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Sunset over Istanbul rooftops, the kind of view a TourThese private guide curates

TURSAB #18704 · Licensed Turkey private tour operator

Walk Istanbul with a local guide— at your pace, in your language.

Skip group buses and marketplace queues. Tell us your hotel and dates on WhatsApp; we'll shape a private day in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus or across Turkey — same licensed guide from pickup to drop-off.

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How TourThese is different

Private Turkey trips, planned by a real human, not a marketplace algorithm.

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.

Tours run

700+

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4.9 / 5

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#18704

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~5 min

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One licensed local guide, planned 1-to-1

Your route is shaped over WhatsApp before you arrive — pace, pickup, food stops, photo stops — not pulled from a marketplace template.

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Direct booking, no marketplace cut

Reserve direct with TourThese (TURSAB #18704). EUR pricing is transparent and there is no third-party platform fee.

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English-led private guiding

Every guide is fluent in English and carries the official Turkey guide license. Itinerary updates happen on the same WhatsApp thread.

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Flexible, refundable

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour starts. Plans change in travel — the booking is built to bend with them.

Free cancellation 24h beforeEUR pricingNo marketplace account needed
Tufan Albaycan, founder of TourThese, on Galata Bridge in Istanbul

Tufan Albaycan

Licensed Turkish tour operator · Tufan Albaycan Seyahat Acentası

TURSAB #18704

Founder · Istanbul, since founding

“I’ve been guiding Istanbul long enough to know what tires travellers — and what stays in their photos.

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.

Real traveller reviews

700+ travellers reviewed TourThese on TripAdvisor and GetYourGuide.

We don't hand-pick what to show. Each review below is pulled from a public profile — follow the link to read every rating, including the ones we wish were better.

TripAdvisor

Felt private from the first minute

Tufan picked us up from our hotel exactly on time and tailored the route around what we wanted to see. We skipped the crowds at Hagia Sophia thanks to his timing and ended the day with a quiet rooftop tea. Easily the best day of our trip.

Sarah M. · United KingdomCouple · 12 April 2026
TripAdvisor

Real local context, not a script

We asked TourThese to focus on Ottoman architecture and food. Our guide rewrote the standard itinerary and took us to two neighbourhood spots most marketplaces miss. Communication on WhatsApp was instant from booking through drop-off.

Daniel R. · United StatesFamily · 28 March 2026
GetYourGuide

Best private tour we have done in Europe. Tufan's English is excellent and he genuinely loves Istanbul — that comes through in every stop. The Bosphorus sunset cruise add-on at the end was the cherry on top.

Maria L. · SpainCouple · 15 March 2026
GetYourGuide

Wir hatten begrenzte Zeit zwischen zwei Flügen und TourThese hat eine perfekte 6-Stunden-Route gebaut. Pünktlich, freundlich, sehr professionell. Sehr empfehlenswert.

Heinrich K. · GermanySolo · 2 March 2026

Reviews mirror two public profiles. We sync them carefully — no fake glow.

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