Is City of Sultans worth it? The data verdict
City of Sultans holds 4.67★ across 342 verified traveller reviews — a rating that size is hard to fake and hard to fluke. Its trips run about £140/day — priced around the market median. The strengths and complaints below show who it suits and who should look elsewhere.
Where City of Sultans scores
What travellers consistently praise
- Knowledgeable, friendly guides
- Fast, responsive WhatsApp support
- Well-paced itineraries with free time
- Smooth transfers and logistics
- Good value for what's included
The consistent complaints
- Inconsistent hotel quality
- Very early or late domestic flight times
- Occasional pickup/scheduling confusion
- Weaker food/lunch options on some trips
Both lists distilled from the same verified review base — we publish the bad with the good.
In travellers' own words
“I’ll be honest, when I book tours online I always wonder if the photos and promises match reality. When we arrived in Istanbul, I was ready for problems. Instead, I met professio”
“Poor selection of hotels, poor breakfast. Guide were not helpful at all. This package only good for low budget people. The lunch they gave were very bad be”
“We had a wonderful trip! All transfers were on time and everything went as scheduled. We had the most fabulous tour guide, Rose, who grew up In Cappadocia and shared a wealth of knowledge, energy, and passion f”
“If you want to see main attractions in Turkey, it is a good tour. However, it was not well planned. Every day before you get to see the attraction listed, you are taken to pot”
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