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Day 1
Arrival
to ISTANBUL ATATURK
AIRPORT, transfer to 3 Stars Hotel hotel after a
refreshing time orientation tour in
Istanbul ( 2 Options )
1.) Bosphorus Half Day Afternoon Tour ; ( Thurdays and Sundays Only ) Spice Bazaar , Bosphorus Cruise , Rumeli Fortress 2.) Dolmabahce Palace & Two Continents Half Day Afternoon Tour ;
Dolmabahce Palace , Bosphorus Bridge , Calica HIll
SPICE
BAZAAR (EGYPTIAN BAZAAR)
A
traditional historical marketplace where you can find any aroma and
spices and meet all the products of the Silk Road
BOSPHORUS
ON BOAT
A
traditional boat tour through the waterway separating Asia and Europe.
Seeing along the way the old Ottoman wooden mansions, marble places and
small fishery villages, located at the Asian and European sides. Do not
miss important sightseeing spots at the Bosphorus such as Dolmabahçe
Place, Rumeli Fortress and Beylerbeyi
RUMELI
FORTRESS
The
Fortress was built by the order of Sultans Mehmet the Conqueror in only
4 months in 1452 for the control and protection of the Bosphorus. t is
the most beautiful samples of military architecture in the world.
Day 2
Full Day
Byzantine & Ottoman Relics ; Saint Sophia ,Blue Mosque ,Hippodrome ,Serpentine
Column ,Obelisk of Theodosius ,German Fountain ,Grand Covered Bazaar ,Lunch
at Typical Turkish Restaurant ,Topkapi Palace and Suleymaniye Mosque
08:30
After breakfast tour for Ottoman and Byzantine sides of Istanbul :
ST.SOPHIA
It was built by Emperor Constantine the Great in the 4th
century. It is the third largest basilica in the world and famous for
its mosaics
BLUE
MOSQUE
Built
by Mehmet Emin Ağa, famous Ottoman architect, in the name of Sultan III.Ahmet
in the 16th century, it is the sole 6-minaret mosques in
Istanbul. It is called the Blue Mosque due Iznik tiles in it.
HIPPODROME
The
Old Hippodrome. There are three masterpieces where The old Byzantine
horse races were held: Theodosius Obelisk, Bronze Serpent Column and
Constantine Column.
TOPKAPI
PALACE
The
palace where the ottoman Sultans lived from 15th to 19th centuries. With
its kitchen full of various samples of crystal, gold, silver and china
porcelains and with the Ottoman Treasury and sacred relics in it, it is
the most importance point in Istanbul.
SULEYMANIYE
MOSQUE
It
was built by Sinan, world-wide famous Ottoman architect, during the
years from 1550 to 1557 in the name of Suleyman the MAGNIFICENT, the
most powerful Ottoman Sultan. This work of Sinan was intended to prove
his architecture to Hagia Sophia.
GRAND
COVERED BAZAAR
A
historical shopping place with more than 4000 shops inside. A wonderful
historical ambient where you can find gold processing handicraft, hand-woven
carpets, hand-painted ceramics, onyx and things for gift.
16:30
End of the tour, return to hotel.
Included :
-
All taxes included
- 2 Night Accommodation
- The meals 2 days breakfast at the Hotel
- 1 lunch during Sightseeing Tour
- 1 dinner at night show ( GALATA TOWER )
- All museums tickets mentioned in the itinerary
- Fully english guided
- All transfers
Please ask
for Special Price |
