are not exclusively gay and are
organized in cooperation with other companies.
For private tours we provide experienced gay/gay
friendly guides.
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SPECIAL NIGHT TOURS |
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Istanbul Night
Club Tour
Private Gay Accompany Guide to Discover Gay Night Life of
Istanbul.
Are you a gay man visiting Istanbul for the first time? Are you a
stranger to the gay world of this mysterious metropolis? You
surely need somebody to lead you the way during your first few
days. Somebody who knows what is going on in the gay world in this
city. Somebody who knows and understands your expectations. Some
body who is just like you.
Please click here for further details before booking this tour
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ISTANBUL TOUR #1: CLASSIC HALF DAY
MORNING TOUR |
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Istanbul Tour
#1 - Regular Group Tour (Morning)
Operation days: Everyday
This tour covers:
Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand
Bazaar, Hippodrome area and the monuments around it such
as Theodosius (Egyptian) Obelisk, Serpentine Column, and
German Fountain. Half day morning group tours terminate
at Sultanahmet center, in front of Santa Sophia.
Closed: Mondays: Hagia Sophia, replaced with Kariye
(St.Savior in Chora) Museum, City Walls and Yedikule
Dungeon. Sunday Grand Bazaar
Departure:
You will be picked up from your hotel between 08:00-08:30, ending
around 12:30-13:00
Note:
Pick up time depends on the location of your hotel. Please be ready 10 minutes before departure.
Price :
35
Euro per person including
hotel pick-up, English speaking guide, all entrance fees.
Istanbul Tour
#1 - Private Tour (Morning or Afternoon)
Private Istanbul tour with gay/gay friendly
experienced tour
guides.
Tour covers: Hagia Sophia,
Blue Mosque, Hippodrome and
Grand Bazaar
Closed: Grand Bazaar on Sundays replaced with
Arasta Bazaar; Hagia Sophia
on Mondays, replaced with Underground cistern.
Departure: 09:00 am (or at 13:00 o'clock). Flexible
pick up time, if requested.
Tour time: 3,5 to 4 hours approximately
Pricing:
Private tour prices change depending on total number of
participants
65
Euro per person for 1 participant
55
Euro per person for 2-3 participant
50 Euro
per person for 4-6 participants
45 Euro
per person for 7 and more pax
Price includes:
Private English speaking experienced & licensed tour guide. All
entrance fees for museums. Two way private transfer with new model
air-conditioned cars/minivans from Istanbul port or hotels
(exception: hotels near Sultanahmet square).

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ISTANBUL TOUR 2:
OTTOMAN RELICS HALF DAY AFTERNOON TOUR |
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Istanbul Tour #2
- Regular Group Tour (Afternoon)
Operation days: Everyday
This tour covers
Topkapi Palace and Suleymaniye Mosque.
Closed: Topkapi Palace on Tuesdays, replaced with
Golden Horn & Miniaturk tour.
Departure: You will be picked up from your hotel
between 13:00-13:30, returning around
16:30-17:00
Note:
Pick up time depends on the location of your hotel.
Please be ready 10 minutes before departure.
Price :
35
Euro per person including
hotel transfers, guidance in English, entrance fees to
museums.
Istanbul Tour #2 -
Private Tour (Morning or Afternoon)
Istanbul
tour with gay/gay friendly experienced tour guides.
Tour covers: Topkapi
Palace, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome area and Grand Bazaar.
Closed: Grand Bazaar on Sundays, replaced with
Arasta Bazaar; Topkapi
Palace on Tuesdays, replaced with Underground cistern.
Departure: 09:00 am (or at 13:00 o'clock). Flexible
pick up time, if requested.
Tour time: 3,5 to 4 hours approximately
Pricing:
Private tour prices change depending on total number of
participants
65
Euro per person for 1 person
55
Euro per person for 2-3 people
50 Euro
per person for 4-6 people
45 Euro
per person for 7 and more participants
Price includes:
Private English speaking experienced & licensed tour
guide. All entrance fees for museums. Two way private
transfer with new model air-conditioned cars/minivans
from Istanbul port or hotels (exception: hotels near
Sultanahmet square).

