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09:00 Departure from your hotel
... Visit the following highlights ... |
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Suleymaniye Mosque Sultan Suleyman
the Magnificant commissioned the Suleymaniye Mosque, which was
designed by Architect Sinan and built between the dates 1550-1557.
This mosque is the central piece of a kulliya, which crowns one of
the seven hills of Istanbul... |
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St Sophia Museum
One of the greatest marvels of
architecture constructed as a basilica. 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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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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