The full day tour of Jewish Heritage combined with Pera District lets you tour some of the synagogues of Istanbul along with a very lively district, Pera, today's Istiklal area.

The places and synagogues that can be visited on this tour are:

-Balat quarter of Istanbul

-The Ahrida Synagogue

-Jewish Museum in the Zulfaris Synagogue

-Pera (Istiklal) District with its fashion shops, bookshops, art galleries, the colorful ambiance of Balik Pazari (Fish Bazaar), Cicek Pasaji (Flower Passage), the beautiful gothic Catholic Church of St. Anthony

The following rates are "flat fee", including the guidance and transportation costs.

GUIDANCE:

*Full Day private guidance service :  160,00 USD per day

TRANSPORTATION: 

*Full Day Minivan with driver :  160 USD including VAT plus 25 USD parking fees = 1 to 6  people / per day

Full Day Istanbul private tour  cost : 345,00 USD / 09:00am to 05:00pm

Any service in Istanbul which ends after 1:00 pm goes into a FULL DAY charge in terms of guide and transportation.

The above rates include:

INCLUSIONS
Complimentary water on board the van throughout the tour
Local transportation by a private chauffeur driven deluxe van with A/C
Services of professional English-speaking tour guide who licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and expert on Turkey's history and culture.
V.A.T

EXCLUSIONS
Any entrance fees to the sites and museums, lunches and/or dinners, alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages, personal expenses and gratuity to guides & drivers.

JEWISH HERITAGE COMBINED WITH PERA (BEYOGLU) DISTRICT
For synagogue visits, prior reservation and passport copies are required. Synagogues can be visited on weekdays.
Meet your guide at the pier. Start your day in the original Jewish quarter of Istanbul; Balat. The Jews expelled from Spain first settled here, bringing with them the latest advances in medicine, clock making and ballistics. Balat housed the first printing press in the Ottoman Empire (brought by Sephardic Jews) as well as famous Yeshivot and over 20 synagogues. The Ahrida Synagogue - over 500 years old - was restored in the 1990’s: its boat-shaped ark symbolizes the ships, which brought the Sephardim to Istanbul upon their exile from Spain. After the Ahrida - considered to be one of the most beautiful synagogues in the world - you will cross the Golden Horn and continue to the Jewish Museum in the Zulfaris Synagogue where you will see a small, lovely collection of Jewish artifacts from all over Turkey. After lunch, proceed to Grande Rue de Pera (Istiklal Street) which will make you discover a cosmopolitan district built by a mix of a cultural richness of Italians, Armenians, Muslims,Austro-Hungarians, French, English, Greek, Karaits, Sephardic and Ashkenazi. You are invited to see/visit fashion shops, bookshops, art galleries, the colorful ambiance of Balik Pazari (Fish Bazaar), Cicek Pasaji (Flower Passage), the beautiful gothic Catholic Church of St. Anthony (it was constructed in 1907. This church resembles Notre Dame de Paris very much but much smaller) and other eastern churches, historical and modern buildings, arcades of the most prestigious district of the city. The historical Galata Tower became a famous symbol of Istanbul.  The top of the tower offers a tremendous 180 degree view of the city. At the end of the tour, you will be dropped off at the pier.

*Synagogues can only be visited on week days, with prior notice and reservation. We would need the passport copies of any travelers who would like to go on a Jewish Heritage tour to visit the synagogues in Istanbul so that we can make their reservations for the synagogue visits. 

**We do NOT include the costs of lunches in Istanbul programs as there are so many different choices in this enormous city.
You can always discuss lunch & dinner places with your tour guide right on the spot, get free advice depending on your preferences.