İSTANBUL CLASSICS (Half Day Morning) Tour of “Sultan Ahmet Center”, the heart of the “Old City” from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled. HAGIA SOPHIA, one of the greatest marvels of architecture, constructed as a basilica in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian. BLUE MOSQUE, facing Hagia Sophia, famous with its blue İznik tiles and unique with 6 minarets,... 

OTTOMAN RELICS (Half Day Afternoon) TOPKAPI PALACE, residence of Ottoman Sultans exhibiting imperial treasury, sacred Islamic relics, kitchen, Chinese porcelain, weapons, calligraphy section etc. (Harem is not included in the program and visit it due to an extra entrance fee) RÜSTEM PAŞA MOSQUE, designed by the court architect Sinan for the Grand Vizier of Süleyman The Magnificent. A typical sample... 

BYZANTINE & OTTOMAN RELICS (Full Day, lunch included) HAGIA (St.) SOPHIA • BLUE MOSQUE HIPPODROME OBELISK OF THEODOSIUS • SERPENTINE COLUMN GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF WILHELM II GRAND COVERED BAZAAR (Art Demonstration of Handmade Turkish Carpets) Lunch TOPKAPI PALACE (Harem section is not included in the program and visit is due to extra entrance fee) RÜSTEM PAŞA MOSQUE also visioned during... 

BOSPHORUS CRUISE ON PRIVATE BOAT (Half Day Morning or Afternoon) 4M : GOLDEN HORN (from the bus), the arm of the Bosphorus and a natural harbour of the historical peninsula separating the old and the new parts of İstanbul where the first colonies settled during the Byzantine. The residential area for Byzantine Jews, Italian traders and other non-muslim minorities. Drive along the traces of history... 

DOLMABAHÇE PALACE & TWO CONTINENTS EUROPE-ASIA (Half Day Afternoon) DOLMABAHÇE PALACE, recent residence for Ottoman Sultans with 365 rooms and 22 saloons. Famous with the great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier. BOSPHORUS BRIDGE, unique chance to step from one continent (Europe) to another (Asia) in 2 minutes. ÇAMLICA HILL, exposing a panoramic... 

BOSPHORUS CRUISE / DOLMABAHÇE PALACE & TWO CONTINENTS (Full Day, lunch included) GOLDEN HORN (from the bus) SPICE BAZAAR BOSPHORUS CRUISE RUMELİ FORTRESS (from the sea) Lunch DOLMABAHÇE PALACE BOSPHORUS BRIDGE (from Europe to Asia) ÇAMLICA HILL also visioned during the tour IMPERIAL GARDENS OF ROYAL YILDIZ PALACE • ÇIRAĞAN PALACE HOTEL KEMPINSKI BOSPHORUS BRIDGE...