3 Days Short Visit Istanbul Package
Visiting Sights
Explore Istanbul in 3 days with guided tours, airport transfers, and hotel stay. Visit Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, and Topkapi Palace.
Tour Overview
Discover the essence of Istanbul in just 3 days with our perfectly planned short visit package. Ideal for first-timers or travelers on a tight schedule.
- Airport Transfers Included: Begin and end your trip stress-free with private pick-up and drop-off service.
- Iconic Sights in One Day: Visit Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, Topkapi Palace, and more on a fully guided city tour.
- Central Hotel Stay: Enjoy a comfortable stay in a well-located hotel, perfect for evening walks or a quick Turkish coffee nearby.
- Free Time for You: Use your arrival or departure day to relax or join optional tours like Bosphorus Cruise or Turkish Bath.
This 3-day package is the easiest way to experience the highlights of Istanbul in a limited time — without missing what matters.
Tour Itinerary
Arrive in Istanbul & Transfer to Hotel
Meal: No meal included
Upon your arrival at Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gökçen Airport, our representative will be waiting for you at the exit gate, holding a name sign with your name on it. Once you meet our staff, you’ll be assisted with your luggage and transferred to your hotel in the city center with a comfortable, private vehicle.
Please note that hotel check-in time is usually after 14:00. If you arrive earlier, you may need to wait in the lobby or enjoy a nearby café. Once checked in, you can relax at the hotel or spend your free time exploring the local area at your own pace.
We recommend visiting a traditional Turkish Bath (Hamam) to unwind from your journey or taking a short walk around the historic neighborhoods near your hotel.
Overnight stay in Istanbul
Full Day Istanbul Old City Tour
Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
08:30 ─ After breakfast at the hotel, our tour shuttle will pick you up and transfer you to the meeting point. Once you meet your professional guide and fellow guests, your full-day Istanbul Old City tour will begin.
You will explore the historic Sultanahmet district, known as the heart of old Istanbul and recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
- Hagia Sophia: Once the world’s largest cathedral for nearly 1,000 years, this architectural marvel was converted into a mosque after the conquest of Istanbul and today stands as a symbol of spiritual and historical fusion.
- Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque): Named for its exquisite blue İznik tiles inside, the mosque still functions today and is one of the most visited and photographed religious sites in the world.
- Ancient Hippodrome: This historic square was once the center of Byzantine chariot races and ceremonies. You’ll see monuments like the Egyptian Obelisk and the Serpent Column.
- Grand Bazaar: Step into one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world. You’ll have free time to explore over 4,000 shops selling carpets, jewelry, spices, textiles, and souvenirs.
After visiting the Grand Bazaar, we will enjoy a traditional Turkish lunch at a local restaurant.
- Topkapi Palace: The royal residence of the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years, featuring imperial treasures, holy relics, and stunning views of the Bosphorus.
- Sultans Tombs: Visit the resting places of several Ottoman sultans, located within the garden of Hagia Sophia — a peaceful, historic stop to reflect on the empire’s legacy.
17:00 – 17:30 ─ At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Overnight stay in Istanbul
Leisure Day & Airport Transfer
Meal: Breakfast
After enjoying breakfast at your hotel, please check out before 11:30. The rest of the day is yours until your airport transfer time. You may spend your free time shopping, strolling through local streets, or enjoying a Turkish coffee at a historical café.
If your flight is in the late afternoon or evening, you can optionally join a half-day Bosphorus Cruise tour or explore hidden corners of the city on your own.
According to your flight schedule, our driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your return flight.
We hope you had a memorable time in Istanbul. We look forward to seeing you again on another one of our tours in Turkey!
What's Included
Included
- Airport pick up and drop off
- 2 Nights Hotel in Istanbul
- 1 Day Istanbul City Tour
- Professional tour guide on the tour
- Meals mentioned in the itinerary
- Entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary
- All transportations in the tour
- Car park, gasoline, highway, and bridge fees
- Local taxes and service charges
Not Included
- Personal Expenses
- Drinks at lunch
- Dinners
Hotel Options
If you have a preferred hotel, please mention it in the "Additional Request" section at checkout.
We’ll do our best, but your booking will be made at one of the listed hotels or a similar-quality option based on availability.
Important Remarks
Please read the following important information carefully before booking. These remarks contain essential details about your tour experience.
- All airport transfers in Istanbul are included with comfortable, air-conditioned vehicles.
- Hotel check-in time is generally after 14:00; early arrivals may wait in the lobby.
