OLD CITY OF ISTANBUL TOUR
TOPKAPI PALACE – HAGIA SOPHIA – BLUE MOSQUE – HIPPODROME – GRAND BAZAAR
Departure: Everyday
Duration: 8 Hours
Pick up: Istanbul Hotels & Istanbul Cruise Port
Service: Private
After meeting, your private guide will be waiting to lead you to your own luxury vehicle, in which you can relax as your private shore excursion to Istanbul starts. You will 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.
Remark;
• If it is demanded, other languages are available for private group or individual requirement. (It is charged extra US$ 50 for the other languages guided.)
• 0-3 ages are free, 3-8 ages are 50% discount.