Affordable Istanbul Package from Nairobi | 4 Days 3 Nights
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Sirkeci Mansion or similar
Four days in Istanbul from Nairobi with direct Turkish Airlines flights, your Turkish visa, breakfast every morning a short walk from Hagia Sophia, Topkapı Palace, the Basilica Cistern and a cruise on the Bosphorus in one price.
Affordable Istanbul Package from Nairobi: four days and three nights in the city where Europe meets Asia, with direct return economy flights from JKIA on Turkish Airlines, checked baggage, your Turkish visa and the travel health insurance the visa requires all taken care of. You stay three nights with breakfast at Sirkeci Mansion, about ten minutes on foot from Hagia Sophia and Sultanahmet Square, with private airport transfers on arrival and departure. Your days take in the Byzantine mosaics of Hagia Sophia, the Basilica Cistern, Topkapı Palace with its Harem, the Grand Bazaar and Spice Bazaar, and a cruise along the Bosphorus.
Built for couples who want a city with real history, good food and a shopping street in every direction, it puts the hardest parts of a Turkey trip into one plan: the visa appointment, the flights, the hotel and the tickets. One price per person sharing covers the flights, hotel, transfers and every experience listed below, and one Baecation planner stays with you on WhatsApp from booking to landing home.
Istanbul is the trip for couples who want more than a beach. In three nights you walk under the dome of Hagia Sophia, step down into a Roman cistern lit in the dark, wander the courtyards where Ottoman sultans lived and finish a day on the water between two continents. It is about seven hours from JKIA on a direct flight, and the clocks match Nairobi's, so there is no time difference to recover from.
We base you in Sirkeci on purpose. The old city is on your doorstep, the tram and the Marmaray line are a few minutes from the lobby, and the ferries of Eminönü are down the hill. After a cold day on the cobbles, the hotel's indoor pool and hammam are there when you get back.
The days are paced for two people on holiday. Each day holds one or two main moments with time left for long breakfasts, Turkish tea and getting lost in the bazaar lanes. Your planner books the visa appointment with you, checks your documents before you go and answers on WhatsApp if anything moves.
Details
Summary information about this package
Sirkeci Mansion or similar
Istanbul (Turkey)
Couples
Included
Flying
For Adults only (18+)
Bed & Breakfast
Included
January, February, March, April, May, June, November, December
Costs
Kenyan Citizen
Ksh. 193400 per person sharing
Non-resident
$ 1499 per person sharing
Transport
Options: Flying
Duration and Timing
No
More than >3 Days+
About Package
More information about this package
Your hotel: Three nights at Sirkeci Mansion, or a comparable hotel confirmed at booking, a hotel of 32 rooms in Sirkeci, about ten minutes on foot from Hagia Sophia and Sultanahmet Square.
Pool and hammam: The hotel has a heated indoor pool open from 10am to 10pm, a traditional hammam, a sauna and its own restaurant, Neyzade. A buffet breakfast is included every morning.
Easy to get around: Sirkeci Marmaray station is about three minutes on foot and the Sirkeci tram stop about five. Istanbul Airport is about 50 minutes by car, and your private transfers both ways are included.
Three Istanbul icons: Your tickets cover the upper gallery of Hagia Sophia with its Byzantine mosaics, the Basilica Cistern and Topkapı Palace with the Harem and Hagia Irene. The Blue Mosque is free to visit outside prayer times.
On the water: A shared sightseeing cruise from Eminönü takes you up the Bosphorus past palaces, waterfront mansions and the bridge between Europe and Asia.
Your Turkish visa: Most Kenyan couples need a visa from the Turkish Embassy in Nairobi. You apply online first, then each of you attends an appointment at the embassy with your documents, where the USD 60 fee is paid in cash. The fee is included in your price. Couples who already hold a valid sticker visa or residence permit for the Schengen area, the UK, the US or Ireland can use the official Turkish e Visa instead. Allow about four weeks before you fly, and approval rests with the Turkish authorities alone.
Travel health insurance: The embassy asks every applicant for travel health insurance covering the whole stay. It is included in your price and your planner sends the certificate with your visa documents.
Travel cover: Istanbul is open and busy with visitors. Like any big city it has pickpockets in the crowded areas and occasional demonstrations, which you should avoid. We book changeable fares where Turkish Airlines offers them and tell you straight away if official travel advice changes before you fly.
Dress and manners: Cover shoulders and knees in mosques, women cover their hair inside and shoes come off at the door. Keep affection modest in the old city.
One planner, start to finish: Your Baecation planner books your visa appointment with you, sends your e tickets, insurance and vouchers before you fly and stays reachable on WhatsApp throughout. If something shifts on the ground, you message one person instead of three companies.
Package Itinerary
The package itinerary is as follows
Affordable Istanbul Package Itinerary with Baecation Adventures from Nairobi
Flight times change with the season. From late October, Turkish Airlines usually leaves JKIA before dawn and lands in Istanbul just before noon, and the flight home leaves Istanbul in the evening and lands at JKIA in the early hours. Your planner confirms the exact times on your written quote before you pay. Topkapı Palace closes on Tuesdays, the Grand Bazaar closes on Sundays and on the first days of religious holidays, Hagia Sophia's visitor route closes around Friday noon prayers, and the Blue Mosque pauses visits at prayer times, so your planner sets the days around them.