- The Old City Tour on Day 2 is a regular group tour with professional English-speaking guide.
- Entrance fees, guiding, lunch, and hotel pick-up/drop-off are included on the full-day city tour.
More Details
Your short but rich Istanbul adventure begins with a warm welcome at the airport. A friendly face holds a name sign, your journey officially starts. Within minutes, you’re weaving through the streets of this timeless city and heading toward your hotel.
On your first day, you’re free to relax, unwind at your hotel, or step outside and breathe in the energy of Istanbul. Maybe even try a traditional Turkish Bath to melt away the travel fatigue.
Day two immerses you in history. You walk the same paths as emperors and sultans. From the grand Hagia Sophia to the elegant Blue Mosque, each step whispers centuries of faith and power. The Hippodrome echoes with chariot races, and the legendary Grand Bazaar tempts with its endless charm. After a delicious lunch, you visit Topkapi Palace, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, and end your day at the peaceful Sultans’ Tombs.
Your last day is free and flexible. You might sip tea with a Bosphorus view, join a short cruise, or simply wander through streets layered with memory. Then, your driver arrives. Istanbul slowly fades in your rear-view mirror — but its stories remain with you.
Three days, countless impressions. This is Istanbul — short, sweet, and unforgettable.
Erkan is one of the most well connected, yet patient men I met in Turkey. He was full of life and very organised. Planned our 5 days very well and ensured me and my sister enjoyed our stay in Turkey. I was very worried about coming to Turkey in the beginning, but Erkan made sure my sister and I were safe at all times and allowed us to enjoy ourselves. My favorite moment in Turkey was the private yacht ride across the 2 continents. The guide gave us some history lessons and it was great to add to my knowledge. Because of Erkan’s hospitality, we will definitely come back to Turkey and we can’t wait to meet them again and travel to more amazing cities in the country.
I visited Istanbul with my youngest adult son. This was my fourth visit and his first. For me, this being my 4th visit to the mystic city, I was excited to have learned several new things from our local guide, Ugur, and having him help me better understand the geography of magnificent Istanbul. He is very knowledgeable about Istanbul and Turkey and relates information well. He took us to places I have not seen before on previous trips which were excellent. My son and I both prefer to walk as we feel we get a better sense of a place. We did that. We also got to experience different aspects of great Istanbul city, old city, new city, and Asian continent. And different modes of transport in the city. All in all our program was excellent. As for our airport transportation, it was on time and efficient. Thank you to Coskun who meet us at our hotel when we arrived and for all efforts made to ensure us having an enjoyable stay.
Amazing worth, I strongly recommend Toursce Turkey for your vacation in Turkey value. We felt the incomparable Turkish hospitality from the moment the friendly and professional Toursce Turkey staff greet us at the airport with a smile. Even if it was five in the morning they arranged especially for us an early smooth check-in so we did not have to wait at all. Later on, we had a delectable Bosphorus Cruise and Istanbul city tour with Mr. Tuna, a professional local tour consultant who arrange everything on time in our tailor-made program and did his best to show us around even more than we had in the itinerary. Superb service we have got for our stopover in Istanbul. In our next visit, we want to see the living spaces of the local people, not the tourist sights. Can we visit the local street markets and visit one of the local's houses in Istanbul? I like to see their normal family life with their children. Are 5 days enough in Istanbul? Thank you very much for all.
Emel from Toursce organized the perfect tours of Istanbul for our party of 9. We wanted for a combination of fun and educational tours, and she assigned Ms. Gul (Rose) to be our tour guide and Ahmet to be our driver. We have learned a lot on the tours and laughed so much. We are still quoting Gul's jokes back home. we had been talking to a couple of other travel companies before deciding to book the tours in Turkey. I felt like they would say yes to anything that I asked without really thinking about. The hotel location, traffic, visiting sights, the time frame of the tours. I thought they just like to book the tour. But Emel made a great holiday program for our group. toursce.com guided tours included just the right amount of sights and information to keep us all our interest in Istanbul. I highly recommend Emel and toursce.com for a private customized tour of Istanbul. Emel is meticulous about the details and she has such great her job. Thank you very much for Emel and your team at toursce.com
It was special. Many people has insufficient information about Bosphorus. Theres much more than you see from centrum or on tv. Goes up till the black see and every centimeter has unique points to to discover. Thats why i choose this tour. And ofcourse lunch on boat was a plus. If you are looking for a Bosphorus cruise this is your tour.
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