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4 Days - 3 Nights
Specific Tour
15 people
English, Espanol, Francais, Japanese, Russian
Highlights of İstanbul; Underground Cistern – Bosphorus Cruise Sightseeing Boat Trip – Topkapi Palace – Grand Bazaar – Blue Mosque – St.Sophia Museum (Hagia Sophia) – Archaeological Museum – Spice Market and more…
Welcome to istanbul, Meet your transfer guide at the Atatürk airport and transfer to your Hotel...during your transfer, you will have an orientation drive in the city… Hotel Check-in and Overnight Hotel in Istanbul.
After breakfast meet your tour guide at the lobby and spend the day exploring Istanbul… Visit Church of Divine Wisdom (Aya Sofya in Turkish, Sancta Sophia in Latin, Hagia Sofia in Greek). Now a museum, Aya Sofya built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th Century and reigned as the grandest church in Christendom until its conversion into a mosque by Sultan Mehmet II just after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. The Ottomans added minaret and buttresses, plastered over the Byzantine mosaics in the interior, and installed exquisite calligraphies medallions. Much of the plaster has now been removed and several of the original mosaics restored. Visit The Hippodrome - the center of Byzantine civic life for 1000 years, including coronations, Roman chariot races and more than one royal execution. At the opposite end of the Hippodrome (at Meydani) is the elegant ‘’Blue Mosque’’of Sultan Ahmed I, with its six minarets. Built in the early 17th century, its popular name is derived from the 20.00 predominately blue Iznik tiles lining the interior walls... Lunch at a local Restaurant (lunch is excluded to the tour) Visit Topkapi Palace, residence of the Ottoman Sultans for three centuries. Now a museum, it consists of gardens and buildings of the former palace restored to hold a wealth of treasures. Among the most notable are one of the world’s finest collections of Chinese porcelain, a spectacular collection of jewellery, gems and gold, and the wardrobes of the Sultans, consisting of more than 13.000 customers( Harem section is excluded; entrance requires additional admission fee)… Our last stop will be the famous Grand Covered Bazaar; the largest covered marketplace in the world where a dazzling array of items-from Furniture and carpets to jewelers and clothing are sold in the bazaar’s 4000 shops. Overnight at your Hotel in Istanbul. (B)
FULLDAY TOUR OPTION 1
After breakfast meet yourtour guide at the lobby for a second full day tour and spend the day exploring Istanbul. A pleasant drive to the Asian part of Istanbul over the Intercontinental Bosphorus Bridge. Our first stop Camlica Hill, the highest point in İstanbul, commanding a panoramic view of the city…Our second stop is Beylerbeyi Palace, we take a short drive to the 19th century summer palace of the Sultans in the Bosphorus village of Beylerbeyi. Completed in 1865, the palace has 24 rooms and six large halls. We turn back to the European side of İstanbul and Lunch at a local Restaurant (lunch is excluded to the tour)… proceed to the the famous Rustem Pasa Mosque which is skillful accomplishment of achitect Sinan.İt was built in 1561 and displays exquisite Iznik tiles decorting the superbly proportioned interior… We take a Bosphorus Cruise Sightseeing Boat Trip * (almost 1 hr boat ride) up Istanbul's winding straits for a chance to relax and admire the shoreline of beautiful mosques, lavish palaces and decadent villas - you'll see Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi Palaces, Ottoman summer mansions and Ortakoy mosque, the defensive Rumeli Fortress and Bosphorus Bridge - one of the world's largest suspension bridges, all alongside passing fishing boats, yachts. Overnight at your Hotel in Istanbul. (B)
FULLDAY TOUR OPTION 2
After breakfast meet yourtour guide at the lobby for a second full day tour and spend the day exploring Istanbul. Firstly, explore the mysterious and surreal Underground Cistern which is also known as Yerebatan Saray, one of the Grand underground cisterns which were an important source of water fort he city during the Byzantine and Ottoman times. The roof is supported by 336 Corinthian Columns. Sensitively restored, the cistern is now equipped with meandering walkways above the water, atmospheric illumination, and classical music… Then, visit the Archaeological Museum adjacent to Topkapi Palace, which includes the celebrated Alexander Sarcophagus…This is a very rich museum, well worth a visit. After lunch Our last stop is the famous Spice Market also known as Egyptian Bazaar at the base of the Golden Horn. This colorful, covered bazaar has shops selling all sorts of exotic goodies. Return back to your hotel. (B)
After breakfast, meet your driver at the lobby and Transfer to the airport for your outgoing flights. End of our services…
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