Walk in Asia: Uskudar and Kadikoy Tour

Tour Info:

Tour Days: Everyday – All year round
Duration: Full-day
Status: Regular walking tour (also available in private basis)
Pick up time: To be confirmed

Highlights:

• Marmaray
• Boat Ride
• Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
• Bird Houses of Yeni Valide Mosque
• Tekke of Aziz Mahmud Hudai
• Ayazma Mosque
• Janissary Gravestone
• Semsi Pasha Mosque
• Fish Market

Itinerary:

This tour begins with hotel pick up and transfer you to one of the Marmaray stations of in the European side of Istanbul. You will travel by your tour guide on this modern train which takes you to Uskudar Marmaray Station through an underwater tunnel.

Uskudar is a charming Ottoman district, full of historic mosques and complexes. Following our walking tour at our highlighted points at around three hours, we will have lunch in a famous Turkish cuisine.

After the lunch we will take Marmaray again to continue to Kadikoy, which is historically known as Chalcedon, literally meaning the ‘City of the Blind’. Our tour in Kadikoy will begin with the historical harbor buildings of Kadikoy and will continue in the narrow streets of the famous fish market and decent quarter of Moda. Visiting the churches, mosques, and mansions are also part of the Kadikoy tour.

Following the tour, we will take a 20-minute boat ride to cross the Bosphorus, upon arrival to the European side of Istanbul our transfer coaches will take you back to your hotel.