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TOUR 3:
BYZANTINE & OTTOMAN RELICS FULL DAY TOUR |
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Istanbul Tour #3 - Regular
Group Tour
This is a
combination of Istanbul Tour #1 + #2 + Lunch
Operation Days: Everyday.
This tour covers: Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Hippodrome,
Obelisk of Theodosius, Serpentine Column, Constantine Column,
German Fountain, Grand Bazaar, Topkapi Palace,
Suleymaniye Mosque.
Closed: Hagia Sophia on Mondays replaced with Kariye Museum (Chora
Church), Topkapi Palace on Tuesdays, replaced with Golden Horn & Miniaturk tour; Grand Bazaar on Sundays replaced with authentic
shops in old city. Suleymaniye mosque is
replaced with
Rustem Pasa Mosque; which can be closed for restoration
anytime on unknown dates.
Departure :
Pick up from your hotel between
08:00-08:30 am, returning around 16:30-17:00
Note: Pick up time depends on the location of your hotel.
Please be ready 10 minutes before departure.
Price :
50 Euro per one person, including transportation, tour guide, entrance
fees and lunch.
Istanbul Tour #3 - Private
Tour
Private Istanbul tour with gay/gay friendly
experienced tour
guides.
Tour covers: Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Hippodrome
area, Topkapi Palace and Grand Bazaar.
Closed: Hagia Sophia on Mondays, Topkapi on
Tuesdays, can be replaced with Underground Cistern; Grand Bazaar
on Sundays replaced with Arasta Bazaar
Possible inclusions:
Archaeology Museums (closed on Mondays),
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (closed on Mondays) or
Underground Cistern (open everyday). Topkapi Palace's
Harem section (closed on Tuesdays, not included in group tour). 15 Euro pp supplement
required for each one. For a comfortable tour, maximum 1 place is recommended to be
included in one day.
Departure: 09:00 am. Flexible pick up time, if
requested.
Tour time: 7-8 hours approximately
Pricing:
Private tour prices change depending on total number of
participants
80
Euro per person for 1 participant
70
Euro per person for 2-3 participant
65 Euro
per person for 4-6 participants
60 Euro
per person for 7 and more pax
Price includes:
Lunch in a nice local restaurant (except drinks). Private English
speaking experienced & licensed tour guide. All entrance fees for
museums. Two way private transfer with new model air-conditioned
cars/minivans from Istanbul port or hotels (exception: hotels near
Sultanahmet square).
Important Notes:
1) These are promotional rates and valid for 1 private tour only.
These / similar rates will not necessarily be valid if you
book a second private tour.
2) Guides in other languages are available, but various price
supplements may apply
Optional recommendation:
If requested, either one of Cemberlitas or Cagaloglu
Turkish bath visit can be attached to the end of private tours, if clients pay the
entrance fee themselves. These 2 hamams are best samples of historical Turkish baths, and
you may try traditional Turkish massage..

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TOUR
4: BOSPHORUS CRUISE ON BOAT- HALF DAY TOUR (Morning or
Afternoon) |
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This tour covers: Spice Bazaar, Bosphorus boat cruise
up to Rumeli Fortress (seen from outside). Also seen (from the boat)
during the cruise Imperial Gardens of Yildiz Palace, Ciragan
Palace, Dolmabahce Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace, Bosphorus
Bridge connecting Europe and Asia.
Closed: Spice Bazaar on Sundays replaced with
other authentic shops in old city.
Departure:
Everyday
Morning: You will
be picked up from your hotel at approximately
08:00-08:30, depending on the location of your hotel.
Half day morning tours terminate at Sultanahmet center
in front of Santa Sophia.
Afternoon:
You will be picked up from your hotel at approximately
13:00-13:30, depending on the location of your hotel.
Tour ends at approximately 16:30-17:00
Note: Bosphorus cruise will be practiced on
public
boat if there is no sufficient number of attendant provided
for private boat for tour participants.
Price :
30
Euro including
transportation, hotel transfers, English speaking tour guide,
all entrance fees.
PRIVATE TOUR Gay/gay-friendly
private experienced tour guides.
Please ask for price for groups. Private option
will be expensive for individuals or small groups for this tour.

