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09:00 Departure from your hotel
... Visit the following highlights ... |
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St Sophia Museum
A thousand masons and
ten thousand apprentices worked on the building, the aim being to
finish it as soon as possible. The work began in 532 A.D., was
completed in five years, 11 months and 10 days, and the church was
consecrated on 27th December, 537 by the Emperor Justinianus ... |
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Hipodrome Square (German
Fountain of II Wilhelm, Tutangamon Obelisk, Snaked Colomn, The
Serpentine Colomn)The Byzantine square where chariot
races, athletic events, victory celebrations, and political
activities took place ... |
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Blue Mosque (The Sultanahmet
Mosque) Famous with its more than 20.000 blue
Iznik tiles and unique with its 6 minarets, built in the name of
Sultan Ahmet in the 17th century ... |
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Underground Water Cisterne
Basilica Cistern was used to store
water for the Great Palace among the other buildings on the Firth
Hill. Justinian was the founder in 532 ... |
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Lunch at Local Restaurant |
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Topkapi Palace Built in 1468 by Mehmet the Conqueror,
the imperial residence of Ottoman sultans housing the souvenirs of
600 years and imperial treasury ... |
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Grand Bazaar (Covered Bazaar) Turkey's largest covered market
offering excellent shopping:Turkish carpets, glazed tiles and
pottery, copper and brassware, apparel made of leather, cotton and
wool, meerschaum pipes, alabaster bookends and ashtrays, and all
sorts of other things... |
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18:30 Return to your Hotel ... |
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