Istanbul Travel Packages 2027: 4, 6, 8 and 10 Day Options with Prices

Istanbul travel packages with us come in four lengths: 4 days from $699, 6 days from $1,050, 8 days from $1,499 and 10 days from $1,750 per person, each with hotel nights and breakfast, airport transfers, a guided Old City tour and a Bosphorus cruise. The 4-day Istanbul city tour package is the one most first-time visitors pick, and the longer versions add a private city tour by car, a dinner cruise and free days. Your flight to Istanbul is booked separately.

Istanbul packages compared: 4, 6, 8 and 10 days

All four packages are prices per person in US dollars. They change with season, hotel and inclusions, so ask us for today's price for your dates.

The 4-day package covers the essentials. The 6-day version is the one we suggest if you want a day to do nothing. At 8 and 10 days you have room for the Princes' Islands, a hammam and day trips such as Bursa or Gallipoli. For a day-by-day breakdown of how to use the time, see our 4-day Istanbul itinerary and 10-day Istanbul itinerary pages.

What the Istanbul packages include

We organise everything in Istanbul, so you only need to book the flight:

• Hotel nights with breakfast, a middle-class hotel from our selection, confirmed by availability and with your approval.
• Airport pick-up and drop-off and hotel transfers on tour days.
• A guided Old City tour covering Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome, Topkapı Palace and the Grand Bazaar, with entrance tickets to the listed sites and lunch on guided tour days.
• A Bosphorus cruise, plus a dinner cruise with a show on the 6-, 8- and 10-day versions.
• A private city tour by car on the longer packages.
• Taxes and service charges.

Not included: the international flight, dinners other than the dinner cruise, personal expenses, optional tours, travel insurance and tips for guide and driver. Entrance to some museums and mosques changes during the year; our guides tell you what applies on the day.

A sample 6-day Istanbul plan

Here is how the 6-day package is usually laid out; the order shifts with your arrival time, the weather and the opening days of museums.

• Day 1: airport transfer, hotel check-in, a short walk in the neighbourhood and an early night.
• Day 2: the guided Old City tour: Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome, lunch, then the Grand Bazaar.
• Day 3: Topkapı Palace in the morning and a Bosphorus cruise in the afternoon, with the palaces and wooden mansions along both shores.
• Day 4: a private city tour by car across the Golden Horn, Galata and the Asian side, leaving time for a stop at a bakery or a tea garden.
• Day 5: the Bosphorus dinner cruise in the evening, with a free day before it for the bazaars or a ferry to the islands.
• Day 6: hotel drop-off and transfer to the airport.

The 8- and 10-day versions keep this skeleton and add the Princes' Islands, a food tour and more free days. If your arrival is very late or very early, tell us and we move the first tour to the next morning.

Hotel level and where you stay

The listed prices use a middle-class hotel from our selection, in a central area such as Sultanahmet or Taksim, with the exact hotel confirmed with you before booking. Sultanahmet puts you next to Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. Taksim and Beyoğlu have more restaurants and nightlife. If you want a higher category, a Bosphorus view or a boutique hotel, tell us and we quote it as an upgrade, so you can compare against the base price.

Our Istanbul tour packages with hotel page explains how hotel choice affects the total, and the Istanbul tour package cost 2027 guide shows what a typical week costs in different seasons.

Two practical choices decide how comfortable the stay feels. The first is the hotel's distance from the Old City: a hotel within walking distance of Sultanahmet saves taxi fares on free days, while one near Taksim gives you the metro and a wider choice of dinners. The second is the season. In April and May, and again in late September, hotels fill up quickly, so sending your dates early gives us a wider choice at the same package price. Tell us if you need a lift, a family room or a quiet street, and we match the hotel to that instead of to a fixed list.

Day tours and add-ons you can put on top

Free days on the 8- and 10-day packages are where add-ons fit. The prices below are per person unless noted, and come from our tour pages on Istanbul tours:

A full day with a private English-speaking guide is $199 per group, and other languages $199 to $250 per day depending on language and season. A private guide in Istanbul helps most on free days, when you want to skip lines and have someone who knows the neighbourhood.

The Princes' Islands are the favourite on a 6- or 8-day stay: a ferry ride across the Marmara, no cars on Büyükada, and a lunch by the water.

Istanbul and Cappadocia: the packages with a flight

If Istanbul alone is not enough, three packages add Cappadocia by a domestic flight we book for you: 6 days at $1,800, 8 days at $2,400 and 10 days at $2,499 per person. They keep the Old City tour and the Bosphorus cruise, and add the Red and Green Tours in Cappadocia; the 8- and 10-day versions add a dinner show or a hammam. See Cappadocia tours for the options in the region.

A balloon flight is separate. The standard sunrise flight is from $199 per person. We book it for the first morning and keep a spare one in case the wind stops flights.

Best time for an Istanbul package, and how to book

April to June and September to October are the most comfortable months: 18 to 25°C, clear light and shorter queues than in August. July and August are hot and busy; winter is cold, wet and quiet, with lower hotel prices apart from the New Year week. Our best time to visit Istanbul guide gives the month-by-month picture, and the Istanbul vacation packages 2027 page has ideas for holidays and events.

Pick your length, send us your dates and the number of travellers, and we reply with a written price. Families can read the Istanbul tour packages for families page, and couples the Istanbul tour package for couples page. If you arrive on a cruise, our pre and post cruise tours from Istanbul guide covers the transfer from the port.

Combining Istanbul with the rest of the country is easy on our sister site getturkiyetours.com, which covers Turkey-wide tours. Compare all our lengths and routes in one table on the Turkey travel packages page, or browse the whole packages range.

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