Looking for a private tour guide this August for a couple days in Istanbul. Any recommendations?
Posted by
Minnesota
596 posts
Contact SRM Travel, the agency that provides guides for Rick Steves tours. They also offer small group and private tours.
Posted by
Southeast US
4126 posts
My guide in Istanbul was Highlight #1 for the Istanbul part of an around-the-world trip last summer. From the trip report:
Highlight #1: Two Days of Touring with Metin Koca. Very good guide.
For our first day, he volunteered to stand in line early at the Hagia
Sophia so that we could have first entry. The young adult and I
decided to join him early in line instead of making him wait on his
own. It was AWESOME being the first visitors to enter the Hagia Sophia
and seeing it for a short time before it was overrun by other
visitors. In our two days with Metin, we saw popular to not-so-popular
mosques, the main old cistern, the old walls of the city, Topkapi
Palace, and other things. It was a very good experience.
Multiple people on this forum have recommended him. His e-mail address for booking directly: [email protected].