Discover Turkey’s Neolithic past—a time when humans transitioned from a nomadic lifestyle to settled communities between roughly 10,000 and 6,500 BCE. The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, marks the beginning of agriculture, permanent villages, and early technological advancements.
Explore ancient settlements like Göbekli Tepe (c. 9600 BCE), Çatalhöyük (c. 7400–6200 BCE), and Hacılar (c. 7000 BCE), where early societies cultivated crops, domesticated animals, and built some of the world’s first religious and communal structures.
These groundbreaking archaeological sites reveal how this pivotal era shaped human civilization and laid the foundations for modern society.
We offer a unique, immersive travel experience across Turkey — not just Istanbul's lesser-known corners, but also the valleys of Cappadocia, the ruins of Ephesus, and the coastlines of Antalya and Bodrum, engaging guests in cultural activities like local home visits, market explorations, and Bosphorus cruises.
What we specialize in, above all, is matching each client with the right professional guide for wherever they're headed in Turkey — though if we're being honest, our roster is still concentrated mostly in Istanbul. As of August 2026, that roster stands at 54 professional tour guides, each one personally vetted rather than pulled from a directory. Most of what we arrange are daily and multi-day private tours, guided primarily in English, with guides available in other languages on request.
We also provide a full range of wheelchair-assisted guided tours, custom itineraries, and specialized tours covering historical, cultural, and niche interests like Jewish heritage, vegan spots, and bird-watching — now paired with a guide roster that reaches Ankara, the Black Sea, and the wider Mediterranean region. We also offer transportation services with professional guides for a more personalized and flexible experience.
The Other Tour is an immersive way to experience Istanbul and the rest of Turkey, led by licensed local guides who take you beyond the tourist spots into the lived culture and quiet corners of Cappadocia, Antalya, Ephesus, Bodrum, and the Mediterranean. We also build personalized travel planning, private tours, and custom itineraries — crafted around what you’re actually curious about, in any region of the country.