If you have a connecting international flight in Istanbul with a layover between 6-24 hours, you can make use of our free Touristanbul service to discover Istanbul.
After your Turkish Airlines connecting international flight, you can sign up for Touristanbul at the Hotel Desk in the International Arrivals Terminal of Istanbul Airport.
Before visiting Turkey, you can get an e-visa, in accordance to the terms of your own country, from www.evisa.gov.tr/en website.
Tour schedules & details Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Sight seeing tour (outer visit & sight seeing tour)
Yedikule Fortress
Old Samatya Armanian District
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Walls of Constantine
Eminonu District
Photo break on Galata Bridge for 10 mins
Dolmabahçe Palace
Free time at Dolmabahçe Palace for 20 mins
Departs from Dolmabahçe Palace
Taksim Square
Galata Tower
Golden Horn
Aqueduct of Valens
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Sight seeing tour (outer visit & sight seeing tour)
Yedikule Fortress
Old Samatya Armanian District
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Walls of Constantine
Eminonu District
Photo break on Galata Bridge for 10 mins
Dolmabahçe Palace
Free time at Dolmabahçe Palace for 20 mins
Departs from Dolmabahçe Palace
Taksim Square
Galata Tower
Golden Horn
Aqueduct of Valens
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Sight seeing tour (outer visit & sight seeing tour)
Yedikule Fortress
Old Samatya Armanian District
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Walls of Constantine
Eminonu District
Photo break on Galata Bridge for 10 mins
Dolmabahçe Palace
Free time at Dolmabahçe Palace for 20 mins
Departs from Dolmabahçe Palace
Taksim Square
Galata Tower
Golden Horn
Aqueduct of Valens
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Sight seeing tour (outer visit & sight seeing tour)
Yedikule Fortress
Old Samatya Armanian District
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Walls of Constantine
Eminonu District
Photo break on Galata Bridge for 10 mins
Dolmabahçe Palace
Free time at Dolmabahçe Palace for 20 mins
Departs from Dolmabahçe Palace
Taksim Square
Galata Tower
Golden Horn
Aqueduct of Valens
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Sight seeing tour (outer visit & sight seeing tour)
Yedikule Fortress
Old Samatya Armanian District
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Walls of Constantine
Eminonu District
Photo break on Galata Bridge for 10 mins
Dolmabahçe Palace
Free time at Dolmabahçe Palace for 20 mins
Departs from Dolmabahçe Palace
Taksim Square
Galata Tower
Golden Horn
Aqueduct of Valens
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Sight seeing tour (outer visit & sight seeing tour)
Yedikule Fortress
Old Samatya Armanian District
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Walls of Constantine
Eminonu District
Photo break on Galata Bridge for 10 mins
Dolmabahçe Palace
Free time at Dolmabahçe Palace for 20 mins
Departs from Dolmabahçe Palace
Taksim Square
Galata Tower
Golden Horn
Aqueduct of Valens
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Sight seeing tour (outer visit & sight seeing tour)
Yedikule Fortress
Old Samatya Armanian District
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Walls of Constantine
Eminonu District
Photo break on Galata Bridge for 10 mins
Dolmabahçe Palace
Free time at Dolmabahçe Palace for 20 mins
Departs from Dolmabahçe Palace
Taksim Square
Galata Tower
Golden Horn
Aqueduct of Valens
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Thedosius
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Thedosius
Hagia Sophia Museum
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Thedosius
Topkapı Palace
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Hagia Sophia Museum
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Golden Horn and Bosphorus Cruise (Operating between 01 April - 30 November. For the rest of the year, whole day Sultanahmet tour and Hagia Sophia Museum is planned)
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Hagia Sophia Museum
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Topkapı Palace
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Thedosius
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Topkapı Palace
Lunch
Grand Covered Bazaar
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Thedosius
Hagia Sophia Museum
Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam
Lunch
Spice Bazaar
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Thedosius
Topkapı Palace
Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam
Lunch
Spice Bazaar
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Hagia Sophia Museum
İstanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam
Topkapı Palace
Lunch
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Golden Horn and Bosphorus Cruise and (Operating between 01 April - 30 November. For the rest of the year, whole day Sultanahmet tour is planned)
