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Duration: Full day (08:30 to 17:30)
Price: 70 Euro (per person)
Run: Everyday
Haghia Sophia Museum: The ancient basilica was built by Constantine the Great, in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. The courtyard of Haghia Sophia harbors a number of minor but fascinating Ottoman structures.
Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque: Across from St. Sophia built in the 17th century by the architect Mehmet, this is known as the Blue Mosque because of its interior decoration of the blue Iznik tiles. Its magnificent series of domes and semi-domes, its six slender minarets sprouting from the corners of the mosque, its spacious courtyard, and its grandiose yet elegant proportions, make the Blue Mosque one of the architectural marvels of the world.
Hippodrome: The scene of ancient chariot races and the center of Byzantine civil life, stood in the open space in front of the Blue Mosque with its four monuments; the German Fountain of Wilhem II, the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine.
Grand Bazaar: The world’s oldest and biggest covered bazaar with more than 4000 shops selling antiques, jewellery, gold, carpets, leatherware and souvenirs in its labyrinth of streets and passages.
Topkapi Palace : The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the19th centuries, housing an exquisite collectionof crystal, silver and chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families miniatures….
Suleymaniye Mosque : The Mosque of SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT was built between 1550 and 1557 by the famous architect Sinan whose wish was surpass the builders of St. Sophia
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