24 Apr 2023
My group was quite small which was good and the guide was very knowledgeable, however it was very difficult to hear him as he did not speak loudly. The tour included a visit to the Hippodrome and all there is to see there, the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. These are all very interesting and ample time was given to explore them.
However we were the brought to a shopping mall instead of the Grand Bazaar (closed for eid) and given a private fashion show in an attempt to get us to buy expensive leather goods!!! Not acceptable at all!!!
Lunch was ok.
After lunch we got an a bus to bring us to the cable car, the journey took well over an hour - traffic. Then we queued to get on the cable car for another 30 minutes at least. The views on the cable car were nice if you got a seat facing the front and it only lasted about 5 minutes.
We then went to see another mosque.
Then we got on a bus without air conditioning, to bring us to the boat, but the bus got stuck in traffic again and when we decided to walk the boat was only ten minutes away!!
The cruise was nice but food and drinks were expensive on it.
We were then to get back on the bus to bring us to the Egyptian Bazaar but the bus didn't show up!
Overall quite disappointing. My advice is to get a different tour that does not include the cable car as it took up about two hours for a 5 minute ride.