WHAT’S INCLUDED:

Air-conditioned and non-smoking vehicles

All the listed attractions mentioned in itinerary

Professional foreign language  speaking, licensed tour guide

Pick up- drop off from centrally located hotels

Taxes and parking payments

WHAT’S EXCLUDED:

All entrances

Lunch 

(Topkapı palace is closed on tuesdays)

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(Suggested Program)

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 could be changed by the guide due to daily conditions.

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