ISTANBUL BY NIGHT DEPARTURE FROM THE HOTEL FOR AN A LA CARTE DINNER AT KERVANSARAY NIGHT CLUB INCLUDING ½ BOTTLE OF 70 CL. WINE. DINNER ACCOMPANIED BY FAMOUS BELLY DANCERS, FOLK GROUPS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF ANATOLIA AND TURKISH STARS […]
HALF DAY ISTANBUL JEWISH HERITAGE VISIT GALATA TOWER , NEVE SHALOM SYNAGOGUE,THE ASHKENAZI SINAGOGUE.
HALF DAY TOUR OF MUSEUMS VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF TURKISH AND ISLAMIC ARTS WHERE THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF HANDICRAFTS ARE IN DISPLAY; AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM WITH ITS VERY RICH COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES.
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 […]
HALF DAY OTTOMAN TOUR – II VISIT TO THE EGYPTIAN BAZAAR, A TYPICAL ORIENTAL ATMOSPHERE WITH NUMEROUS SPICE SHOPS; TO THE RÜSTEMPAŞA MOSQUE, A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF OTTOMAN ART WITH WONDERFUL INTERIOR TILES; THE SÜLEYMANIYE MOSQUE, A MOST MAJESTIC MOSQUE […]
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 […]
HALF DAY BYZANTINE TOUR – II VISITS TO THE CHORA CHURCH SHELTERING SOME OF THE SECOND BYZANTINE RENAISSANCE; THE PALACE OF EMPEROR CONSTANTINE THE ONLY BYZANTINE PALACE STILL STANDING AND RETAINING ITS GRANDEUR, AND THE MUSEUM OF MOSAICS WHERE AN […]
HALF-DAY BYZANTINE TOUR – 01 VISIT TO THE HIPPODROME MARKED BY THE MAJESTIC PRESENCE OF TWO OBELISKS AND THE SERPENT COLUMN, WHERE PEOPLE OF BYZANTIUM RACED HORSES AND CHARIOTS AND OCCASIONALLY STARTED REVOLUTIONS AND RIOTS, THE HAGIA SOPHIA MUSEUM A […]
HALF-DAY ASIA TOUR AN EXCURSION TO THE ASIAN SIDE OF ISTANBUL VIA BOSPHORUS BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO CONTINENTS, INCLUDING A VISIT TO BEYLERBEYI PALACE, THE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE LAST OTTOMAN SULTANS, AND TO ÇAMLICA HILL TO ENJOY A PANORAMA […]
HALF-DAY BOSPHORUS TOUR AN EXCURSION THE BOSPHORUS, THE STRAIT SEPARATING TWO CONTINENTS, BY BOAT WITH SEVERAL STOPOVERS ON BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND ASIAN SIDES.