Free Tour in Istanbul

Overview of the tour in Istanbul

Free Tours of Istanbul offers FREE top-rated guided walking tours of Istanbul every day of the week, providing laughs through fun facts and anecdotes. Explore old Istanbul's street art scene with the original Alternative Istanbul tour.
Free Istanbul Tours is pleased to bring you this incredible walking tour! This is why we come to Istanbul! Perfect for tourists, travellers, sight-seers. The FREE Istanbul Walking Tour is the perfect way to familiarize yourself with the old Ottoman capital.

RESERVATION IS REQUIRED because we have a limited space in our tours for a better experience.

We designed this tour for solo travellers, couples, small groups and families. Big group (6+ people) reservations are not accepted.

The tour is only in ENGLISH.

Our tours are conducted by professional and licensed tour guides, and it's totally free to book and join the group. Considering that these tours are our guide's full time job to make a living, and it will be a moderate-sized group for your comfort, we recommend tipping if you are happy with the guide. The recommended minimum tip is €10 \ $10 \ 300 Turkish Liras per person for their job.

On arrival

Meeting point: in front of Sultanahmet Fountain, which is between Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque.
Just look for our guides with a red t-shirt and/or umbrella.

The tour will begin at the scheduled time at Sultanahmet Square. The guide will be waiting next to the decorative circular fountain between the Hagia

We recommend arriving at the meeting point at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour. Your guide will be wearing a red shirt or jacket and carrying a red umbrella.
Remember that a free tour is a guided tour where each person puts a price on the work of the guide, and when the tour is over gives a tip.

P.S. Oh, by the way, if you won’t be able to join the tour, please don’t forget to CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION!! If you are not able to attend the tour, please cancel your reservation, otherwise the guide will be waiting for you.
HAVE NICE HOLIDAY

Things to note

A free tour is a pay-what-you-want walking tour, which means, it's completely free to book and join the group, but the 'guide' expects to be rewarded once the tour ends. Some people give €5, some people give €50, you choose the price.

Free Cancellation

You are free to cancel a booking anytime. We kindly remind you to cancel bookings you cannot arrive for. Being reported as absent decreases your customer level points and the benefits you can enjoy.