Turkey is a nation straddling Eastern Europe and western Asia with cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, and Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Cosmopolitan Istanbul, on the Bosphorus Strait, is home to the iconic Hagia Sophia, with its soaring dome and Christian mosaics, the massive 17th-century Blue Mosque and the circa-1460 Topkapı Palace, former home of sultans. Ankara is Turkey’s modern capital.
Istanbul, is a major city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait. Its Old City reflects cultural influences of the many empires that once ruled here. In the Sultanahmet district, the open-air, Roman-era Hippodrome was for centuries the site of chariot races, and Egyptian obelisks also remain. The iconic Byzantine Hagia Sophia features a soaring 6th-century dome and rare Christian mosaics.
Turkey is a nation straddling Eastern Europe and western Asia with cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, and Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Cosmopolitan Istanbul, on the Bosphorus Strait, is home to the iconic Hagia Sophia, with its soaring dome and Christian mosaics, the massive 17th-century Blue Mosque and the circa-1460 Topkapı Palace, former home of sultans. Ankara is Turkey’s modern capital.
Istanbul, is a major city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait. Its Old City reflects cultural influences of the many empires that once ruled here. In the Sultanahmet district, the open-air, Roman-era Hippodrome was for centuries the site of chariot races, and Egyptian obelisks also remain. The iconic Byzantine Hagia Sophia features a soaring 6th-century dome and rare Christian mosaics.
Arrival at Istanbul International Airport. Proceed for Custom & Immigration clearance and Baggage Collect.
: Meet and Greet at the Airport by Local Representative & transfer to the City Centre
: Transfer for Check-In at Hotel.
: Time Free to Relax.
Overnight Stay at Hotel.
8:00hrs: Enjoy Sumptuous Breakfast at Hotel.
10:00hrs: Private Guided City tour with a visit to the main historical center of Istanbul, Sultanahmet with its Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman monuments.
Transfer from the hotel to the historical center Sultanahmet. Walking tour starting with the Roman Hippodrome and the monuments lined up along the spina of the original hippodrome built by Emperor Septimus Severus in 203 AD. Obelisk of Theodosius, walled column, serpentine column from Delphi and the German Fountain, gift from Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamit II will be viewed.
Continue with the Blue Mosque built by Sultan Ahmet I in 1616, locally called Sultanahmet Mosque but known by its blue Iznik tiles and also famous for its unique 6 minarets. Restoration completed and the mosque is fully open to visits. (Entrance outside of prayer times possible. Head scarves needed for ladies. Please remove shoes before entering the mosque)
One of the highlights of the tour is the Hagia Sophia. Church of the Holy Wisdom of God from the 6th century built by Justinian between 532 - 537 at the site of the previous two churches by the same name. Following the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II, Ayasofya was converted to a mosque and eventually after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey it has become a museum. (Since July 2020 the monument serves as a mosque for Muslim worship. (Entrance outside of prayer times possible. Head scarves needed for ladies. Please remove shoes before entering the mosque)
Continue with the touring of the Topkapi Palace.
Continue with the Grand Covered Bazaar (Kapalicarsi), a maze of 58 alleys and more than 4.000 shops. Dating from the early days of Ottoman rule in Istanbul, the bazaar houses shops selling local craftsmanship, jewelry, pottery, spices, traditional costumes, belly dancer outfits, leather, carpets and evil eye objects among other souvenir articles.
18:30hrs: Evening transfer for Bosphorus Cruise.
Return back to hotel.
Overnight Stay at the Hotel.
8:00hrs: Enjoy Sumptuous Breakfast at Hotel.
09:30hrs: Fullday private guided city tour covering the Bosphorus area. The almost 30 km long Strait of Bosphorus divides Istanbul into European and Asian sides geographically and gives the city its unique peculiarity of being located on two continents.
Tour starts with a visit to the Asian side of Istanbul.
Enjoy the panoramic view of the city from Camlica Hill.
14:30hrs: Our tour today continues with the Spice Market located next to the New Mosque facing the Galata Bridge spanning across the Golden Horn. A totally oriental experience with local herbs, spices, Turkish delight, assortments of sweets, dried fruits and souvenirs are on sale. Built in 1664 within the complex of the New Mosque, this is the in place for spices, dried fruits, fruit teas, nuts, variety of Turkish delight (lokum) and souvenirs in one of the most exotic ambiences of the city.
Shopping tour. Return to the hotel after the visits.
Overnight Stay at the Hotel.
7:00hrs: Enjoy Buffet Breakfast at Hotel.
08:00hrs : Full day excursion to Bursa. Intercontinental Bosphorus suspension bridge crossing to the Asian side of Istanbul. Continue to Bursa. During the 3 hour journey we will ride a ferry across the Sea of Marmara.
Cable-car ride to Mount Uludag and enjoy the fresh mountain air.
City tour in Bursa. Visits include the Grand Mosque (Ulucami), Bazaar, Silk Market (Kozahan), Green Mosque and Mausoleum. Return to Istanbul after the visits. Transfer to the hotel.
Overnight Stay at the Hotel.
8:00hrs: Enjoy Buffet Breakfast at Hotel.
09:30hrs: Check-Out from Hotel.
Time to say Goodbye to Turkey.
: Evening Transfer to Airport to board your return flight.
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