Tour Highlights:
- The Haghia-Sophia Museum which use to be a former church and converted to a mosque by the Ottomans after 1453 till 1935 - Blue Mosque - Hiporome Square to show you The Egiptian Obelisc and the Roman Period Colums - Undreground Roman Cistern - Grand Bazaar - Spice Market - Beylerbeyi Palace - Topkapi Palace and it's Harem - Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art - Golden Horn Area - The Bosphorus Tour by Boat - The Bosphorus Bridge. Topkapi Palace. The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of cyrstal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. Blue Mosque. One of the biggest mosques of Istanbul from 17th century architecture is one of the principal adornments on the skyline of Istanbul. Also famous for its blue tiles and 6 minarets. Grand Bazaar. In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more then 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area: the goldsmiths' street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes. Notes: Prices:
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