PRINCES' ISLANDS (Full Day, lunch included / Operates All Year Round) Tour-1
Cruise in the MARMARA SEA to PRINCES' ISLANDS by Maritime Lines boat. Stop at BÜYÜKADA, the popular summer resort with sandy beaches and pinewood scenery, once the pleasure island of Byzantine Princes.
Tour of the island by horse-drawn carriages before lunch at a fish restaurant.

Evening return to İstanbul and transfer to hotels.

also visioned during the tour
TOPKAPI PALACE • LEANDER' S TOWER • ÜSKÜDAR
from the sea

lSTANBUL CLASSICS (Half Day Morning) Tour-2

Tour of "Sultan Ahmet Center", the heart of the "Old City" from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled.

HAGIA SOPHIA:

one of the greatest marvels of architecture, constructed as a basilica in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian.

BLUE MOSQUE:

Facing Hagia Sophia, famous with its blue İznik tiles and unique with 6 minarets, built in the name of Sultan Ahmet.

HIPPODROME:

Center of sportive events (chariot races, athletics) and political activities of the old city. Serpentine Column, Obelisk of Theodosius, German Fountain of Wilhelm II are the monuments decorating the Hippodrome.

GRAND COVERED BAZAAR:

Most attractive shopping center and biggest "souk" in the world with nearly 4000 shops selling antiques, jewellery, gold, carpets, leatherware and souvenirs.

HALF DAY MORNING TOURS TERMINATE AT SULTANAHMET CENTER IN FRONT OF HAGIA SOPHIA

CLOSED
Hagia Sophia on Monday
Topkapı Palace on Tuesday
Replaced with Kariye (St. Savior in Chora) Museum,
Grand Covered Bazaar on Sunday

tour price per person 40 Euros

OTTOMAN RELICS (Half Day Afternoon Tour-3

TOPKAPI PALACE:

Residence of Ottoman Sultans exhibiting imperial treasury, sacred Islamic relics, kitchen, Chinese porcelain, weapons, calligraphy section etc. (Harem is not included in the program and visit it due to an extra entrance fee)
RÜSTEM PAŞA MOSQUE:

designed by the court architect Sinan for the Grand Vizier of Süleyman The Magnificent. A typical sample of Islamic architecture amidst the rows of shops near the Spice Bazaar, famed with its exquisite and colorful tiles set in floral and geometric designs

tour price per person 40 Euros

BYZANTINE & OTTOMAN RELICS (Full Day, lunch included) Tour-4

HAGIA (St.) SOPHIA • BLUE MOSQUE
HIPPODROME
OBELISK OF THEODOSIUS • SERPENTINE COLUMN
GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF WILHELM II
GRAND COVERED BAZAAR
(Art Demonstration of Handmade Turkish Carpets)
Lunch
TOPKAPI PALACE
(Harem section is not included in the program and visit is due to extra entrance fee)
RÜSTEM PASA MOSQUE

also visioned during the tour
GALATA BRIDGE • GOLDEN HORN • LEANDER' S TOWER

CLOSED
Hagia Sophia on Monday
Topkapı Palace on Tuesday
Replaced with Kariye (St. Savior in Chora) Museum,
Grand Covered Bazaar on Sunday

tour price per person 75 Euro

BOSPHORUS CRUISE ON PRIVATE BOAT (Half Day Morning or Afternoon) Tour-5

4M : GOLDEN HORN (from the bus)

The arm of the Bosphorus and a natural harbour of the historical peninsula separating the old and the new parts of İstanbul where the first colonies settled during the Byzantine. The residential area for Byzantine Jews, Italian traders and other non-muslim minorities. Drive along the traces of history at Balat viewing Metal Church of St. Stephen the Bulgarian, 21 kms. long City Walls, the strongest fortification of the middle age.

SPICE BAZAAR (Egyptian Bazaar)

Mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers etc.

BOSPHORUS CRUISE

Through the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia, with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residentials and luxurious apartments.

RUMELİ FORTRESS

(from the sea/no interior visit), historical armament built by the Conqueror to control and protect Bosphorus. A unique example of military architecture.

* HALF DAY MORNING TOURS TERMINATE AT SULTANAHMET CENTER IN FRONT OF HAGIA SOPHIA

4A : In the afternoon Spice Bazaar maybe substituted with ZİNDAN HAN, built during the Byzantine Empire. It was the first Women Prison in the world by the Ottomans, restored back to the original style nowadays.

also visioned during the tour
IMPERIAL GARDENS OF ROYAL YILDIZ PALACE • ÇIRAĞAN PALACE HOTEL KEMPINSKI
BOSPHORUS BRIDGE connecting EUROPE & ASIA continents • BEYLERBEYİ PALACE
from the sea

DOLMABAHÇE PALACE & TWO CONTINENTS EUROPE-ASIA (Half Day Afternoon) Tour-6

DOLMABAHÇE PALACE

Recent residence for Ottoman Sultans with 365 rooms and 22 saloons. Famous with the great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier.

BOSPHORUS BRIDGE:

ÇAMLICA HILL:

Eexposing a panoramic view of İstanbul and Bosphorus from the best point of view.

tour price per person 40 Euros

BOSPHORUS CRUISE / DOLMABAHÇE PALACE &TWO CONTINENTS (Full Day, lunch included) Tour-7

also visioned during the tour
IMPERIAL GARDENS OF ROYAL YILDIZ PALACE • ÇIRAĞAN PALACE HOTEL KEMPINSKI
BOSPHORUS BRIDGE connecting EUROPE & ASIA continents
BEYLERBEYİ PALACE
from the sea

CLOSED
Dolmabahçe Palace on Monday and Thursday
Replaced with Kariye (St. Savior in Chora) Museum,
Spice (Egyptian) Bazaar on Sunday
Replaced with Authentic Shops

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