Private Licenced Guide

Private tours are arranged by Proffesional tour guide who speaks your language ,fatsaluently flexible tours with no hassle. Since our hotel is in walking distance to the Historical side of İstanbul, walking tour starts at 09.00/10.00 am depends on you. You will decide what to see and what to do. We only offer our suggestions but the final itinerary will always depend on your preferences. So, for instance, if you would like to spend 4 hours in Hagia Sophia or walk along the Bosphorus for half a day or if you would like to have lunch at your preferred restaurant, you will just do it. No part of your tours will be dictated by anyone and you will simply experience Istanbul as you please. Our job will be only to offer you our suggestions.

No waiting at lines; Professional licenced guides in Istanbul have priority to purchase tickets at most sites so you will avoid big lines where you will see lots of tourists waiting to enter a site.
Knowledgeable and Friendly Guides; Your guide will be someone who has proved to be excellent in his/her job. When we hire a guide, he/she is chosen among several thousand guides and, based on the feedback we receive from our guests, we keep hiring only the best ones that continuously receive perfect feedbacks. Therefore, our guides are knowledgeable, polite, friendly and fluent in their languages.

Reservation; just you need to send an e-mail to info@hotelanteapalace.com ,Depends of Museum's open dates, we will arrange in your vacation period.

WELCOME TO AMAZING ISTANBUL,

one of the world's most exotic, romantic, and intoxicating cities and a travel-shopper's paradise. Straddling both Europe and Asia at the fabled Bosphorus Straits, which link the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and eventually into the Mediterranean Sea, this beautiful, energetic, and throbbing city over 14 million people hosts nearly 10 million visitors each year who often begin and end their Turkey adventure in this fascinating place. It is a city that begs to be discovered on foot or by boat, tram, subway, or car. Through many narrow winding streets, colorful bazaars, grand mosques, spiraling minarets, and well preserved palaces, museums to fine shops, restaurants, bars, and hotels, Istanbul has it all- a virtual gold mine of delights that can easily occupy a busy week of shopping, dining, sightseeing, cruising and entertainment. The city constantly unfolds with a never-ending stream of surprises. Many visitors to this city have only one complaint –they did not plan enough to fully enjoy Istanbul's many treasures and pleasures. Well, you can always come back! And many soon do.

Old City

This is Istanbul's prime tourist destination, the historic district of Sultanahmet. It includes the Grand Bazaar, Egyptian Bazaar, Arasta Bazaar, mosques, places, churches, museums and adjacent streets jam-packed with shops offering a dazzling array of carpets, jewelry, leather goods, copperware, and handicrafts. You can easily spend 3 days shopping and sightseeing in this richly rewarding area of fascinating sights, sounds, people, and products.

New City

This is the European section of Istanbul with its many trendy shops, restaurants, cafes, hotels, bars, discos, and nightclubs. Much of this area's shopping, dining, and entertainment activities are centered along Istiklal Street in Beyoglu. Here you will find numerous antique shops, bookstores, and music shops along with trendy boutiques, and the main Vakko department store. A charming tram runs up and down this main pedestrian walkway to make covering the area especially convenient, and pleasant. Functioning as a central business district, this whole area is full of wonderful surprises as you explore its many meandering side streets. This section of the city is especially popular with the young people.