Free tour

Discover Islamic Culture Through Walking Tour

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İstanbul

Duration: 2 hours

Languages: English

Guru: iWalk

Registered on 30 August 2021

Awareness Through Walking Tours.. As licensed tour guides in several languages, we created for you thematic and boutique tours under an official tour agency. We share with you necessary information & narrated stories. Listen to the stories from our guides with max 15 walkers and catch more motivated & connected group tours. P.S Our guides are professional licensed tour guides so they earn their living from these tours. Therefore, please have a look at the tipping recommendation in tour descriptions. Also, keep your communication channels open so that we can reach you in case of delay or cancellation.

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

Tour description

Welcome to Istanbul Dear Walkers!🤗

Islam🌙 is the major practiced religion in Turkiye🇹🇷 and in order to discover its characteristics we exclusively design this tour for walkers who come from non-islamic background☯️✡️⛪🛕⛩️.

As a route of the tour we have 2 Unesco World Heritage Destinations of Old City, Suleymaniye Mosque🕌and Pantakrator Monastery🕍. The tour route finishes at more local, residential area of practising muslims.

We will take off from the daily relations of muslims into the social practices. Plus, understanding the role of mosque for muslim communities and Islam as it is explained inner & external peace.

🤔 In this tour program we would like to cover;

👉Daily and weekly practises of muslims in the mosque context
👉 Social life in the local practising muslim areas
👉Sufism, mystical understanding of Islam

Visiting the following places all in a row:

📌Suleymaniye Mosque
📌Suleymaniye Historical Ottoman Mansions
📌The Aqueduct of Valens
📌Tokadi Sufi Cemetary
📌Old City Local Butcher Bazaar
📌Zeyrek Mosque (Formerly a church)
📌Zeyrek Cistern Panoramic Old City View Terrace
📌Islamic Institutions, Charity Organisations (from outside)

💰Note that at the end of the tour, you are expected to tip the guide minimum 10 Pound, 10 Dollar, 10 Euro or 400 liras per person.

👔Dress modestly as we have mosque visits during this tour. (We recommend bringing along scarves and shawls to be able to cover certain parts of the body)

⏳The tour duration, tour route and stops may vary depending on the guide and the number of participants.

🚭Smoking and consumption of alcohol are strictly prohibited during the tour.

🚼♿This tour is not friendly for children, (10 and under),baby strollers and not suitable for those who have difficulty walking on steep ground.

Themes of the tour #islamiculture #islamiccivilisation #halalfood

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Süleymaniye, Süleymaniye Cd. No:21, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey

I will be waiting you in front of the Coffee Gutta

Outside visit

Suleymaniye Mosque

Outside visit

Pantakrator Monastary(Currently Mosque)

Outside visit

Ladies' Market

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).