Day 2
Istanbul
Pick up by the tour guide around 08:30-09:00 am and start Old City tour by walk. Visits to the Blue Mosque (the only mosque with 6 minarets and famous with its more than 20.000 hand-made tiles from 16th century), Byzantine Hippodrome that served as ancient race-track where the ancient chariot races where held during the Byzatine Era, Hagia Sophia ( 1500 years old basilica from Byzantine times, converted to a mosque during the Ottoman times and now open as a museum),Topkapı Palace (Sultans’ residence after conquest of Istanbul, full of exhibitions of relics, Sultans’ costumes, swards, guns, treasury, thrones) Midday, lunch break in a local restaurant. Last visit to a traditional old shopping mall; Grand Bazaar which has more than 4000 shops, 60 streets, selling jewelry, ceramics, carpets, copper, leather etc, and it is the only historical market in the world that attracts between 250.000 and 400.000 visitors a day. End of the tour, arrival to hotel and overnight in Istanbul.
Breakfast- Lunch