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TOUR 5:
DOLMABAHCE & BOSPHORUS & GOLDEN HORN HALF DAY
TOURS |
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Istanbul
Tour #5M (Half Day Morning Dolmabahce)
This half day morning tour will cover:
Dolmabahce Palace
the last
residence for Ottoman Sultans with 365 rooms and 22 saloons.
Famous with the great collection of European antiquity, furniture
and 4.5 tons chandelier.
Yildiz Royal Garden
was once part of the imperial garden of Yildiz Palace. Extending
down the slopes from the palace, this walled park was reserved
only for palace dwellers during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II.
Departure : Pick up from your hotel between
08:00-08:30 returning around 13:00 depending on location of your
hotel.
Price : 38
Euro
including transportation, English speaking tour guide,
all entrance fees.
Closed: Dolmabahce on Mondays and Thursdays
replaced with Kariye /Chora Museum, Istanbul
Tour #5A (Half Day Afternoon Bosphorus & Golden Horn)
This half day afternoon tour will cover:
City walls once surrounded the Constantinopolis, Golden Horn
Tour including climbing to Pierre Loti by cable car, Bosporus boat
tour up to Rumeli Fortress (seen from outside). During the cruise
you will also see Leander's Tower in the middle of the sea
(Bosphorus).
Departure : Pick up from your hotel between
13:00-13:30, returning by 17:00-17:30
Price : 30
Euro
including transportation, English speaking tour guide,
all entrance fees.
PRIVATE VERSION: Gay/gay friendly
private experienced tour guides
Please ask for price. Per person prices highly
depend of number of participants for private groups.
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TOUR 6: FULL DAY TOURS WITH
BOSPHORUS BOAT CRUISE |
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Istanbul Tour #6 - Full Day Tour with Bosporus Cruise & Beylerbeyi Palace
Operation days: Everyday
This Tour covers: Pick up
from your hotel, after a mini sight-seeing tour visit
Spice Bazaar, take a Bosporus boat cruise up to Rumeli Fortress (seen
from outside), crossing Bosporus
Bridge (from Europe to Asia), tea break at Camlica Hill
on the Asian side offering the best panoramic view
of Bosphorus and Istanbul, visiting
Beylerbeyi Palace on the Asian
shore and transfer to your hotel.
Closed: Beylerbeyi on Mondays and Thursdays
replaced with Kariye (St. Savior in Chora) Museum.
Spice Bazaar on Sundays replaced with other authentic shops in
old city.
Departure: Pick up from hotels between
08:00-08:30 am, returning around 16:30-17:00 o'clock
Price:
50 Euro
per person including hotel transfers, transportation, guide, entrance fees and
lunch
Istanbul Tour #6A- Full Day Tour with Bosporus Cruise & Dolmabahce Palace
Operation days: Everyday
This is combination of tour #5M + tour 5A + lunch in a fish restaurant
and it covers:
Dolmabahce Palace, Yildiz Royal Garden, City walls once
surrounded the Constantinople, Golden Horn Tour
including climbing to Pierre Loti by cable car, Bosporus
boat tour all the way up to Rumeli Fortress.
Closed: Dolmabahce on Mondays and Thursdays
replaced with Kariye /Chora Museum
Departure: Pick up from hotels between
08:00-08:30 am, returning around 16:30-17:00 o'clock
Price:
55 Euro
per person including hotel and other transfers, professional guidance
in English, all necessary entrance fees for the tour and
lunch except drinks.
PRIVATE VERSION: Gay/gay friendly
private experienced tour guides
Please ask for price. Per
person prices highly depend of number of participants
for private groups.

