Tour Name: Istanbul 3 Nights 4 Days Tour
Type: Private (Personal) Tour or Small Group Tour
Starting and Ending Point: Istanbul
Works: Every Day / All Year Round
Tour Duration: 5 Nights / 6 Days
Transportation: (Depending on the size of your party) Minibus / Minibus / Bus
Accommodation: (Accommodation in the hotels of your choice) Economic / 3 Star / Boutique / 4 Star / 5 Star & Deluxe Hotels
Size: Minimum 1 Person
DETAILED ROUTE
DAY 1: Arrival in Istanbul
Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. the rest of the day at leisure
Night: Istanbul – Meal (Not Included)
DAY 2: Istanbul – Old City Tour
Today we have a full day Istanbul Old City tour. We see monuments from the Ottoman, Byzantine and Roman periods.
Pick up from Hotel at 0900 am and istanbul tour .Today we visit :
*Hippodrome-The horse cart’s race place during Roman Era, its Obelisk, Orme Pillar,entwined snake pillar are still visible today.
*The Blue Mosque- 17 C AD Mosque , masterpiece of Turkish Islamic Architecture. listed by Unesco in the world heritage listand designed with excellent blue tiles which gives the name to the mosque
*Hagia Sophia- Built in 6 the C as a church during Justinen Era and converted into Mosque by the Turks in 15 C AD .Today it served as a museum to its admirers and converted back to a mosque recently .. listed by Unesco in the world heritage list.
*Topkapi Palace-(Except harem) The residential and administration of Ottoman Sultans which is housing a lot of Sultan’s Customes,Thrones, treasures, holy relics, porcelains and tiles with a great view of the Bosphorus. ( listed by Unesco in the world heritage list.)
*The Grand Bazaar- The biggest Covered Bazaar in the world which has about 4000 shops
CLOSED
Topkapi Palace closed on tuesday replaced with Kariye (Chora) Museum or, Basilica Cistern or Galata Tower
Grand BAzaar Market on Sunday: Replaced with authentic shops
Overnight: Istanbul – Meals (Breakfast & Lunch)
DAY 3 : Istanbul – Bosporus Cruise – Asian Side
Morning pick up from hotel and continue to;
*Spice Bazaar, located close to water front nearby Yeni Camii (New Mosque) . This is a bazaar where you can find numerous kind of spices, dried fruits, nuts and seeds and also many other things. Closed on Sundays
*Dolmabahce Palace-built in 19 C AD in Baroque ,Rococo , Neo classical Style blended with Ottoman Architecture for Ottoman Dynasty. The lasts 6 Sultans of Ottoman Empire reigned in this palace. Dolmabahce Palace has 285 rooms and 43 halls. The biggest cyrstal chandelier which is 4,5 tons is in Dolmabahce Palace.
* Lunch
*Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor. One can see the old city and Galata tower panoramically while cruising from ferry.
*Bosphorus Cruise, through the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia, with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residential and luxurious apartments.
We disembark in Uskudar in the end of the day and walk till the Maiden Tower which is located on small islet in Marmara Sea nearby Uskudar district. It is the best spots to view The European side of Istanbul which is full of minarets of mosques, palaces, towers .
We take picture of the Maiden Tower and take the underwater metro from Asian to European sideand return back to hotel
End of tour, transfer to your hotel.
Also seen during the tour from the boat:
Imperial Gardens of Royal Yildiz Palace, Ciragan Palace Hotel Kempinski, Bosphorus & Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges connecting Europe & Asia continents, Beylerbeyi Palace, Ortakoy, Mecidiye Mosque, Rumeli Fortress.
CLOSED
* Hagia Sophia on Monday: Replaced with one of these sites: Basilica Cistern, Kariye Museum or Turkish & Islamic Art Museum
* Topkapi Palace on Tuesday: Replaced with one of these sites: Basilica Cistern, Kariye Museum or Turkish & Islamic Art Museum
*Dolmabahcei Palace on Monday & Thursday / Replaced with Kariye Museum or Basilica Cistern
* Grand Bazaar on Sunday Replaced with authentic shops
Inclusions
• All transfers from Istanbul Airports – Arrival & Departure transfers
• All admission fees (Museum Tickets) in tours
• Listed meals only
• 3 Night Accommodations in your choice of hotels (Bed & Breakfast)
• Klimalı, sigara içilmeyen konforlu Araç ile ulaşım
• Lisanslı bir Rehber tarafından turlar sırasında profesyonel rehberlik hizmetleri
• Tüm Otoyol biletleri ve Otopark ücretleri.
• Boat trip in Istanbul
* Vergi
İstisnalar
• Rehberlik ve Sürücü için tüm alışılmış ipuçları
• Tüm İçecekler
• Tüm kişisel harcamalar
• İsteğe Bağlı Aktiviteler
• Kuru temizleme hizmetleri
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