How to plan a private istanbul tour by fixing the date, one anchor, and the price lines. Guide from 150 euros per booking. The total shows before you pay.
How to plan a private istanbul tour on Colina Rojo Travel starts with the date and one anchor, then five price lines. The guide is 150 euros per booking, for one traveler or five. Each stop is 10 euros per traveler. The gallery is 35, Topkapı with the Harem is 50, the cistern is 50, lunch is 20, and the van is 45 euros for the booking. You see the total before you pay. English, Spanish, or Russian is chosen on the planner. If the list is already the standard day, pay that page from 230 euros instead. TÜRSAB 16602.
Contents
- The order that holds
- Five price lines
- When a fixed page is the better buy
- Two totals for two guests
- Language, children, and the date
- Closed days and the airport
- Five steps, then pay
- Common questions
How to plan a private istanbul tour is a date, one anchor, and a short list of price lines. On Colina Rojo Travel the guide is 150 euros per booking, for one traveler or five. Each stop is 10 euros per traveler. Tickets, lunch, and the van are their own lines. You see the total before you pay. English, Spanish, or Russian is chosen on the page. It is your party only. TÜRSAB 16602.
Open the planner when the list is yours. The same planning method, counted in minutes, is on how to plan a private Istanbul tour at Hagia Sophia Travel. Ready-made private prices sit on Istanbul private tour cost. The screen itself is explained on build your own Istanbul tour.
How to plan a private istanbul tour before you tick stops
Write the date first. Tuesday closes Topkapı. Sunday closes the Grand Bazaar. A Friday midday prayer stretches the Blue Mosque closure. Then name the one place you came for. That anchor gets the fresh hour. Everything else has to live on the same hill or it does not fit.
A 09:00 to 17:00 day is not nine monuments. Topkapı with the Harem is about 165 minutes on site. The Hagia Sophia visitor gallery is about an hour. The cistern is about 40 minutes and uses a timed entry. Lunch is about an hour. Movement between neighbouring stops is about 15 minutes, and a water crossing is longer. If the sum breaks the clock, cut the last two names you added.
Five price lines
How to plan a private istanbul tour on the cart is these lines, not a single package price.
| Line | What you add | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Guide | Licensed private guide and the plan. One fee for the booking | 150 euros |
| Stop | Each guided place: mosque, bazaar, neighbourhood, courtyard | 10 euros per traveler |
| Ticket | Gallery, Topkapı with the Harem, or the cistern | 35, 50, or 50 euros per person |
| Lunch | Traditional lunch. Drinks extra | 20 euros per person |
| Van | Mercedes Vito for central hotels, optional | 45 euros per booking |
The Hagia Sophia courtyards are a 10 euro stop, about 20 minutes, with no gallery ticket. The visitor gallery is the 35 euro line, about 60 minutes, and that price includes the agency margin. Topkapı with the Harem is 50 euros per person. The Basilica Cistern is 50 euros per person. A public Bosphorus sightseeing cruise is 15 euros per person. The Blue Mosque visit is a 10 euro stop when the mosque is open to visitors. Shoes come off. Prayer can pause it.
Confirm museum hours for your week on the Ministry of Culture museums portal.
When a fixed page is the better buy
Do not rebuild a day the voucher already holds.
Gallery, Topkapı with the Harem, lunch, and a hotel Vito, 09:00 to 17:00, is the standard full day from 230 euros before VAT. The same day on our partner brand is the Hagia standard full day. Minimum two adults, maximum six. Free cancellation on those pages is up to 24 hours before pickup. The guide is described as English-speaking. Another language there is a request in the notes.
Only a morning, and the gallery is the anchor, is the morning half day from 125 euros, 08:00 to 13:00, meet in Sultanahmet, no hotel van. The palace afternoon is 13:00 to 17:00 from 165 euros, also without the van.
Standard plus one finale is deluxe from 290 euros, toward 18:30. The finale is a group cruise of about two hours, or Balat. One of them. The builder can hold a cruise line and a Balat stop, but it still cannot hold the 165-minute palace, a long cruise, and a second neighbourhood. Cut before you pay.
A shared Spanish day is not this builder. The full shared day is the full day in Spanish from 100 euros, 08:30 to 17:00, maximum 15. A private day in Spanish is this planner, with Spanish selected. There is no extra language fee on the screen.
Two totals for two guests
Ottoman landmarks, the Spice Bazaar, lunch, and the cruise, 09:00 to 18:00, start from 320 euros total for two guests. The van is optional on that shape and is not inside the 320.
The imperial old city, with the gallery, Topkapı and the Harem, and lunch, starts from 420 euros total for two guests, about seven to eight hours. Topkapı is closed on Tuesday on that package. The Grand Bazaar is closed on Sunday.
A Golden Horn shape through Fener, Balat, and Pierre Loti starts from 310 euros total for two guests. The cable car and other public fares are not in that total. Add them yourself or leave the hill.
These are starting shapes. Your ticks change the figure. The screen shows the estimate, and it marks taxes and payment rules as confirmed at checkout. Do not add a second tax guess on top.
Language, children, and the date
How to plan a private istanbul tour for children starts with the age box, not a second guide fee. Choose the guide language before you pay: English, Spanish, or Russian. Children 0 to 5 are free. Ages 6 to 11 are half. The form asks for every child’s age because the total uses it. The 150 euro guide fee stays one fee for the booking. It does not become 150 euros per person, and the ready-made minimum of two adults does not apply to that fee.
The date is required. We confirm the guide after the booking. A hotel name should match the lobby sign. If you want the Vito, add the 45 euro line. A walking day in Sultanahmet often does not need it. A hotel in Taksim usually does.
Closed days and the airport
A 14:00 landing does not feed a 09:00 anchor. Istanbul Airport to Sultanahmet is 48 km, 45 to 60 minutes, 45 euros for the vehicle, up to 6 passengers and 6 bags, Gate 9, point CEO 34. Sabiha Gökçen is 65 km, 75 to 95 minutes, 50 euros, pillar 10. Book Istanbul Airport to Sultanahmet the night before, and the return on Sultanahmet to Istanbul Airport. Be at IST about three hours before an international departure, and at SAW four hours or more. The tour total is not the airport car.
Five steps, then pay
First, fix the date and the one anchor.
Second, check whether standard, morning, or deluxe already is that day. If it is, pay that page.
Third, if it is not, open the planner and add stops until the clock breaks, then remove the last two.
Fourth, choose the language, enter children’s ages, and add the van only if the hotel needs it.
Fifth, read the total. How to plan a private istanbul tour ends when that one cart is paid.
Common questions
What does the 150 euro guide fee cover?
The licensed private guide and the planning of your day, once per booking, including a party of one.
Are museum tickets inside the 150 euros?
No. The gallery is 35 euros per person. Topkapı with the Harem is 50. The cistern is 50. Courtyard stops are 10 euros per traveler.
Can I book Spanish?
Yes. Select Spanish on the planner. A shared Spanish group is a different page, from 100 euros for the full day.
Is the van required?
No. It is 45 euros per booking for central hotels. Leave it off if you are meeting on foot in Sultanahmet.
How to plan a private istanbul tour if we only have a morning?
Pay the 125 euro morning page if the gallery is the anchor and you can meet in Sultanahmet. Do not build a full-day list you cannot walk.
What if the list is already the standard day?
Pay the 230 euro page. Building the same ridge by hand is how people pay twice for one morning.
When do I see the total?
On the planner, before you pay. Taxes and payment rules are confirmed at checkout.
If the fixed page matches, use it. If the list is yours, finish the planner, with the arrival and the return already saved.