Istanbul 1/2 day Private Tour - Our guide ~Erbil Eraslan from Travel Elephante was very knowledgeable, polite and answered all our questions on this action packed 4 hour tour.

Ugur is an excellent guide. - Ugur was an excellent guide in Istanbul. He is knowledgeable, patient and responsive to questions and situations.

A wonderful morning in... - A wonderful morning in historic Istanbul with Uger. He was very knowledgeable and patient! And a delightful man!

Tour guide - Excellent guide. Informative, easy to communicate with prior to the tour to make arrangements, and of course during the tour. Very friendly and personable. Just an all around excellent person.

Our Guide was very... - Our Guide was very knowledgeable about Istanbul history. Very good at leading us around the city and making changes to our tour. Would recommend this tour highly.

My guide Ugur was very... - My guide Ugur was very informative, receptive to any questions that arose, and conducted the tour at very appropriate pace taking into consideration that my 80 year old self had to rest a bit on the staircases in the Hagia and the Cistern. He managed working our way through the Sunday crowds very skillfully and pointed out the highlights of the places we visited. I could not have asked for a better guide!

Fun half day walking tour of key sites - Delightful guide Erbil, showed us 4 key highlights of Istanbul. We only Arranged the tour the day before and it was a fantastic way to orient ourselves to the city, get insight of public transport, people, etiquette, food and culture. Erbil adapted the tour and length of time at each site according to our preferences. We enjoyed lunch together and then he left us at Grand Bizarre. At our request he took us to a carpet shop with loom demonstrations . It was a great half day, highly recommend. Note we did need to pay for entrance fees, and Transport. Please remember for females to have a scarf for entrances into the mosques and males require trousers.

Istanbul walking Tour - The whole experience was excellent the guide Ipek was very professional her knowledge was impeccable, the underground cistern tour is an absolute must see.

Yves, Isa, Jo 2025 - Our guide Uzgur spoke very good French and knew the history of the places we visited, he was generous of his time. In short a nice visit very satisfied.

Don't waste your time or money - Completely unreliable! We had a stopover flight that gave us one full day in Istanbul. After reading reviews of Travel Elefante, I booked a private, half day tour of the Sultanhamet Square mosques, Basilica Cistern and Grand Bazaar months in advance. Before we left on our trip, I checked with the agent to make sure everything was set including the purchase of tickets. I was assured all was well. The day came for the tour. The guide was to meet us at our hotel at 10:00 am. We waited in the lobby for an hour. No one showed up. No one called. My emails and texts to the agent were met with silence. After an hour and a half with no word, I ended up booking a last minute group tour for three of the sights which ended up being a forced march with a poor guide. The Travel Elefante agent finally contacted me in the afternoon offering only excuses and apologies, but the one day we had in Istanbul was shot. What I had hoped would be a fantastic day, with a private guide, in a magical city, ended up a disappointing mess. Spend your valuable travel time and money elsewhere.