Exploring Jewish Heritage

4 Hour

Duration

Istanbul

Location

Duration of the tour: Approximately 4 hours.
Departing from: Port of Istanbul
Service level: Private Tour

Departure/Return Location

Istanbul / Istanbul

Service Level

Private Tour

Tour Included

Pick up and drop off at port of Istanbul

Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, luxury, non-smoking, private vehicle

Private proffesional tour guide with official licence

Enterence fees to the sites which are indicated in the tour programs

Tour Not Included

Lunch is not included if it is not indicated in the tour program that you selected. But according to your demand, you may ask your guide to add lunch according to your timing.

If the lunch is included in the tour program that you selected, the drinks during the lunch will be extra.

In Turkey after having a service leaving some tips is a custom like the other countries. Any tips to your guide and your driver is not included.

Tips to staff.

After your cruise docked to Istanbul port, on your meeting time, your guide will be waiting you in the arrival guest terminal with a sign that your booking name indicated. After he/she welcomes you and after getting on your luxury private van, your unforgetable day in Turkey stop starts.

The history of Jewish presence in Turkey dates back to some thousands of years, but it got more significant during the Ottoman Period. When the inquisition was expelling Jews who lived in Italy, Portugal and Spain, Sultan Beyazid II made a formal invitation to the Jews living in these countries. It is from that moment on that the Jewish Heritage Istanbul has started do be built.

(For this tour you need to book at least 2 weeks before your trip to organise the reservations to the synagogs.)

In this tour, the sites where you are going to be guided are kindly indicated below.

During your visits in the sites highly recommanded to wear comfortable shoes because there going to be cobblestone and slippery surfaces, inclines and sometimes steps.
If you prefer another Language speaking guide please let us know awhile you make your reservation.
Sultanahmet area is historical area. It is closed to traffic becasue of that mostly all attractions are in walking distance so at the tour a moderate amount of walking is involved
Some historical places, museums are closed on spesific days could be replaced with some others such as.

Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays so can be replaced with the Archeological Museum.

Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays can be replaced with the Spice Market.

Blue Mosque closed on Friday Mornings because of Friday Pray so the visit to the mosque can be in the afternoon.

During the tours having a hat and putting your sunscreens on highly recommended to avoid the problems in the hot temperatures.
Unless it is not indicated in your itinerary, The Treasury and Harem sections are not included in the programs and are due to extra entrance fees.
According to your request, we can skip some of the sights from the program.
According to the crowds on the busy days, your experienced tour guide could change the rotation of the places to visit in your program to organise a much easier day for your comfort.
Local currency is Turkish Liras(TL) but around the places where you visit, generally they do accept euros and dollars.
0-6 ages of children are free of charge as long as you bring the copies of their passports to show the officials at the enterances of each site.
If there is a mosque visit in your program, you should bring a scarf to wear before you enter.