Private guided
Istanbul6–8 hours
Highlights of Istanbul Private Tour
Custom quote
/ group · charged in EUR
Final quote in EUR after route details.
TourThese
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Private, licensed tours across Türkiye · WhatsApp us 24/7 for a custom EUR quote
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TURSAB #18704 · Licensed Turkey private tour operator
No upfront payment — you'll know the price once we've talked
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TripAdvisor profile
#18704
TURSAB license
24h before
Free cancellation
How it works
No forms, no account, no dashboard. You write on WhatsApp, we handle the rest.
As simple as "we're in Istanbul for 3 days, these are our dates, we want to see Hagia Sophia and the Bosphorus." One message is enough.
We build an hour-by-hour route around what you're interested in and quote a clear price. Don't like it? We'll change it.
With someone who's been showing this city since 2017, just for you. No rush, no crowds, no coach bus.
Choose your Turkey story
No marketplace search bar. Pick the story that fits your trip, then refine by length and style. Every tour here is one TourThese personally operates.
All curated tours
Private guided
Custom quote
/ group · charged in EUR
Final quote in EUR after route details.
Small group
From€100
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $108 USD
Half-day + craft
From€100
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $108 USD
Evening favorite
From€70
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $76 USD
Architecture focus
From€100
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $108 USD
Beyond the old town
From€100
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $108 USD
Private guided
From€180
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $194 USD
Local ferry route
From€100
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $108 USD
Car-free escape
From€60
/ group · charged in EUR
Approx. $65 USD
How TourThese is different
TourThese is a small, founder-led operator in Istanbul. Group buses, fixed marketplace scripts and faceless reservation portals are the opposite of what we do.
License
#18704
Availability
24/7 WhatsApp
The same person who plans your route is the one who guides it — you're never handed off to a stranger. It's shaped over WhatsApp before you arrive: pace, pickup, food stops, photo stops.
No surprise entry fees, tips, or hidden extras — you pay what we agreed on. Reserve direct with TourThese (TURSAB #18704), EUR pricing, fully transparent.
We're comfortable in both Turkish and English, so there's never a language gap. Every guide is fluent and carries the official Turkey guide license.
Change the time or the plan up to a day before, or cancel for a full refund — travel plans change, and the booking is built to bend with them.
Tufan Albaycan
Licensed Turkish tour operator · Tufan Albaycan Seyahat Acentası
Founder · Istanbul
TourThese began as a small private guiding practice in Sultanahmet. Today it runs private tours across Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale, each one shaped on WhatsApp before the traveller lands.
No two tours look alike. A morning that begins inside Hagia Sophia might end in a backstreet meyhane in Karaköy. A Cappadocia day can pivot from balloon disappointment into a private photo route at sunrise. The plan is the conversation; the guide is the author.
TourThese is a TURSAB-licensed travel agency (#18704) run by founder-guide Tufan Albaycan, offering private, licensed-guide tours across Turkey — Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale. Every itinerary is planned one-to-one with you over WhatsApp rather than booked through a marketplace, so the route, pace and start time are built around your group instead of a fixed timetable. Tours are priced transparently in euros with no third-party booking fees, and you talk directly with the licensed guide before and during your trip. Whether you want a single day in Istanbul's old city or a multi-stop journey across the country, you message TourThese, agree the plan, and travel privately with a guide who knows the sites first-hand.
You plan and confirm your tour one-to-one over WhatsApp. Message TourThese with your dates and interests, the licensed guide proposes an itinerary, and once you agree the plan you receive a clear EUR price with no marketplace fees.
Yes. TourThese is a TURSAB-licensed travel agency (#18704) and tours are led by licensed local guides, including founder-guide Tufan Albaycan.
TourThese runs private tours in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale, and can arrange multi-city journeys combining these and other regions of Turkey.
All TourThese tours are private. Your itinerary, pace and start time are arranged around your own group rather than shared with strangers on a fixed schedule.
Tours are priced transparently in euros (EUR) and arranged directly with TourThese, so there are no third-party marketplace booking fees added on top.
Destinations
Each destination opens to a fully indexed inventory page, with pricing, durations and licensed-guide context for every city.
10 private tours · from €60
Old City icons, Bosphorus, food routes and modern neighbourhoods. Full days or half days, shaped on WhatsApp.
Open destination
1 private tour
The first Ottoman capital — mosques, tombs and the silk bazaar, by ferry from Istanbul.
Open destination
1 private tour
Private day trips from Istanbul to the ancient city of Ephesus with a licensed guide.
Open destination
1 private tour
The white travertines and ancient Hierapolis, private and guided from Istanbul.
Open destination
2 private tours
The world's oldest temple and the ancient city of Şanlıurfa, privately guided.
Open destination
7 private tours
Sunrise photo routes, ATV, camel safari and 1-night escapes, bookable from Istanbul or directly in Cappadocia.
Open destination
2 private tours · from €170
The Gallipoli battlefields and ancient Troy with a licensed guide.
Open destination
2 private tours
Istanbul + Cappadocia + Pamukkale + Ephesus multi-day routes, designed around your hotel and rhythm.
Open destinationCould not find the right private tour?
Tell TourThese your hotel, dates, group size and travel style. We will shape a private Istanbul tour, Cappadocia route or multi-city Turkey itinerary around you.
