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Duration: Halfday morning/afternoon
Price: 35 Euro (per person)
Run: Everyday
City Walls: The first breach of the walls was by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the second by the cannons and troopers of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in 1435.
Drive by coach to Golden Horn: As a natural and extremely secure harbor, the Golden Horn has played an important role in the development of Istanbul. The inlet separates the European shore into two. It is approximately 8 km long, and the widest part is the entrance from the Bosphorus. Two streams drain into this inlet at its far end.
Spice (Egyptian) Bazaar: This covered market is an attractive L-shaped building to the southwest of the Yeni Cami. Its English name survives from the time when the market specialized in the sale of spices and herbs, as well as medicinal plants and drugs.
Boat Cruise on Bosphorus: An amazing cruise between the two continents, EUROPE and ASIA, along the Bosphorus by the Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi Palaces, wooden villas and mansions up to the Rumeli Fortress near the Black Sea. The Bosphorus - the waterway between two continents - is beautiful at any time, day or night in any season.
Rumeli Fortress: (From the Sea) Built by Mehmet the Conqueror in 1452 prior to the conquest of Istanbul, was completed in only four months to control and protect Bosphorus. It is one of the most beautiful works of military architecture anywhere in the world.
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