We pick up our valued guests from your hotel by our private vehicle and our tour starts in Hagia Sophia. Hagia Sophia was a basilica planned patriarchal cathedral built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I between 532-537 in the old city center of Istanbul's historical peninsula. After the conquest of Istanbul by the Ottomans in 1453, II. It was converted into a mosque by Mehmed.
Then we turn our route to the Blue Mosque. The Sultan Ahmet Mosque or Sultanahmed Mosque was built by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I between 1609 and 1617 on the historical peninsula in Istanbul, by the architect Sedefkar Mehmed Ağa.
Our tour continues with our Hippodrome tour. Sultanahmet Square is a historical square located in the Binbirdirek neighborhood of Fatih district of Istanbul. During the Byzantine Empire, it was called Hippodrome in Constantinople, and during the Ottoman Empire, it was called Horse Square.
The last stop of our tour, the Grand Covered Bazar is located in the center of the city of Istanbul, in the middle of Beyazıt, Nuruosmaniye and Mercan districts, and is one of the largest and oldest covered bazaars in the world. There are approximately 4,000 shops in the Grand Bazaar and the total number of employees in these shops is approximately 25,000.
The tour finishes at 12:00-12:30 (at the hotel). We’ll drive you back to your hotel.
Hagia Sophia is closed on Monday/replaced with Chora museum
Grand Bazaar is closed on Sunday
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