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Arrival to Istanbul. Transfer from airport to hotel with
asistance.
Ýf early arrival, free time afternoon. Welcome dinner, overnight in
Istanbul.

Full day discovering Byzantine and Ottoman heritage of Istanbul.
Visit St.SOPHIA since thousand years the LARGEST CHURCH of Chritianity has
been built 538 & 537 by the Emperos Justinian. First it was used as a
church ( 916 ) year than as a mosque( 482 ), later became museum. Visit
Byzantine underground WATER CÝSTERN, Obeliks of Theodusius, Serentine
Column and German Fountain of Wilhelm2. Visit the BLUE MOSQUE ( Unique
with its 6 minaretes and famous, it’s blue Iznik Tiles.) Lunch. After
visit the TOPKAPI PALACE ( Imperial residence of Ottoman Sultans
exhibiting imperial treasury with displays of priceless world, jewellery
and rare porcelain and than visit the world famous GRAND COVERED BAZAAR.
Overnight in Istanbul.

After breakfast visit to the Egyptian Spice Bazaar. Than enjoy
leisurely Bosphorus on Boat tour viewing the beauty of nature, as well as
the magnificent mosques on the Europan and Asian shore-lines on the either
sides. After lunch at a local
fish estaurant. Cross the tour the Beylerbeyi Palace, the summer residence
of the Ottoman Sultans with its magnifincent garden Overnight in Istanbul.
 
After brakfast early departure to Bursa cross the Marmara Sea by
ferry to Yalova after arrival to Bursa. The first capitol of the Ottomans.
Visit ULU MOSQUE, the GEEN MOSQUE, the GREEN MOUSOLEUM and other
mousoleums of the Ottoman Sultans. Lunch at a famous Bursa kebap house,
visit the historic Covered Bazaar and old Silk Bazaar. Drive to Istanbul,
overnight in Istanbul.
Free on board untill departure time. Transfer to the airport for
flight the back to home. End of our service.

Monday
: Hagia
Sophia, Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum.
Tuesday
:
Replaced
with Kariye ( Chora ) Museum, City Walls and Yedikule Dungeon, Topkapi
Palace.
Sunday : Replaced with Archaeological Museum, Grand Covered Bazaar.
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