General Questions
Guided Istanbul Tours operates tours almost in all popular destinations of Turkey. Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Troy, Gallipoli, Pergamon, Konya, Antalya, Black Sea Region, Gobelitepe, Eastern Turkey Region and please contact for the other destinations.
Your tour guide will be waiting in your hotel or at the airport to meet you at a determined time.
Of course! We operate tours on a private basis, so you can customize the departure time of your tour. Generally, the suggested departure time for the tour is 09:00 am.
No, we provide private tours for your best experience so you will have a private professional tour guide in your preferred language.
We do not include any shopping stops unless you wish to visit one of the traditional workshops of handmade rugs, tiles, jewelry, or leather. If you have any interest in workshops, please indicate while booking.
Of course, as this is a private tour we can change the tour route and make a new program according to your wish.
As hotels offer good rates on online booking platforms we don’t include hotel booking service however we will suggest the central locations in each destination to book your hotel, so you can make your hotel booking in accordance with your priorities.
Easy! All you need to do is;
Fill in the ‘Booking’ form where you will put your full details such as personal information, tour date, hotel name. Once you complete your booking we will get back to you with a confirmation email within 24 hours.
You can complete the booking form and make an online payment for 1-day tours. Then, you can make a balance payment directly to the tour guide during the tour or one of our staff can meet you during the tour to charge payment. However, if you would like to pay in advance you can make the payment by Mail Order. You can choose to pay in Usd, Euro or Turkish Lira.
We can operate your tour in English, Spanish and Italian upon request. Please contact us for other language options.
Please advise us in advance if you would like to add another site of the visit to your tour itinerary, so we can revise it accordingly.
Questions on Transportation
Our representatives will be waiting for you with the name signs at each airport to meet you for transfer.
Depending on your number vehicle choice is managed however our tours are generally operated with Mercedes Vito or Mercedes Sprinter for larger groups.
Questions Regarding Hot Air Balloon Flight
Balloon flights generally take about 1 hour in the air. Including pick up and drop back to the hotel, the duration is approximately 2 hours.
In case of poor weather conditions, Balloon Ride will be canceled and you will get a full refund for the Balloon Ride.
It’s recommended to take your jacket with you as it’s generally cold in the early morning.
Due to the difficulty in finding availability for the Balloon ride you need to book it as early as possible, once we check the availability of the Balloon flights we can inform you of the company name.
You can also join the hot air Balloon Ride in Pamukkale as well, however as the nature of Pamukkale is different from Cappadocia you won’t have such a perfect scene as you can see in Cappadocia.
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