Fener-Balat Walking Tour by Art Historian

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İstanbul

Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes

Languages: English

Guru: Kubratheguide

PRO

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Registered on 15 July 2021

Welcome to my tour I'm Kubra. I'm professional tour guide in Istanbul. I'am not an agency but a guide who wants you to have best experience while you are here at Istanbul Having an education in Art History we wanted to show people all around the world about the city which we love. That's why we've started tours in Istanbul in which we wish you to love this city as much as we do. Now if you are here in Istanbul or still making planning, join us to see Istanbul as we do, enjoy Istanbul as we do. Learn the culture, it's both dark and bright history hosting two empires that ruled the world. We have a very important sentence for us here by Rumi the poet : “Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.” This is the motto for Istanbul, it will welcome you just like in this sentence ! See you on the next tour.

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

Are you curious about the history and culture of Istanbul?
Or do you want to do different tour other than the all the things you've seen at the Istanbul?

Make yourself ready to be charmed by the multicultural life of Fener- Balat used to share with many nationalities living in an empire called Ottoman Empire. Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Turks and more living side by side in which you will see a mosque then a church and a synagogue next to each other !

*This tour is a historical walking tour presented by Historian Professional guide*

This Walking Tour Includes :

📌Greek Patriarchate Orthodox
📌Private Marashli Greek Primary School
📌Colorful Stairs
📌Dimitrie Cantemir House Romanian Prince and Lord of Bogdan
📌Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols (No entrance)
📌Phanar Greek Orthodox College
📌Aya Yorgi Metakhion Jerusalem
📌Panagia Paramythia Church
📌Sveti Stefan Bulgarian Church
📌Wooden Minaret Mosque
📌Stair Hill Historic Balat Houses-Unesco Culture Heritage
📌Antiques-Çifit Bazaar( Jewish Bazaar)
📌Ahrida Synagogue( No entrance)

Information for Our Guest

- Please take it into care , this tour has a minumum contribution fee for 10 Euro / 400Turkish Lira Per Person

🚫 Please be careful about the clothing regulation as it is stated for the entrance of the churches.
They do not let people enter both

Women and Men =

🚫No shorts
🚫No skirts or dresses above the knee line
🚫No sleeveless tops or dresses

Please also bring a scarf within you for the entrance of the church as well.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Balat, Fener, 34087 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey

Fener Bus Stop by the sea side, My License will be on me(red striped)Eminönü-Eyüp Direction

Free entry

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate

Outside visit

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate School

Free entry

Fener Colorful Stairs

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).