We really enjoyed the trip & lesson as to how to use the ferry system. The selling point of this walk for me was we ended up seeing sides of Istanbul we never would have visited on our own. We particularly enjoyed the Kuzguncuk neighbourhood - an excellent contrast to the busier sides of the city we had already explored on our own. In general, we felt the content was really well rounded and we both felt we learnt a lot by the end of the morning.

It was generally good and the guide was good. It would be helpful to advise people in advance that they need small change (at least 10 one lires per person) to pay for the bus on the Asian side, for items at the various mosques, etc. We visited a number of mosques and had a good walk around the Asian side. It seemed to me it was missing something of the essence of the Asian side. In retrospect, I wish we'd had lunch on the Asian side in the non-touristy area, then I would have felt that we had 'really been there.' (We would have needed directions to the bus stop to get us back to the ferry.)

We enjoyed learning about the different neighborhoods, and Claire was so refreshing and open abput lwhat life is like in Istanbul for a US expat with a child.

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