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Full Day Historical Walking Tour of Istanbul Old City from Hagia Sophia

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We will be meeting with our guests at the gate of the Hagia Sophia and will start our walking tour with visiting Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul. Afterward, we will visit Blue Mosque, A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. Then we walk to the Hippodrome square and see the city walls and the Leather atelier workshop. You will be seeing each part of the production. After the lunch break, we will visit Topkapi Palace, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.

Highlights

    Inbegriffen

    • English Speaking Guiding

    Nicht inbegriffen

    • Lunch
    • Entrance Fees of Topkapi Palace Museum - (750 Turkish Liras)
    • Entrance Fee of Basilica Cistern - 450 Turkish Lira

    Reiseverlauf

    1. Hagia Sophia

      Officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul. Built in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial capital of Constantinople, it was the largest Christian church of the eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire) and the Eastern Orthodox Church, except during the Latin Empire from 1204 to 1261, when it became the city's Roman Catholic cathedral. In 1453, after the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935 the secular Turkish Republic established it as a museum. In 2020, it re-opened as a mosque

      1 StundeEintritt freiAuf der Karte

    2. Blue Mosque

      Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque,

      Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. It sits next to the Hagia Sophia, the principal mosque of Istanbul until the Blue Mosque's construction and another popular tourist site.

      45 MinutenEintritt freiAuf der Karte

    3. Hippodrome

      The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with a few fragments of the original structure surviving. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras.

      45 MinutenEintritt freiAuf der Karte

    4. Topkapi Palace

      The Topkapı Palace

      The Topkapı Palace is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.

      1 StundeEintritt nicht inbegriffenAuf der Karte

    5. Basilica Cistern

      On tuesdays only, as Topkapi Palace museum is closed on tuesdays and we will visit Underground cistern instead of Topkapi Palace on tuesdays. The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located 150 metres

      45 MinutenEintritt nicht inbegriffenAuf der Karte

    6. Hagia Irene

      One of the oldest structures inside the Topkapı Palace, dating back to Byzantine Empire era of the Istanbul/Constantinopolis.

      20 MinutenEintritt nicht inbegriffenAuf der Karte

    Treffpunkt

    Our guide will be waiting for you at the gate of the Hagia Sophia Mosque at 09:30 a.m with Istanbul on Tour signed white umbrella .

    Die Karte zeigt Istanbul. Der genaue Treffpunkt ist die Adresse oben.Größere Karte öffnen

    Abholung

    • Alle treffen sich am Startpunkt

    Gut zu wissen

    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and exchanged with Underground cistern visit on Tuesdays
    • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
    • One per booking

    Stornierung und Erstattung

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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    Produktcode
    280915P2

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