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(Breakfast lunch included)
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Pick up at 08:00am from your hotel for the a day tour of old Istanbul city.Visit to ST. SOPHIA
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This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and reconstructed
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by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. TOPKAPI
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PALACE The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing
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an exquisite collection of cyrstal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans
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and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle;
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enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE Across from
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St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE
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because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. HIPPODROME Ancient
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Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of
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Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Lunch break at
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13:00pm after the lunch and GRAND COVERED BAZAAR In this labyrinth of streets and
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passages are more then 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area: the goldsmiths'
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street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, handhoned copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes.
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After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
