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• A fabulous day in Istanbul.

  Travel22168629483,,Jul 25, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had a fantastic day in Istanbul with Zerrin. She is very knowledgeable and professional. Would highly recommend her for your private tour of Istanbul.

• The only way to visit the Grand Bazaar!

  melsM9431RR,,Apr 13, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  This was an exceptional experience and perfect way to experience the Bazaar. Zerrin was a fantastic tour guide who caters the tour to your liking. She is very knowledgeable about the Bazaar and town as a whole and takes you to some very unique places. Highly recommended for anyone wishing to visit the Bazaar in Istanbul.

• Perfect tour for history and art lovers!

  clairebC1969VU,,Sep 21, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  What a tour. If love art and history, you’ve found the perfect tour! Zerrin is very professional, genuine and knowledgeable about Turkish history. It’s nice to go to bazaar, not just to shop but to appreciate the history behind it. She took us to many local artists’ shops, antique shops… We had such a wonderful time. I’d recommend her to all of my friends.

• Finding Hidden Treasure of Grand Bazaar

  Coconut TheTraveller,,Sep 20, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Our family booked two-day private Istanbul tour with Zerrin, and has just finished the first half of it. Zerrin is a very ethical and reliable professional guide and highly recommend ! Although Trip Advisor listed her Grand Bazaar Tour and Highlights of Istanbul Tour separately, she is totally flexible and tailor-made our tour to best fit our needs. She even made a special arrangement to make our two-day tour into two-and-half day tour when she found out one of my daughters became physically too tired to continue the first day tour. How kind and considerate ! So, on the first day, we only went to Ayasofya and Grand Bazaar. Just as expected, Ayasofya was very crowded, however, as Zerrin pre-purchased the admission tickets for us, we were able to skip the long que, smoothly enter the World Heritage and admire it's beauty. As to Grand Bazaar Tour, with Zerrin, it is not an ordinary souvenir shopping tour. Since she is a historian with indepth knowledge, she not only took us to reliable shops for shopping, but also introduced Grand Bazaar from cultural and artistic aspects, making our visit meaningful and memorable. Fending off vulture-llike vendors, she navigated us to precious antique shops and one-in-the-world craft shops, making us notice the hidden value and beauty of the historical market. Thank you, Zerrin ! We can't wait for the second round of the tour with you :)

• Awesome Bazaar!! Zerrin is the best!!

  an4toul7,,Jan 6, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had a wonderful visit to the Istanbul Grand Bazaar with Zerrin! She made sure we could see the best of it, taking us to the different shops there are, always making sure that we feel comfortable and one thing we loved about her is that she took us to many shops without the pressure or mandate to buy stuff or anything, she was mainly focused on showing us to trust Turkish shops and to explore the diversity in such great Bazaar! Lots of shops in there, you can find basically anything you can imagine. So worth visiting with her, she knows the best places in there!

• Zerrin is the best

  carolG351JA,,Nov 13, 2023

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We were in Istambul in 2016 with touring with Zerrin. She took us to the Grand Bazaar October 2023 and it was as great as it was back then. Zerrin knows all the little nooks and the old world sites within the Grand Bazaar. It’s so unfortunate when money buys the front isles and the shops at the entrances. We were fortunate that Zerrin knows this area so completely. She took us to see Sisko Osman Carpets. This is the kind of place you would like to see in the Grand Bazaar. Out-of-the-way, up and around the corner, behind this and over that. This family has run the carpet company for many, many years and are very ethical. We bought beautiful rug. That’s what I like about Zerrin. She knows who to shop with and why it matters. The reason we went to the carpet shop is because we asked to go back where we had been in 2016. She also took us to shops selling items we were interested in checking out. Since we had been in the Grand Bazaar with her previously, it was great to have Zerrin again. She took his place we had never been before, and returned to shops she recommended the first time we visited. Thank you Zerrin for helping us get around the Grand Bazaar when we had so little time in Istambul.

  

• Great Grand Bazaar tour

  24aysey,,Sep 9, 2023

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  At the beginning,I wasn’t sure to hire a tour guide to visit Grand Bazaar. It was my second tour with Zerrin. When l asked her where to go in Grand Bazaar, she asked me to do first visit to Grand Bazaar with a tour guide. Tour Guide Zerrin is the best to understand Grand Bazaar. All hidden artisan stores in back streets are worth visiting and it was impossible tonfind non touristic cultural stores without Zerrin. It was fabulous day Zerrin. Thank you.

• Cool Bazaars!

  FarAway19096435371,,Aug 27, 2023

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Excellent fun visit in Grand bazaar with Zerrin! Zerrin took us to many cool stores and we met many wonderful people at the stores. She was a long time, good friend of the shop owners and they treated each other respectfully and kindly, which was so nice to see! We visited places for lamps, tile arts, rugs, etc. etc. She also took us to the spice bazaar which we spent lots of time. Great tea and Turkish delights! We had really fun time!

  

• Our memories in Istanbul

  Ali E,,Aug 20, 2023

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  After booking the 2 days private tour with Zerrin, She suggested to visit Bazaars with a guide before shopping there. We were planning to do it by our selves.But It was really good idea to step in to Grand Bazaar with someone who knows the streets well. We were thinking just to walk around in the streets. There are too many similar stores next to eachother and everyone invites you to their own store. After 15 minutes, we would be thinking just to go out. In next day we started day with Zerrin. She navigated us in shopping style and showed all real artist’s galleries in back streets of Grand Bazaar. We didn’t understand how the time running fast. Here, you can find unique Turkish products and souvenirs like spices, ceramic plates, ornamental lamps, rugs, and many other items. Zerryn is very knowladgable about history of tiles, rugs. Jewellry. We visited small jewellry workshops met with man who has been designing jewelry for59 years. We visited a rug store and had got really good information about the details of rugs. Thank you Zerrin. We were thinking, Grand Bazaar was only place where you can find touristic goods and bargaining place. We were totally wrong. Understood that Grand Bazaar is the hearth of art and craft. We recommend Tour Guide Zerrin. She is very knowledgeable about the history, culture, and food of Istanbul and can tailor the tour to your interests and needs.

• Amazing tour of the Grand Bazaar

  olenam929,,Aug 19, 2023

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had a wonderful time with Zerrin. Would have been completely lost without her there. We couldn't have done it without her there. The place we ate was yummy and true Turkish food. We visited a rug store and we were treated there with a tea and had a very nice conversation with the owner. They have been doing rugs for generations. It's a family business and they carry it with a lot of pride. She showed us all of the best locations to find non-touristy goods and we even got to witness how they fashion together the jewelry for one of the stores.