Observer Travel Seyahat Acentası Belge No: 8036
Turkey tours, Istanbul
We will pick you up from your hotel (city center hotels), then you will meet with your group and guide at the meeting point. We will visit: City Walls (by bus), Golden Horn (by bus), Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), Bosphorus Cruise, Bosphorus Bridge, Beylerbeyi Palace, and Camlica Hill. End of the tour we will drop you off at your hotel.
Golden Horn, Spice Bazaar, Bosphorus Bridge, Beylerbeyi Palace, Camlica Hill.
Pick-Up Location: Hotel pick-up & drop-off services are available only from the hotels located in the city center. There may be an extra charge for transportation from other locations or airports.
Your hotel or any convenient address.
Tours start at 8.30 am. You have to be at the hotel lobby 15 minutes before departure time.
Full day tour
City Walls(by bus)
Golden Horn(by bus)
Spice Bazaar(Egyptian Bazaar)
Bosphorus by boat
Lunch
Bosphorus Bridge(by bus)
Beylerbeyi Palace
Camlica Hill
CLOSED
Beylerbeyi Palace closed on Monday
This tour is not operated on Monday
CITY WALLS The first breach of the walls was by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the second by the cannons and troops of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in 1453.
DRIVE BY BUS TO GOLDEN HORN As a natural and extremely secure harbor, the Golden Horn has played an important role in the development of Istanbul. The inlet separates the European shore into two. It is approximately 8 km long, and the widest part is the entrance from the Bosphorus. Two streams drain into this inlet at its far end.
SPICE BAZAAR (EGYPTIAN BAZAAR) The air here is filled with the enticing aromas of cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, thyme, and every other conceivable herb and spice.
BOAT TRIP ON THE BOSPHORUS An amazing cruise between the two continents, EUROPE and ASIA, along the Bosphorus by the Dolmabahçe and Beylerbeyi Palaces, wooden villas, and mansions up to the Rumeli Fortress.
THE RUMELI FORTRESS(FROM THE SEA) (NO INTERIOR VISIT)
İstanbul had been besieged many times before Mehmet the Conqueror took the city in 1453,but it managed to defend itself with the help of the Roman city walls.
LUNCH (Drinks are extra)
SHOPPING As Turkey is one of the best leather producing countries in the world. We will watch a fashion show in an outlet center which produces and manufactures different varieus of great quality leatherware. So it’s a good opportunity to have a look at the reasonable priced good quality leather accessories. (Optional due to high traffic jams and long line for the Palace)
BOSPHORUS BRIDGE Unique chance to step from one continent (ASIA) to another (EUROPE)
BEYLERBEYİ PALACE The summer residence of Ottoman Sultans with its original furniture and magnificent gardens with the HAREM on the ASIAN SIDE.
ÇAMLICA HILL is one of the highest points in Istanbul. At the top of it, you can rest and admire the magnificent panorama of Istanbul and the Bosphorus from the beautiful gardens, and landscape in traditional style, as you sip your drinks in a cafeteria.
Also visioned during the tours
ÇIRAĞAN PALACE * HOTEL KEMPINSKI*
ORTAKÖY MOSQUE * MILITARY HIGH SCHOOL*
BOSPHORUS BRIDGE connecting EUROPE & ASIA continents DOLAMBAHÇE PALACE from the sea