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TOUR 7: PRINCES' ISLANDS- FULL
DAY TOUR
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Lunch Included
Departure: Daily- Operates all year long
An
unforgettable ferryboat cruise on the
Marmara Sea to Princes' Islands, stoping at
Buyukada (the Grand Island),
the popular summer resort with sandy beaches and pinewood scenery,
once the pleasure island of Byzantines Princes. You will take a tour of the
island with horse-drawn carriages before lunch at a fish
restaurant.
Evening return to Istanbul and transfer to hotels.
Also seen along the way Topkapi Palace, Leander's
Tower and Uskudar district (not visited virtually)
Departure: Pick up from hotels around
08:00-08:30 am, returning by 17:00-18:00 depending on the location of hotels.
Price: 50
Euro per person including hotel
transfers, all transportation, guidance in English and lunch
(expect drinks)
PRIVATE VERSION: Gay/gay friendly
private experienced tour guides
Please ask for price. Per person
prices highly depend of number of participants for
private groups.

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TOUR 8: BOSPHORUS DINNER &
CRUISE ON THE BOAT BY NIGHT |
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A visit to Istanbul
is not complete without a traditional and unforgettable
boat trip on the Bosporus straight, separating Europe
from Asia. Its shores offer a delightful
mixture of past and present, grand splendor and simple
beauty, decorated with beautiful shorefront wooden
villas, marble imperial palaces, stone fortresses, small
fishing villages both on both sides..
Cruise -
An enchanted night cruise will start while you sip your
welcome drink as the sun sets on Istanbul. We will pass
beneath the Bosphorus Bridge by moonlight,
watching Ciragan and Dolmabahce Palaces on
the European shores and Beylerbeyi Palace and
Anatolian Fortress on the Asian shores.
Shows - This is not just a cruise, but a traditional way of
Turkish entertainment. The program includes shows such as
international/Turkish live music, DJ music and belly dancers or
other local folk dance performances. You can be sure it will
be a memorable day of your life.
Menu - A very rich menu will be served which includes a
variety of hors
d'oeuvres, main meal with grilled fish, chicken or
meatballs options, fresh season's salad, fruit, dessert and
unlimited (soft and alcoholic) local drinks.
Departure - Please ask.
This tour is available daily in summer,
but also departs less frequently in winter.
Not operated if there are no sufficient number of
participants. Saturday nights are especially recommended
for guarantee availability and being more busy
and entertaining.
Tour Time - The
cruise time is roughly from 20:30 o'clock until midnight. Pick up
time depends on the location of your hotel. You will be informed a
more specific pick up time from your hotel after completing your
booking
Price - 65
Euro per person including hotel
transfers, boat cruise meal and shows as mentioned
above.
PRIVATE BOAT CRUISE ON BOSPHORUS
We can book a private boat for Bosphorus Cruise and organize
dinner or other shows for you. The price of this cruise will
depend on the number of participants, the size and capacity of the
boat, duration of the cruise, extra activities requested, quality
of the meal and drinks. Please tell us your expectations and ask
for more.

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TOUR 9: GOLDEN HORN and EYUP
TOUR |
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Golden Horn Tour (Half Day Afternoon)
Tour Covers:
Golden Horn, Miniaturk Park, Pierre Loti Cafe, Eyup
Sultan Mosque
Departure: Between 13:00-13:30 from your hotel.
Tour ends at approximately 16:30-17:00
Price: 35 Euro
per person including
hotel transfers, entrance fees, and guidance in English.
Guests will be collected from hotels between 13:00-13:30
depending on the location of hotels. A new but very popular point of interest is
miniature park at the shore of the
Golden Horn in
Istanbul called
Miniaturk, exhibiting miniature
models of most famous Ottoman and Byzantine period
monumental attractions from all over Turkey. You will
climb to
Piere Loti
with a mini cable-car, a historical cafe named after well-known orientalist
French writer. It is located in Eyup town on the top of
a small hill with a great view of Golden Horn. Eyup is
lovely town by the far end of Golden Horn famous
with its mosques and religious mausoleums, still
reflecting perfectly the traditional atmosphere
of Ottoman period life style. Eyup Sultan Mosque and his
Tomb are the most sacred sites in Istanbul after Mecca
and Jerusalem where thousands of faithful pilgrims visit
everyday. You will be transferred to your hotel at the end of the tour.
PRIVATE VERSION: Gay/gay friendly
private experienced tour guides
Please ask for price. Per person
prices highly depend of number of participants for
private groups.

