Byzantine & Ottoman Relics Tour from Istanbul Cruise Port

Byzantine & Ottoman Relics Tour from Istanbul Cruise Port

We will pick you up from Istanbul Cruise port and drive to old city of Istanbul to visit magnificent ruins of the Byzantine and Ottoman still stands like memories of the past. You will visit Ottoman & Byzantium relics in Sultanahmet. At the end of the tour, return back to cruise port.

Byzantine & Ottoman Relics Tour from Istanbul Cruise Port
Old City Tour From Istanbul Cruise Port
You will be picked from Istanbul Cruise Port on arrival and drive to old city Sultanahmet for the tour of Byzantine and Ottoman Relics Sightseeing tour. It is a full day tour that you will visit historical sites of old city of Istanbul.

Visiting with the tour :

• Hipodromme
• Hagia Sophia Museum
• Blue Mosque
• Grand Covered Bazaar
• Topkapi Palace Museum

At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to Istanbul Cruise Port around 17:00 pm. It is end of the old city tour from Istanbul cruise port.

Brief Information about the sites:
Hagia Sophia : This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time.
Blue Mosque : It was built in the 17th century by the architect Mehmet just across of Hagia Sophia. It is also known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of Blue Iznik Tiles.
Hippodrome : The area where chariot races, civil activities were done, called Ancient Hippodrome. There are four monuments; the GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF WILHELM II, the OBELISK OF THEODOSIUS, the bronze SERPENTINE COLUMN and the COLUMN OF CONSTANTINE in Hippodrome.
Grand Covered Bazaar : There are more than 4,000 shops in this labyrinth of streets and passages. Each trade in Grand Bazaar having its own area such as the goldsmiths’ street, Turkish arts and crafts,  hand painted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, the carpet sellers, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx ware and meerschaum pipers.
Topkapi Palace : Ottoman sultans ruled Empire from the 15th to the 19th centuries from this great palace. Now It is museum and housing an exquisite collection of precious gems, thrones of sultans, jewellery, robes worn by the sultans and their families, miniatures, the Holy Mantle, CHAMBER OF SACRED RELICS.
Note: Harem is not included in the program and visit is due to extra entrance fee.