Audio tour · Türkiye
Istanbul
A self guided audio tour of Istanbul.
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The app is on the App Store
A self guided audio tour of Istanbul.
Istanbul is a city of layers, and walking through it you feel each one. The hills rise steeply from the Bosphorus, minarets break the skyline in every direction, and the bazaars pull you deeper into a maze of spice and noise and light. Somewhere between the old peninsula and the modern waterfront, between Europe and Asia, the city quietly refuses to be summed up.
In the app, 100 stops in Istanbul are narrated aloud, about 2h 50m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"You are standing in front of a building that has seen almost 2,000 years of history."
"You're standing here looking at the Blue Mosque."
"When Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror began construction in 1459, he wanted something that would."
"You're standing in a place that feels almost unreal, right?"
"You're standing before one of the largest palaces in Turkey, and it tells a complicated story."
"When you stand here, you're looking at a monument built to proclaim imperial power."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A compact walk through the ancient core of the city taking in Hagia Sophia, the Basilica Cistern and the Blue Mosque within a single storied square kilometre
Starting at the imperial gates of Topkapi and winding down through the old city to the waterfront Spice Bazaar with mosques and monuments at every turn
A grand sweep along the European waterfront from the gilded halls of Dolmabahce through Yildiz hill gardens all the way up to lively Taksim Square
A hillside walk through the Ottoman high watermark centred on the great Suleymaniye complex and ending at Rustem Pasha Mosque and the Spice Bazaar waterfront
From the famous covered market down through the quiet Byzantine and Ottoman streets of Kadirga to the sea walls where the old city meets the Marmara shore
A walk through the quiet hilltop neighbourhoods of Fatih where converted Byzantine churches and the great Aqueduct of Valens stand in sun-drenched streets
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.
Every place on TourTour has its own routes and its own stories.