world1explorer, Jan 2022

We used Pupa Travel for a 4-day private tour of Istanbul, for a full day private Green tour of Cappadocia, and for multiple transfers. Edip was our main contact point for the tip and was highly communicative, developing a great tour of Istanbul that met our needs, for example including a cooking class at our preferred cooking school, suggesting we use Mercedes sprinter van for our larger family and given the hotel we had selected, etc. The prices were very reasonably, highly competitive with other quotes we had received, and with Edip it felt like one could add more or less to meet a specific budget need. We couldn't have asked for a better tour of Istanbul. The tour guide Lelya was amazing, bringing a mix of Turkish cutlure and historical passion, and managed to engage our 13, 15 and 16 year old boys across millennia of history and interest. She knew the best places to shop near the Grand Bazaar and at the same time made sure we didnt miss an important detail of a tile or textile at one of the museums. The tour included a private bosphorous cruise as well as all the main sights one could imagine seeing in Instanbul in four days. After long transatlantic flights, our driver that Edip had arranged was ready at the airport with billboards, and the standard of the vans and driver over the next 4 days was very high. A few days later we met up again with Edip's drivers in Cappadocia, and enjoyed a very thorough private Green tour. We had specifically asked to include a Sema ceremony (whirling dervishes) and Edip was able to arrange this too. He had the best prices on the balloon tours too, so I highly recommend booking it all through Edip directly.