Istanbul Old City Tour Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia,Topkapi Museum and Grand Bazzar

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

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  Blue Mosque

  The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today. It also attracts a large number of tourists and is one of the most iconic and popular monuments of Ottoman architecture.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

  Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. 'Holy Wisdom'), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi),[3] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in AD 537. The site was a Greek Orthodox church from AD 360 to 1453, except for a brief time as a Latin Catholic church between the Fourth Crusade and 1261.[4] After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, it served as a mosque until 1935, when it became a museum. In 2020, the site once again became a mosque.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3
  TopkapI Palace

  OTTOMAN IMPERIAL PALACE it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans: Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı) and Harem are likely to have more colourful stories than most of the world's museums put together. Libidinous sultans, ambitious courtiers, beautiful concubines and scheming eunuchs lived and worked here between the 15th and 19th centuries when it was the court of the Ottoman empire. A visit to the palace's opulent pavilions, jewel-filled Treasury and sprawling Harem gives a fascinating glimpse into their lives.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 4
  Grand Bazaar

  Istanbul's Grand Bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı) is Turkey's largest covered market offering excellent shopping. Covering a total area of 45000 sq. meters with approximately 4,000 shops, the Grand Bazar is definitely worth a visit if your path crosses Istanbul. Anything from beautiful Turkish carpets, to glazed tiles and pottery, copper and brassware, apparel made of leather, cotton and wool, meerschaum pipes, bookends and ashtrays, jewelry, and all sorts of other things can be found. With a total of 21 entrances and 4,000 shops, the Grand Bazaar is the world’s biggest historical covered market. In 2014, with 91 million visitors in a year, the Grand Bazaar rated its name among the most visited tourist locations in the world. Due to the changing era, and outcome of new shopping markets, customers have changed their preferences. Although losing some of its

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Not recommended for participants with walking difficulties
• Topkapi Museum are close on Tuesday

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