Istanbul Historical Tour

Istanbul historical tour covers Byzantine & Ottoman Relics sights. Istanbul historical tour is a full day guided tour in the old city of Istanbul. Guided tour is starting from your hotel with the morning pick up from the mentioned specific part of the Istanbul (Sultanahmet, Beyazit, Aksaray, Taksim, Sirkeci) and during the tour, you’ll explore the important Ottoman, Roman and Byzantine Relics. This history tour is the highly recommended Istanbul Tours.

Fully Guided Istanbul Historical Tour
08:30 am – You will collect from your hotel for the tour of Byzantine and Ottoman Relics.
It is a full day tour that you will visit historical sites of the old city in Istanbul.

Istanbul Visiting Sights:
Hippodrome
Grand Covered Bazaar
Hagia Sophia museum
Blue Mosque
Topkapi Palace Museum
Sultans Tombs
17:00 pm – At the end of the guided tour, return back to your hotel. Tour ends.

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.
(St. Sophia closed on Monday, replaced with Underground Cistern)

Grand Covered Bazaar: In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area; the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx are and meerschaum pipers.
(Grand Bazaar closed on Sunday)

Blue Mosque: Across from St. Sophia built in the 17th century by the architect Mehmet, this is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.
(Visit is not possible on Friday due to quite limited access because of the Friday Prayer)

Hippodrome: The scene of ancient chariot races, the ancient Hippodrome, with its four monuments; the GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF WILHELM II, the OBELISK OF THEODOSIUS, the bronze SERPENTINE COLUMN and the COLUMN OF CONSTANTINE.

Topkapi Palace: The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries, housing an exquisite collection of precious gems, jewelry thrones of sultans, robes worn by the sultans and their families; miniatures, the Holy Mantle; CHAMBER OF SACRED RELICS. (Harem is not included in the program and visit is due to the extra entrance fee.)

Sultans Tombs: there are five tombs of Ottoman Sultans within the graveyard at St. Sophia. The ceramic panels are the most beautiful examples of the 16th century with purple, green, blue, and red flower motives. Prince robes and a small piece from the Kaaba covers are displayed on the sarcophaguses.
(Sultans Tombs closed on Monday, replaced with Little Hagia Sophia Mosque)

Important Notes:
Haghia Sophia Museum is closed on Monday; replaced with Underground Cistern.
Sultans Tombs closed on Monday; replaced with Little Hagia Sophia Mosque.
Blue Mosque closed on Friday due to Prayer.
Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesday.
Grand Covered Bazaar is closed on Sunday