Experience the best of Istanbul during this Galata & Taksim district walking with an insider and a skip the line ticket for the Galata Tower.
Unravel the Mystery of the Galata Tower: Step into an unforgettable adventure with your guide and be enchanted by history and scenery!
- Duration: Enjoy a 60-minute walking tour of the Galata area.
- Guide: Explore every part of Galata Tower with a live guide in English.
- Skip the Ticket Line: Get through the long queues quickly with the tickets you buy!
You tour will start strolling through the backstreets of the famous Pera district, see the first luxury hotels of Istanbul which has hosted kings, queens and world famous writers and artists such as Agatha Christie and Ernest Hemingway.
After marveling at the backstreets of Pera, your guide will guide you through a historical fish market and one of the most famous bar streets of Istanbul, here you can try some of the most scrumptious local street food in town. After the fish market and bar street, you will reach the most well-known pedestrian street of the country - Istiklal Avenue.
In Istiklal Avenue, you will see thousands of people from all around the world, dozens of shops offering a wide range of products from internatinal brands to local goods, restaurants serving world cuisine or authentic Turkish food, art galleries and many historical buildings, along with some of the oldest consulates and churches from 18-19th century Ottoman Empire.
Upon finishing the magnificient Istiklal Avenue bustling with life and action, you will find yourself in another famous neighborhood - Galata. On your way to the Galata Tower, you will pass through a beautiful cobblestone street with music shops on both sides - this is the go-to street of every musician in Turkey, with world-famous music shops specialized in hand-made ethnic instruments and equipment.
After a few minutes of walking, you will find yourself in front of one of the most iconic landmarks of Istanbul: The Galata Tower. This ginourmous tower has been watching the city for over 6 centuries from this exact location and has became one of the most well-known symbols of the city.
From the terrace, you will see one of the most - if not the most beautiful view of this stunning city, all of the historical peninsula, the Topkapı Palace, Hagia Sophia, the Bosphorus strait, the Bosphorus bridge, Marmara sea, both European and Asian sides of Istanbul, Golden Horn and even the Prince Islands. Your tour will end in Galata Tower, and here you are free to spend as much time as you want to take the most incredible pictures of Istanbul.
- 60 minute Galata district walking tour
- Skip the line ticket for the Galata Tower
- We can not skip the elevator line. Please excpect waiting time of 30 minutes.
- Food or drinks
- Hotel pick up & drop off
- Non-refundable
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