ISTANBUL SHORE EXCURSION 1 : OTTOMAN OPULENCE
Duration |
8 hours |
Highlights |
Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Roman Hippodrome, Grand Bazaar |
Operates |
Daily (All year arround) |
Tour Description : Depart from port of Istanbul and drive to historical peninsula with our tour transportation vehicle. Your first visit will be to
Topkapi Palace - A huge walled complex hugging the Bosporus, the former palace of the Ottoman sultans is now a museum with an extraordinary collection of Chinese porcelain, art, artifacts and jewels including the Topkapi Diamond. After visited Topkapi Palace you will continue to
Hagia Sophia - The Emperor Justinian built St.Sophia when Istanbul was Constantinople. You will visit
Blue Mosque - The superb interior is decorated with more than 20,000 blue Iznik tiles. After visit to Blue Mosque, you will visit
Hippodrome & Grand Bazaar - Today, shop selling the same kind of merchandise tend to be congregated in their own street or in hans as this was originally the Ottoman system.In addition to two bedestens there are also 13 hans in the Grand Bazaar. After all the visits, you will turn back to port of Istanbul.
Tour Inclusion : The port of Istanbul pick-up & Drop-off, Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach, Fully escorted by a professional guide-lecturer (In English), Entrance fees to the various sites.
Remarks ;
• If it is demaned, other languages are available for private group or individual requirement. (It is charged extra 70 € for the other languages guided.)
• Children 0-7 free.