WHAT’S INCLUDED:

Air-conditioned and non-smoking vehicles

All entrances, taxes and parking payments

Lunch at a reputable restaurant

All the listed attractions mentioned in itinerary

Professional foreign language  speaking, licensed tour guide

Pick up- drop off from centrally located hotels

(Topkapi palace is closed on tuesdays)

(Beylerbeyi and Dolmabahce palace is closed on mondays)

INFO :

Day 1 - Istanbul City Tour 

At 08:30 am pick up from the hotel for full day tour of old Istanbul city.

Hippodromme Square    It was a public arena mainly for chariot races and also home to gladiatorial games, official ceremonies, celebrations, protests, torture to the convicts and so on. The German Fountain of Wilhelm II, the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine are other monuments at the square.

Sultanahmet  Mosque    built in the 17^th century and known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.

Hagia Sophia     This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time.

Lunch    (Drinks not included)

Topkapı palace    The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from 15th to 19th centuries, housing an exquisite collection of precious gems, jewelry thrones of sultans, robes worn by the sultans and their families; miniatures, the Holy Mantle; Chamber of Sacred Relics.

[Harem (women's quarters) is not included in visit program and extra entrance fee is required.]

Hagia Irene is the first building converted to a church from a pagan temple in the 4th c. AD. With remainings from sixth, eight and fifteenth centuries it has an authentic architecture. It was used as the patriarchate of the city too . A short but impressive visit will take us to  the Byzantine era.

Grand Bazaar (Covered Market)    More than 4000 shops in this labyrinth of streets and passages trade having its own area; the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as hand painted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx ware and meerschaum pipes.

Order of the visits can be changed by the guide due to daily conditions.

After old city tour, transfer back to the hotel. Free evening or optional Istanbul night shows or Bosporus dinner cruise including traditional Turkish entertainment and dinner. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 2 - Istanbul City Tour 

Pick up from the hotel for a full day tour of Istanbul city is at 08:30 am

City walls    Among the many well-known monuments in Istanbul, the centuries-old city walls stand out with their effective surroundings and construction. They were demolished only twice in their all history, firstly by the Latin Crusaders in 1204 and again in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks who tried to conquer the city of Constantinople.

Kariye Mosque (Chora)    Having more than 80 mosaics and frescoes in the paraclession and nartexes. It tells us little known story of virgin mary and much more. Small, beatiful and exceptional building impresses us with remainings of different epoques.

Suleymaniye Mosque (Scholarship of Sinan)    One of the most important and must-see place that is a sample of Ottoman architectural work and the masterpiece of Sinan in 1550. The impressive mosque, also the burial chamber of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana.

Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar)    The Spice Bazaar dates back to the 17th Century. It is one of Istanbul’s oldest covered markets, where the exotic, oriental aspect of the city still survives. It is the best place to find spices, herbal teas, and traditional Turkish foods such as Turkish delight (lokum).

Lunch    (Drinks not included)

Bosphorus cruise    An amazing cruise between the two continents, Europe and Asia , along the Bosporus by the Dolmabahçe and Beylerbeyi Palaces, wooden villas and mansions up to the Rumeli Fortress. (The Rumeli  Fortress From The Sea (No Interior Visit)).

Order of the visits can be changed by the guide due to daily conditions.

After old city tour, transfer back to the hotel. Free evening or optional Istanbul night shows or Bosporus dinner cruise including traditional Turkish entertainment and dinner. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 3 – Istanbul City Tour

Dolmabahce palace    A baroque style palace built between 1843 and 1856 with beatiful French Baccarat, Czech Bohemian, Italian Murano crystals and Hereke, Usak carpets, european style 19th. century furnitures, hundreds of rooms, saloons and meeting rooms, it is one of the most impressive palaces of the world.

Bosphorus Bridge    Unique chance to step from one continent to another (Europe/Asia)

Camlica Hill     one of the highest points in Istanbul. At the top of it you can rest and admire the magnificent panorama of İstanbul and the Bosporus from the beautiful gardens, landscape in traditional style, as you sip your drinks in a cafeteria.

Lunch    (Drinks not included)

Beylerbeyi Palace    The summer residence of Ottoman Sultans with its original furniture and magnificent gardens with the Harem on the Asian Side.

Taksim (Galata And Pera Region)    Istiklal street  full with cafes, shops, restaurants, with new ages buildings having european view and  a variety of churches, side streets with bars down to galata tower will be visitied.

Order of the visits can be changed by the guide due to daily conditions.

PRICE :

For one person 750 USD 

For two people p.p. 550 USD  

For three people and more p.p 329 USD