İstanbul Tour
Duration: 3 nights 4 days
Start-Finish: Bodrum Bodrum
Accommodation: Accommodation at 4* hotel located in Taksim/ İstanbul
Date:
Min-Max Group: 25-44
Tour price:
Istanbul Tour Day 1
Arrival to ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT, transfer to 3 Star or Special Class hotel after a refreshing time orientation tour in Istanbul.
Free time for sightseeing. ( Optional Turkish Bath tour )
Istanbul Tour Day 2
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up from the lobby at 08:30 for Full Day Ottoman and Byzantine sides of Istanbul.
End of the tour, return to hotel 16:30 .
Free time for sightseeing. ( Optional Whirling Dervish Ceremony. )
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 Aga, famous Ottoman architect, in the name of Sultan III.Ahmet in the 16th century, it's the sole 6-minaret mosques in Istanbul. It's 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.
Lunch at typical Turkish Restaurant in Istanbul
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.
Istanbul Tour Day 3
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up from the lobby at 08:30 for Full DayBosphorus and Asian side Tour
End of the tour, return to hotel 16:30 .
Pick up from the lobby at 19.30 for Dinner night Show.
Return to hotel at 24:00.
SPICE BAZAAR (EGYPTIAN BAZAAR); A traditional historical marketplace where you can find any aroma and spices.
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.
Lunch at typical Turkish Restaurant in Istanbul
BOSPHORUS BRIDGE; A unique step from one continent to another, simultaneously in Asia and Europe.
BEYLERBEYİ PALACE; Once famous fir its original historical furniture, superb garden and harem, it was the summer palace of the Ottoman Sultans.
CAMLICA HILL; The highest spot in Istanbul. A perfect place for you to see the whole Istanbul, Bosphorus and the magnificent panorama.
Istanbul Tour Day 4
Breakfast at the hotel.
Check out and transfer to airport by private minivan.
Istanbul, the most populated city in Turkey (more than 10 million of people), is one of the biggest cultural centers on Earth.
In history, Istanbul has been the commercial, scientific, cultural and political capital of the most important civilizations (to name a few ; Hittites, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans).
Today, the soul of these cultures live in the magnificent monuments and irresistible natural beauty of Istanbul.
Istanbul is absolutely a must be seen city, at least once in a lifetime.