Hagia Sophia Museum
Caferaga Medrese
Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Hagia Sophia
Caferaga Medrese
Topkapı Palace
Lunch
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Breakfast
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Hagia Sophia Museum
Caferaga Medrese
Lunch
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Lunch
Pierre Loti Hill & Coffee House
Eyüp Sultan Mosque & Square
Byzantine City Walls
Ayvansaray Sahaba Tombs
Church of St. Mary (Panagia - Blachernae)
Balat (a walk through the streets with ancient houses)
Bulgarian St. Stephen Church (from outside)
Ahrida Synagogue (from outside)
Fener Greek Orthodox College (from outside)
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Lunch
Dolmabahçe Palace
Ortaköy Square, where Ottoman Sultan Beyazıd the 2nd welcomed the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain because of the religious discrimination of the Spanish king and queen
Free time
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Lunch
Dolmabahçe Palace
Ortaköy Square, where Ottoman Sultan Beyazıd 2nd welcomed the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain by the religious disturbance of the Spanish king and queen
Free time
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Lunch
Taksim Square
The Statue of Liberty
Consulate General of France
Aya Triada Church
Aga Mosque
Saint Antonine Church
Galata Mevlevihane (Lodge used by Mevlevi dervishes)
Galata Tower (from outside)
Free time
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Lunch
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Hagia Sophia Museum
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Lunch
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Caferaga Medrese
Hagia Sophia Museum
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Lunch
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome: German Fountain
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Topkapı Palace
Return to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Beyazit Square
Istanbul University (outer visit)
Beyazit Tower
Old Book Market
Grand Bazaar
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque
Tomb of Mahmud the 2nd
Column of Constantine
Hippodrome Square
German Fountain
Egyptian Obelisk
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Blue Mosque (outer visit)
Hagia Sophia (outer visit)
Dinner
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Beyazit Square
Istanbul University (outer visit)
Beyazit Tower
Old Book Market
Grand Bazaar
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque
Tomb of Mahmud the 2nd
Column of Constantine
Hippodrome Square
German Fountain
Egyptian Obelisk
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Blue Mosque (outer visit)
Hagia Sophia (outer visit)
Dinner
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Beyazit Square
Istanbul University (outer visit)
Beyazit Tower
Old Book Market
Grand Bazaar
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque
Tomb of Mahmud the 2nd
Column of Constantine
Hippodrome Square
German Fountain
Egyptian Obelisk
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Blue Mosque (outer visit)
Hagia Sophia (outer visit)
Dinner
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Beyazit Square
Istanbul University (outer visit)
Beyazit Tower
Old Book Market
Grand Bazaar
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque
Tomb of Mahmud the 2nd
Column of Constantine
Hippodrome Square
German Fountain
Egyptian Obelisk
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Blue Mosque (outer visit)
Hagia Sophia (outer visit)
Dinner
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Beyazit Square
Istanbul University (outer visit)
Beyazit Tower
Old Book Market
Grand Bazaar
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque
Tomb of Mahmud the 2nd
Column of Constantine
Hippodrome Square
German Fountain
Egyptian Obelisk
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Blue Mosque (outer visit)
Hagia Sophia (outer visit)
Dinner
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Beyazit Square
Istanbul University (outer visit)
Beyazit Tower
Old Book Market
Grand Bazaar
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque
Tomb of Mahmud the 2nd
Column of Constantine
Hippodrome Square
German Fountain
Egyptian Obelisk
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Blue Mosque (outer visit)
Hagia Sophia (outer visit)
Dinner
Returns to Istanbul Airport
Departure from Istanbul Airport
Following the Coastal Road
Yeni Kapı Harbour
Beyazit Square
Istanbul University (outer visit)
Beyazit Tower
Old Book Market
Grand Bazaar
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque
Tomb of Mahmud the 2nd
Column of Constantine
Hippodrome Square
German Fountain
Egyptian Obelisk
Serpentine Column
Obelisk of Theodosius
Blue Mosque (outer visit)
Hagia Sophia (outer visit)
Dinner
Returns to Istanbul Airport
