Istanbul Trip Overview
Stroll around the Jewish quarter and enjoy a sightseeing cruise along the famous Bosphorus Strait during this full-day small-group guided tour in Istanbul. Walk through the district of Karaköy and discover Istanbul’s Jewish history. Alongside an expert guide, visit synagogues and the Jewish museum all while learning about the city’s rich Jewish heritage.
Enjoy a delicious 3-course lunch of local cuisine and then savor a boat cruise on the Bosphorus Strait. Plus, take a scenic drive along the Golden Horn and climb to the top of Pierre Loti Hill on a cable car. Numbers are limited to 10 people, so you can enjoy a more intimate experience with your guide.
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Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Stroll around the Jewish quarter and enjoy a sightseeing cruise along the famous Bosphorus Strait during this full-day small-group guided tour in Istanbul. Walk through the district of Karaköy and discover Istanbul’s Jewish history. Alongside an expert guide, visit synagogues and the Jewish museum all while learning about the city’s rich Jewish heritage.
Enjoy a delicious 3-course lunch of local cuisine and then savor a boat cruise on the Bosphorus Strait. Plus, take a scenic drive along the Golden Horn and climb to the top of Pierre Loti Hill on a cable car. Numbers are limited to 10 people, so you can enjoy a more intimate experience with your guide.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Karakoy, Karakoy, Istanbul
After we’ve pick you up from your hotel, we’ll head to Karaköy, the modern name for ancient Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.
Karaköy is one of the oldest and most historic districts of the city, and is today an important commercial center and transport hub. The location is connected with the surrounding neighborhoods through streets originating from Karaköy Square. The Galata Bridge links Karaköy to Eminönü in the southwest, Tersane Street to Azapkapı in the west, Voyvoda Street to Şişhane in the northwest, the steeply sloping Yüksek Kaldırım Street to Beyoğlu in the north, Kemeraltı Street and Necatibey Street to Tophane in the northeast.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews, Bereketzade Mah. Buyuk Hendek Cad. No: 39 Beyoglu, Next to Neve Salom Sinagogue, Istanbul 34421 Turkey
Our tour goes on with The Quincentennial Foundation Museum Of Turkish Jews tells the story of 700 years of amity between Turks and Jews. The aim of the museum is to display the humanitarian sprit of the Turkish Nation and to show how the two cultures influenced each other through the past seven centuries.
The Museum collects, preserves, exhibits, interprets and disseminates knowledge about the cultural heritage of the Turkish Jews. It has three different sections that illustrate Turkish Jewish life, history, religion and culture of Jews in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kamondo Stairs, Merkez Mah. Eminonu/Cagaloglu, Fatih, Istanbul Turkey
Later we’ll visit Kamondo Stairs and will listen how it built by our guide. Contributing to this chain of contrasts is the Camondo Stairs – built at the end of the 19th century by the influential Sephardic banker family, the house of Camondo. Legend has it that the family had the stairs built so that their kids could take a shortcut on their way to school. No matter what its intention, this art-nouveau piece contributes greatly to the urban fabric of Karaköy, and provides a stylish hike up towards the Galata Tower as well as a great set for your Istanbul photos.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pierre Loti Tepesi, Idris Kosku Cad. Eyup, Istanbul 34050 Turkey
Next stop is Pierre Loti. Pierre Loti, the pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud, was a French author and navy officer who fell in love with Istanbul after his first visit in 1876. Instead of settling in Pera district like most Europeans, Loti moved to the holiest neighborhood of the city, which non-Muslims barely visited at the time. “Access to [the tomb] has always been forbidden to Christians, for whom even its immediate precincts are none too safe,” Loti wrote in his semi-autobiographical novel Aziyadé.
As a resident of Eyüp, the author describes the splendid view from the hill: “Away to the east is the Golden Horn, with thousands of gilded caiques dancing on its water; then the whole of Stamboul foreshortened, mosques, domes and minarets, all huddled together in one confused blur.” Although the cityscape Loti appreciated is no longer the same as the one we see today, the hill remains a precious, serene spot offering a unique view of Istanbul.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Lastly we’ll have 90 Minute Cruise Tour. While cruising the wonderful bosphorus our guide will inform you about the surrondings.
Duration: 3 hours
