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The pick of Istanbul.
The 15 most popular 3-day experiences in Istanbul. A short list of the ones worth planning a day around, with prices, run times and who to book with.
Private 1–3 day Istanbul tour with a real guide: Blue Mosque, Topkapi, Bosphorus views, Galata and more. Customize and save time.
Most Popular“Great 2-day tour of Istanbul including Bosphorous cruise. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and took us around easily.”
Private Istanbul guided tour, 1 to 3 days. Tailor your route from Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque to Grand Bazaar, Bosphorus and beyond.
“The guide was excellent. She was really nice with everyone specially with my son. Very knowledgeable and we have an excellent time visiting all the point we wanted to touch. Highly recommended.”
Private guided Istanbul in 1–3 days: tailor your route, skip ticket lines, and see Hagia Sophia, Topkapi, Blue Mosque, and more.
“We had an amazing 3-day private guided tour in Istanbul, and we couldn’t be more grateful to our guide, Ahmet. From the very beginning, he was incredibly attentive and thoughtful, especially with my mom, always accommodating her mobility issues and making sure she felt comfortable throughout the entire tour. Ahmet perfectly planned each day, recommending…”
Private Istanbul tour with a custom route covering Topkapi, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, bazaars, palaces, and more for up to 8 people.
“Our guide Emel was very knowledgeable and very helpful. Even after the tour she shared several ideas about rest of our stay which came in handy.”
Private Istanbul highlights with a real guide, priority entry where allowed, plus old-city icons, Ottoman palaces, bazaar time, and skyline views.
“I would not recommend this trip experience to anyone. We had a booking for 2 with pickup from hotel at 9 AM. The guide came at 9:15 AM, and no car. He booked a taxi to goto Blue Mosque and asked us to pay 500 Lira. We walked around the Blue Mosque and outside, it…”
Private Istanbul highlights with a licensed guide: Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, cisterns, mosques, bazaars, Bosphorus boat views, 1–3 days.
“I can definitely say that this tour was one of my highlights in Turkey. Our tour guide was incredibly friendly and very informative. We just had a few days in Istanbul and it was amazing to see the highlights of the old city in 4 - 5 hours. It gave us more time to explore…”
Small-group 3-day Gallipoli, Troy, and Çanakkale tour from Istanbul with hotel pickup, expert guiding, and included meals.
“This was an amazing tour and experience. My tour guide Ercan was excellent, friendly and knowledgeable. For 3 days we explored the history of Troy, WW1 memorial sites and graves and the Landing corporations for WW1. Overall the tour was awesome, would highly recommend for anyone, particularly if you have an interest in WW1 or…”
Private Istanbul highlights in up to 3 days, with a local guide covering Sultanahmet, the Bosphorus, Dolmabahçe, Galata, Balat, and more.
“Un buen recorrido donde hemos visto lo más importante. Berat bien guía, muy amable y con mucha disponibilidad”
3-day Cappadocia trip from Istanbul by plane: Göreme boutique stay, guided sights, balloon flight, and underground city stops for ease.
“My trip with tripster/paphlagonia tours was incredible.They arranged the whole thing perfectly organized right from picking me up from my hotel in Istanbul and flying me to kayseri.They had arranged my breakfast at their office which waRead more”
A 3-day Cappadocia highlights tour from Istanbul with flights, cave-stay hotel, guided sightseeing, and optional hot air balloon.
“The parts that went well were great, and the parts that didn’t, didn’t. It’s clear that this tour company either has a lot of smaller companies under it or partners with different providers to offer the different aspects of this package: the tours, the transfers, the hotel, the balloon. There were several lapses in communication…”
3-day Istanbul to Cappadocia tour with flights, cave hotel, guided valleys and underground sites, plus a hot air balloon sunrise.
“Great service , nice tour guide , pickup on time , good program , have fun , nice vehicles , We will go back again”
3 days from Istanbul to Cappadocia with a sunrise balloon ride, Göreme cave churches, valleys, Avanos pottery, and sunset ATV.
“The whole tour was poorly organised from the get go. The communication was very poor to non existent, I was constantly messaging to get answers with minimal response. I had no idea what our accomodation was like and on arriving at accomodation they were full and we were not booked in. Thankfully they have other…”
3 days of **Cappadocia** and **Ephesus** from Istanbul with domestic flights, 4-star stays, and optional hot air balloon time.
“Negatives: 1 We were not given an itnerary - we were told to call to arrange the pick up on day one and that is the only thing we were ever told to do 2 Because we did not have an itinerary, we did not have any information about what we were going to do…”
Three days from Istanbul to Ephesus, Priene, Miletus, Didyma, and Pamukkale with transfers, guide, key entrances, and small-group pacing.
“Güfte transformed our travel across Turkey from blind chaos to a comfortable, informed, delightful experience. We not only learned so much about the Roman cities and early Christian sites, we also stopped at delightful lunch spots with cool breezes, waterfalls, roaming Turkish cats and even a mandolin player. Güfte is also very flexible, alternating stops…”
3 days from Istanbul to Cappadocia with flights, cave hotel, guided sights, included meals, and an optional hot air balloon ride.
“I joined this experience as a solo traveller and everything was handled seamlessly from start to finish. The door-to-door pick-up and drop-off made it incredibly convenient and stress-free.”
From the strait to the old city to the day trips beyond, and every way to see them.