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TOUR 10: BYZANTIUM-GOLDEN
HORN - Half Day Morning |
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Byzantium
Golden Horn Tour (Half Day Morning)
Operation days: Please ask.
This Tour covers: Pick up
from your hotel,
Fener Patriarchate, Church of Panagia
of Blachernae, Church of St. Savior in Chora (Kariye
Museum) Anemas Dungeons, Tekfur Palace (from outside)
Byzantine City Walls all located along the
Golden Horn. Transfer to Sultanahmet. (Half
day morning tours terminate in front of Hagia Sophia)
Closed: Chora Church on Wednesdays.
Departure: Pick up from hotels between
08:00-08:30 am, returning around 12:00 pm.
Price:
35 Euro
per person including hotel transfers, transportation,
guidance in English, entrance fees.
Patriarchate at Fener which is the seat of
Orthodox Christianity since Constantine The Great s
declaration of Christianity as the religion of Roman
Empire.
Church of Panagia of Blachernae, the best known
and most celebrated shrine of the Holy Virgin famed with
the Hagiasma (holy water) and the Hagion Lousma
(sacred bath).
St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum) originally a
Byzantine monastery with fantastic mosaics and frescoes
portraying scenes from a bible, the life and miracles of
Jesus.
Anemas Dungeons were part of the Blachernae
Palace, unique in the world with its historical and
architectural structure. It consists of 14 separate
dungeons, each having 2 basements below sea-level with
cells for the prisoners and two towers. It was used as a
prison for high ranked statesmen.
Tekfur Palace (from outside) built in the 12th
century adjacent to the city walls. The only surviving
pavillion of the Blachernae Palace.
Byzantine City Walls surrounded the acropolis of
Byzantium with 22 kms. long fortification with 96 towers
and 9 main gates dating back to the 5th century.
PRIVATE VERSION: Gay/gay friendly
private experienced tour guides
Please ask for price. Per person prices highly
depend of number of participants for private groups.

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TOUR 11:
1001 NIGHTS SHOW (TURKISH NIGHT
WITH DINNER) |
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Hotel pick up at around 20:00, show ends at around
midnight.
Do not miss this experience. With the price of a
good meal you will also enjoy the best samples of
traditional Turkish entertainment.
Menu includes main meal, aperitif plates, 2 local
alcohol-drinks and either fruit or desert plate,
Show includes belly dancers, live music
from various languages including traditional Turkish
music as well as traditional shows, asuk-masuk show
(body theater) and Turkish folk dance groups etc. We
highly recommend you to choose "raki" for your
local drink option.
Price is 50
Euro per person with 2 way
transfers from Taksim,
Sultanahmet or Sirkeci Hotels.

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TOUR 12/13/14 DAILY TOURS TO
LANDMARKS OUTSIDE ISTANBUL |
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Tour #12 Bursa Daily Tour from Istanbul
There is no trip to Turkey which is complete without visiting
Bursa. As the final stop on the Silk Road, and the first major
capital of the Ottoman Empire, Bursa has an extremely rich
cultural heritage. Known as Green Bursa because of its parks and
gardens, this full day trip explores the verdant city nestled at
the foot of Uludag (ancient Mt. Olympus), near by villages and
natural wonders.
Tour #13 Abant Lake Tour
Turkey has some of the most breathtaking natural landscapes, and
lush forests and sparkling lakes are right at Istanbuls doorstep.
Spend the day in fresh air enjoying magnificent mountain views
from Mount Bolu, enjoy lunch at a lovely hotel with spectacular
views over Lake Abant. This region is known for its brilliant
colored foliage, and the nearby woods can be explored on foot,
horseback or by horse-drawn carriage.
Tour #14 Sile & Agva Tour
Istanbul is a beautiful city of many sights and sounds. But the
Black Sea coast offers landscapes at least as interesting and
spectacular as those found in the city. Our Sile-Agva Black sea
Tour is a relaxing day out of the city where you will experience
the best of nature and culture that the area has to offer. Visit
the Black sea coast with its sandy beaches and spectacular sea
views. Experience a traditional village that was originally built
by the Byzantines and Ottomans. Enjoy a leisurely river boat
ride....
Click here
for further tour details about these tours.

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