Day 1: Nairobi to Istanbul
Morning: Wheels Up from JKIA Your direct flight leaves JKIA before dawn, so reach the airport about three hours before departure. Carry your passports with your Turkish visas, your travel insurance certificate, e tickets and hotel voucher. About seven hours later you land on the same clock you left.
Afternoon: Into the Old City Clear immigration at Istanbul Airport, collect your bags and meet your driver in the arrivals hall for the drive of about 50 minutes to Sirkeci. Settle in, and if your room is not ready yet, leave your bags and take a first coffee nearby.
Evening: Between Two Domes Walk about ten minutes to Sultanahmet Park, where Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque face each other across the fountain. Step inside the Blue Mosque outside prayer time, then choose a small restaurant for your first dinner in Istanbul.
Overnight: Sirkeci Mansion or similar Meals: None included
Day 2: Mosaics, a Cistern and a Palace
Morning: Hagia Sophia and the Cistern After breakfast, walk to Hagia Sophia as the visitor route opens and climb to the upper gallery to see the Byzantine mosaics up close. Then cross the road to the Basilica Cistern, where rows of ancient columns rise out of the water in the half light.
Afternoon: Topkapı Palace Spend the afternoon at Topkapı Palace, home of the Ottoman sultans for four centuries. Your ticket covers the courtyards, the Harem and Hagia Irene, and the palace terraces look out over the Bosphorus.
Evening: Pool Hours Back at the hotel, warm up in the indoor pool or the hammam, then find dinner a short walk away.
Overnight: Sirkeci Mansion or similar Meals: Breakfast
Day 3: Bazaars and the Bosphorus
Morning: The Grand Bazaar Lose yourselves in the covered lanes of the Grand Bazaar, among lamps, carpets, leather and gold. Walk down through the old shopping streets to the Spice Bazaar for Turkish delight, coffee and saffron to take home.
Afternoon: A Cruise Between Continents From the piers at Eminönü, board your shared sightseeing cruise up the Bosphorus. Sail past Dolmabahçe Palace, the Ortaköy Mosque and the Bosphorus Bridge, with Europe on one side and Asia on the other.
Evening: Galata and Karaköy Walk across the Galata Bridge, past the fishermen lining the rail and up to Galata Tower and the lanes of Karaköy for dinner. The tram takes you back to Sirkeci.
Overnight: Sirkeci Mansion or similar Meals: Breakfast
Day 4: Istanbul to Nairobi
Morning: A Slow Last Morning Take your time over breakfast and one last swim. Check out and leave your bags with the hotel.
Afternoon: Free in the Old City Use the afternoon for Gülhane Park, a last Turkish coffee or the shopping you saved for the end.
Evening: Flying Home Your driver collects you from the hotel for the evening flight home. You touch down at JKIA in the early hours, with four days of stories to tell.
Meals: Breakfast
Add Ons
Romantic Touches: (Small extras that make the trip yours, priced as shown and added to your package)
Bosphorus dinner cruise with a Turkish night show and hotel pickup: from USD 250 (KES 32,300) per couple
Traditional hammam ritual for each of you at Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamamı in Sultanahmet: from USD 360 (KES 46,400) per couple
Galata Tower entry for two: from USD 100 (KES 12,900) per couple
Extra night at Sirkeci Mansion with breakfast: from USD 215 (KES 27,700) per couple
Upgrade Your Stay: (Priced per couple for all three nights on top of the package price)
Bosphorus shore: Sumahan on the Water, a boutique hotel in a former distillery on the Asian shore at Çengelköy, with its own boat across the Bosphorus: from USD 990 (KES 127,700)
+ Inclusions
Return economy flights between JKIA and Istanbul Airport on Turkish Airlines, with the checked baggage allowance on your fare
Turkish visa for each of you, either the embassy sticker visa or the e Visa if you qualify, subject to approval by the Turkish authorities
Travel health insurance for each of you, as required for the visa
Three nights at Sirkeci Mansion or similar, sharing a double room
Daily buffet breakfast
Private return airport transfers in Istanbul
Upper gallery ticket at Hagia Sophia
Entry to the Basilica Cistern
Entry to Topkapı Palace with the Harem and Hagia Irene
Shared sightseeing cruise on the Bosphorus from Eminönü
Pre departure briefing on your visa appointment, insurance, dress and local customs
Your Baecation planner on WhatsApp before and throughout the trip
- Exclusions
Lunches, dinners and any meals not listed under inclusions
Drinks
Tram, Marmaray, ferry and taxi fares outside the included transfers
Galata Tower entry and other sights not listed under inclusions
Hammam and spa treatments
Extra baggage beyond the allowance on your fare
Early check in or late check out
Room service and minibar
Optional activities and the add ons listed below
Tips and gratuities
Personal spending and shopping
What To Carry
Passports valid for at least six months beyond your travel dates, each with a blank page
Your Turkish visas in your passports, or printed e Visas if you used that route
Your travel insurance certificate
Printed copies of your e tickets and hotel voucher
Your yellow fever cards as a precaution. Turkey does not list yellow fever as an entry requirement, but keep them with your passports
A warm waterproof coat, a scarf and gloves from November to March
Comfortable walking shoes for hills and cobbled streets
Modest outfits that cover shoulders and knees, plus a headscarf for her, for the mosques
A two round pin European plug adapter
Personal medication in its original packaging with your prescriptions, as Turkey has strict drug laws
A bank card and some cash for the bazaars, trams and tips
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