HALF DAY OTTOMAN TOUR – III
VISIT TO THE DOLMABAHÇE PALACE, THE IMPRESSIVE RESIDENCE OF THE LATER OTTOMAN SULTANS WITH ITS VAST RECEPTION HALL SUPPORTED BY 56 COLUMNS AND TO THE RUMELI (EUROPEAN) FORTRESS BUILT BY SULTAN MEHMET THE CONQUERER IN ONLY FOUR MONTHS DURING HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL.