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5 Days - 4 Nights
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10 people
English, Espanol, Francais, Russian
Explore İstanbul; Bosphorus Cruise Sightseeing Boat Trip – Istanbul Modern Museum of Art – Topkapi Palace – Turkish and Islamic Art Museum – Grand Bazaar – Blue Mosque – Dolmabahce Palace – Chora Museum – Pierre Loti Hill – St.Sophia 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.
Please note: After going through the passport control, please get your luggage and then walk towards the exit to get out of the customs area and as soon as you get out of the customs, you will see a lot of people waiting in front with signs. Your/our transfer guide will be around there as soon as you come out holding a paper sign bearing your name on it.
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. Proceed to 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 visit , 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… After Lunch break, visit Turkish and Islamic Art Museum, has a remarkable collection of ancient artifacts. In the numerous rooms of this historic building have been collected the most ancient, the most precious and the rarest of the Moslem works of the epoch. This constitutes a separate treasure. The collection includes spectacular pieces from ancient Babylon, Persia and Mesopotamia… Our last stop will be the Grand Covered Bazaar; the largest covered marketplace in the world where a dazzling array of items-from Furniture and carpets to jeweler and clothing are sold in the bazaar’s 4000 shops. Return to your hotel at the end of the tour… Overnight Hotel in Istanbul… ( B )
After breakfast meet yourtour guide at the lobby for a second full day tour and spend the day exploring Istanbul. Our first Visit is 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) offers a glimpse into the lives of the Otoman imperial famiily and those who served them… Our second stop is the famous Egyptian Bazaar, this colorful covered bazaar has shops selling all sorts of exotic goodies… We take a Bosphorus Cruise Sightseeing Boat Trip * (almost 1 hour boat ride, Regular or Private Boat available up-on request!) 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. Return to your hotel at the end of the tour… Overnight Hotel in Istanbul… ( B )
After breakfast meet your guide at the lobby and departure from your hotel…Visit the opulent Dolmabahce Palace. It’s a beautiful 19th century palace right by the Bosphorus…The palace was completed in 1853 and replaced Topkapi Palace as the residence of the Sultan’s. It has 825 rooms, 43 halls, 6 Turkish baths and the world’s largest crystal chandelier…Continue for our visit of the Istanbul Modern Museum of Art, the first private museum devoted to modern and contemporary art in Turkey, was founded in 2004 in order to promote wider enjoyment and understanding of modern art among the public. Located beside the Bosphorus, The museum brings together the İstanbul cityscape with the production of arts ranging from painting, sculpture, and photography to video and new media… Explore the magnificent Chora Museum, an 11th century church with Byzantine mosaics and frescoes considered to be among the worlds most important. Our last stop for a short break at the Pierre Loti Hill there is a very nice Tea Garden which is one of the best place for Watching Istanbul panorama… Overnight Istanbul… ( 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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