Tour Highlights:
- St. Sophia: It was built by Emperor Constantine the Great in the 4th century. It is the third largest basilica in the world and famous for its mosaics.
- Blue Mosque: Built by Mehmet Emin Ađa, famous Ottoman architect, in the name of Sultan III. Ahmed in the 16th century, it is the sole 6-minaret mosques in Istanbul. It is called the Blue Mosque due Iznik tiles in it.
- Hippodrome: The Old Hippodrome. There are three masterpieces where The old Byzantium horse races were held: Theodosius Obelisk, Bronze Serpent Column and Constantine Column.
- Turkish Islamic Art Museum.
- Grand Covered Bazaar. A historical shopping place with more than 4000 shops inside. A wonderful historical ambient where you can find gold processing handicraft, hand-woven carpets, hand-painted ceramics, onyx and things for gift.
- Topkapi Palace. The palace where the ottoman Sultans lived from 15th to 19th centuries. With its kitchen full of various samples of crystal, gold, silver and china porcelains and with the Ottoman Treasury and sacred relics in it, it is the most importance point in Istanbul.
- Suleymaniye Mosque. It was built by Sinan, worldwide famous Ottoman architect, during the years from 1550 to 1557 in the name of Suleyman the Magnificent, the most powerful Ottoman Sultan. This work of Sinan was intended to prove his architecture to Hagia Sophia.
The Byzantine Tour, Byzantium Churches Istanbul. There are many Byzantine churches in Istanbul. Some of them are now museums, some lie in ruins and many still are undiscovered by the local people and tourists. Other churches have been converted into places of Muslim worship.
One will be able to view the Greek and Byzantine mosaics to be found inside the Byzantine churches. As many as 450 mosaics from over 1100 years of the Byzantine Empire have been documented. In Istanbul there are many churches of different faiths - Catholic, Protestant, Russian Orthodox, but this tour is chiefly of the Byzantine churches, including ones where only the ancient ruins of the walls remain.
This tour provides an understanding of the oldest churches in Istanbul. Important places: Million Stone, Carceres, Egyptian Obelisk, Serpent Column, Hippodrome, Sphendone, Sergios and Bacchos, Binbirdirek Cistern.
Through this tour you can see Byzantine churches (St. Sophia, St Chora, St. Irene) and the historical places in Sultanahmet during Byzantine period. Our staff will pick you up from your hotel or in our meeting point, showing you all these historical remains. Giving general information about the city during Byzantine period.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices:
- 1 - 3 pax: 60euro
- 4 - 6 pax: 45euro
- 7 - more: 35euro.
Price Includes:
- This tour is private and Half day. Upon request it can convert to a full day tour with additions.
- Runs everyday mornings or afternoons.
- English Guidance and assistance service.
- Lunch on Full Day tours.
- Discount rates for students and groups.
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