Istanbul Customized Daily Tour
Highly recommended to people who like to explore a city with public transportations such as metro ,tram and on foot. Enjoy the istanbul city with a private guide that covers highlights of old city.We will meet you at your hotelor at the cruise ship port then we proceed to old city by public transportation where you will see Hagia Sophia ,Topkapı Palace ,Hippodrome ans Blue Mosque.Then a short walk roughly 15 minutes to see Grand Bazaar that famous historical bazaar of istanbul you have plenty of time to enjoy at the bazaar.We may change the sightseings and add more places depending on your interests so it is a customized tour
Options
highlights istanbul city tour
Duration: 7 hours: Depending on our guests request our tours timing flexible.it can be shorter or longer up to their choices.
public transportation: if guests need a private transportation service we can provide them a vehicle they have to pay for that .
What's included in Istanbul Customized Daily Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, Istanbul
it is one of the most important monument both for Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum at the Turkish Republic, it has always been the precious of its time. The mystical city Istanbul hosted many civilizations since centuries, of which Byzantium and Ottoman Empires were both the most famous ones. The city today carries the characteristics of these two different cultures and surely Hagia Sophia is a perfect synthesis where one can observe both Ottoman and Byzantium effects under one great dome.
Topkapi Palace Museum
Topkapı Palace, established on an area of 700,000 square meters on the Eastern Roman acropolis in Sarayburnu, was the administrative, educational and artistic center of the ottoman empire for approximately four hundred years from Fatih Sultan Mehmet to the 31st Sultan Abdülmecid, as well as housing the ottoman dynasty. Although Topkapı Palace was gradually abandoned by the mid-19th century when the dynasty slowly moved to Dolmabahçe Palace, it preserved its historical importance and value.Harem section,treasury room,divan,holy relics will be visited.
Blue Mosque
Visit to Blue Mosque, Also known as the Sultan Ahmet Camii (or Sultan Ahmed Mosque), this breat-taking building was built between 1609 and 1616, by the architect Mehmet Ağa, It was designed as an imperial show of strength to complement the imposing Hagia Sophia, which faces it across Sultanahmet Square. Unlike the Hagia Sophia, however it is supported by four 'elephant foot' pillars, and the central dome (23.5m in diameter and 43m high) is flanked by four semi-domes, making it nearly a square in shape. It is dubbed the Blue Mosque because of over 20,000 handmade ceramic Iznik tiles that decorate the interior, featuring many different tulip, rose, carnation, and lily designs, well lit by 260 windows.
Inclusions
- Professional licensed English or Spanish guide
- Private transportation
- Lunch
- Personal expenses and gratitude to guide
- entrance fee of Hagia Sophia 25 Euro
- entrance fee of Topkapı Palace 45 Euro
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We may pick you up from any hotel located on European side of Istanbul City
Meeting / End Points
- We may meet you at the Hippodrome of Istanbul. Just by the Egyptian Obelisk located in the center of the Hippodrome
