HALF DAY OTTOMAN TOUR – I
VISIT TO THE BLUE MOSQUE, AN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE WITH A HUGE DOME AND SLENDER MINARETS, WHERE THE HAND-DECORATED BLUE TILES ON THE INTERIOR WALLS GIVE A SPECIAL QUALITY TO LIGHT AND EARN THE STRUCTURE ITS NAME, AND THE TOPKAPI PALACE WHICH, IN ADDITION TO BEING THE ROYAL RESIDENCE OF THE OTTOMAN SULTANS, WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEART OF THE EMPIRE.