1 Day: Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul / Turkey, the cosmopolitan city on two continents into hotel for seven nights.
2 Day: Istanbul (Byzantine and Ottoman I)
Visit the Byzantine Constantinople (Part 1): Place the Augusteion where once stood the central landmark of the empire;Hippodrome, Mosaic Museum with mosaics of the imperial palaces, Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, an underground water storage tank with 336 columns. Tour of the Islamic Istanbul (Part 1): Sultanahmet Camii (Blue Mosque), visiting the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art at the Palace of the Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha.
3 Day: Istanbul (Byzantine and Ottoman II)
Visit the Byzantine Constantinople (Part 2): Valens aqueduct; seawall and remnants of the imperial palaces on the Marmara Sea,Sergius and Bacchus church Digression: Sokullu Mosque, one of the smaller mosques Sinan exceptionally beautiful tile jewelry;Chorakirche (Kariye Camii), the mosaics of one of the important monuments of Byzantine art pose. Tour of the Islamic Istanbul(Part 2): Murad Pasha Mosque, precursor of the mosques of the architect Sinan in the otherwise mainly in Bursa sighted form ofan inverted T, Süleymaniye Mosque, Rustem Pasa Camii, visit the Egyptian Bazaar.
4 Day: Istanbul Prince’s Island and Dervish dance
Boat trip in the Sea of Marmara to the Princes’ Islands Buyukada, once exile Byzantine princes and princesses: Carriage rides through the pine woods; walk to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. George. Journey by steamer to the Asian side to Bostanci.Panoramic views from the Asian hill Camlica this cosmopolitan city on two continents. The largest cemetery tour of Asia alongwith the Asian neighborhoods of Kadikoy (Chalcedon). Return to Europe over the Bosphorus Bridge. Evening visit to a demonstration of the Whirling Dervishes of Mevlana Order.
5 Day: Istanbul
Visit the Topkapi Seraglio, the palace city of the Sultans with the famous collections and harem. Passage through the book bazaar and the Grand Bazaar to Column of Constantine (“Burnt Column”). With the oldest subway in Europe (1875) trip to the Galata Tower.
6 Day: Istanbul
Trip to Eyüp: visiting the grave of the “standard bearer”, an Islamic pilgrimage from Café Pierre Loti has a stunning view of the Golden Horn and the Old City tour of Tekfur seraglio (if open) and Blachernenviertel; Church of the Greek Orthodox.. Patriarchate;Yedikule the “Golden gate” in the border wall. Free time. Opportunity to visit a Turkish bath or in the Grand Bazaar.
7 Day: Istanbul
Study visit to the Archaeological Museum. Then a trip to the Asian side: visit the Beylerbeyi Palace, the summer residence of thelast Ottoman Sultans. Leisurely trip on a private boat through the straits of the Bosphorus, passing numerous castles, summer houses, wooden houses, quaint fishing villages and the fortress Rumelihisarc. Farewell dinner at a restaurant on the Bosphorus.
8 Day: Istanbul – Departure.
Transfer to Airport. See you next Time.
All tours have been posted by TURSAB(Turkish Society of Travel Agencies) licensed travel agencies and tour operators who have replied to the formal TURSAB call of 08.07.2013 for publishing their tours on this website.
Marjinal Travel,
Address: Muammer Ulgen Sok. No. 2/3 Park Plaza 09400 Kusadasi / Aydın
Phone: +90.256 614 75 69
Fax: +90.256 613 10 06
Email: info@marjinaltravel.com
