"Tour Istanbul" is one of the services that Turkish Airlines (Turkish Airlines) provides to its
International transit passengers of Turkish Airlines flights have the chance to get to know the historical and cultural places of Istanbul with a free city tour.
Passengers who have 6 to 24 hours between their two flights can use the free Istanbul tour.
Passengers board a special Istanbul tour vehicle from Istanbul airport and after sightseeing in the city with a guide, they will be taken back to the airport for their next flight.
The Istanbul tour program is prepared and planned considering the flight schedule of the passengers.
Turkish Airlines passengers can use 6 different tours that are held every day according to their flight time.
Important historical and cultural points of Istanbul such as Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Hagia Sophia Mosque, Topkapi Palace and Museum of Islamic Science and Technology have attracted a lot of attention from the passengers of transit flights.
Until today, citizens of 129 countries have visited Istanbul in the form of this tour.
The most applicants and those interested in this tour are from Russia, Indonesia and France.
Ahmed Olmushter, the deputy general manager of Turkish Airlines (Turkey Airlines) in marketing and sales affairs, said about this project:
We intend to show the Turkish culture and the unique beauty of Istanbul to the travelers and to the country's tourism with the "Istanbul Tour" project. let's help Our goal in providing these special services is to increase the number of transit passengers and increase our share in the market.
This project was stopped in 2020 in order to protect passengers from the negative effects of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Within the framework of this project, since 2009, Turkish Airlines has hosted a total of 349,738 tourists in Istanbul. After your Turkish Airlines flight lands in Istanbul, you can register and use the Istanbul tour at the Turkish Airlines Hotel Desk in the airport terminal. You can also see the programs and hours of Istanbul on the Turkish Airlines website.
International transit passengers of Turkish Airlines flights have the chance to get to know the historical and cultural places of Istanbul with a free city tour.
Passengers who have 6 to 24 hours between their two flights can use the free Istanbul tour.
Passengers board a special Istanbul tour vehicle from Istanbul airport and after sightseeing in the city with a guide, they will be taken back to the airport for their next flight.
The Istanbul tour program is prepared and planned considering the flight schedule of the passengers.
Turkish Airlines passengers can use 6 different tours that are held every day according to their flight time.
Important historical and cultural points of Istanbul such as Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Hagia Sophia Mosque, Topkapi Palace and Museum of Islamic Science and Technology have attracted a lot of attention from the passengers of transit flights.
Until today, citizens of 129 countries have visited Istanbul in the form of this tour.
The most applicants and those interested in this tour are from Russia, Indonesia and France.
Ahmed Olmushter, the deputy general manager of Turkish Airlines (Turkey Airlines) in marketing and sales affairs, said about this project:
We intend to show the Turkish culture and the unique beauty of Istanbul to the travelers and to the country's tourism with the "Istanbul Tour" project. let's help Our goal in providing these special services is to increase the number of transit passengers and increase our share in the market.
This project was stopped in 2020 in order to protect passengers from the negative effects of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Within the framework of this project, since 2009, Turkish Airlines has hosted a total of 349,738 tourists in Istanbul. After your Turkish Airlines flight lands in Istanbul, you can register and use the Istanbul tour at the Turkish Airlines Hotel Desk in the airport terminal. You can also see the programs and hours of Istanbul on the Turkish Airlines website.