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Golden Horn-City Walls Tours and Bosphorus Trip

Chora Church

Every Day

08:30 - 17:00

€ 65 Euro per person

 

Includes: Transportations, museum admission fee, lunch and guidance

Closed: Sunday; Spice Bazaar , Wednesday ; Chora Church

 

Itinerary

You are expected to be ready at your hotel lobby at around 08:00 - 08:15 to meet  a representative of a licenced travel agency who is gathering other travelers from nearby hotels and start a full day trip guided by a  professional English speaking tourist guide.

This is a shared tour programme and there will be other travelers with you during this trip ( Max. 12 person)

The Walls of Constantinople area,that are series of stone walls that surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by Constantine the Great.With numerous additions and modifications during their history,they are one of the greatest and most complex fortification systems ever built.

The Castle of Seven Tower was used as prison all the time during both Byzantine and Ottoman Empire period.

Topkapi Gate takes its name from the period when Fatih the Great Sultan placed the cannon there when he conqured the city.

Chora Church is where you will see the best mosaics about Byzantine Empire.

Visit to Pierre Loti Hill by cable-lift where you can catch the beautiful view of Istanbul.When you reach beautiful Pierre Loti Hill, you will have a rest time to drink with the nice view of Golden Horn.

Golden Horn

Lunch 

Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), built between 1597 and 1664, it is the second oldest covered bazaar in the city.You may find there mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish etc..

Rustem Pasha Mosque; Mimar Sinan built this mosque in 1560 for Rustem Pasha, son-in-law and the grand vezier of Soliman the Magnificent.Its particular beauty lies in Iznik tiles covering it both inside and outside. 

Bosphorus Cruise; the Bosphorus strait connects the sea of Marmara to the Black Sea and separates Europe and Asia, making Istanbul one of the most beautiful cities in the world and the only one built astride two continents; this romantic cruise along the Bosphorus will allow you to admire the Dolmabahce Plalace, the Beylerbeyi Palace, the Ciragan Palace and the Rumeli Fortress, ancient wooden villas and bridges and all the wonderful and unige maritime landscapes.

 

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