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Istanbul Historical
Tour
Ottoman & Byzantian Relics Tour
You will be picked up from your hotel
08:30 am and you will explore the Ottoman & Byzantian relics. At the
end of the tour transfer back to your hotel around 16:30 - 17:00
A little
history of the sights
Hagia Sophia,
One of the greatest marvels of
architecture, constructed as a basilica in the 6th century by
Emperor Justinian. It has been nominated as the 8th wonder of the
world by historians. Blue Mosque, facing Hagia Sophia, famous with
its blue Iznik tiles and unique with 6 minarets, built between 1609
and 1616 in the name of Sultan Ahmet 1 by Sedefkar Mehmet Aga, who
was one of Sinan’ s apprentices.
The Blue Mosque, Dating from the
17th century, an architectural masterpiece famed for its exquisite
blue tiles and six elegant minarets.
Hippodrome, The center of sportive
(chariot races, athletics) events and political activities of the
old city where held. Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column Constantine
Column and German Fountain of Wilhelm II are the monuments
decorating Hippodrome.
Grand Covered Bazaar, Most
attractive shopping center and biggest "souk" in the world with
nearly 4000 shops selling antiques, jewelry, gold, carpets,
leatherwear and souvenirs.
Topkapi Palace, Imperial residence
of Ottoman Sultans, the maze of buildings that was the focal point
of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centruies. In these
opulent surroundings the sultans and their court lived and governed.
A magnificent wooded garden fills the outer, or first, court. In the
second court, on the right, shaded by cyprees and plane trees,stand
the palace kitchens, which now serve as galleries exhibiting the
imperial collections of crystal, silver and Chinese porcelain. Today
the third court holds the Hall of Audience, the Library of Ahmet III,
an exhibition of imperial costumes worn by the sultans and their
families, the famous jewels of the treasury and a priceless
collection of miniatures from medieval manuscripts. In the center of
this innermost sanctuary, the Prophet Muhammet (S.A.V) brought to
Istanbul when the Ottomans assumed the caliphaten of Islam.
Little Hagia Sophia Mosque was
built in the 530s as the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus by the
Byzantine Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora. Being of the same
architectural period, and with a broad dome, it looked like a study
for Justinian's great Church of Hagia Sophia, hence its name, which
it seems to have taken when it was converted to a mosque around the
year 1500.
What is including?
• Hotel Pick up & Drop off
• All transportation
• Entrence fees
• Guiding
• Lunch
What is excluding?
•Personal expens
•Tips
CLOSED
• Hagia Sophia on Monday /
Replaced with Underground Cistern
• Topkapi Palace on Tuesday / Replaced with Beylerbeyi Palace
• Grand Bazaar on Sunday
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