Panoramic City Tour with Bosphorus Strait Sightseeing Cruise
Panoramic City Tour with Bosphorus Strait Sightseeing Cruise
Panoramic City Tour with Bosphorus Strait Sightseeing Cruise
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See Istanbul from dry land and water on this 3-hour sightseeing experience that combines a coach tour with a Bosphorus Strait sightseeing cruise. Travel round the city by coach, passing the Golden Horn, and the vibrant neighborhoods of Balat and Fener. Stroll through Istanbul’s colorful Spice Bazaar with your guide, and then take to the water to see sites like Rumeli Fortress and the Bosphorus Bridge from the comfort of your sightseeing boat!
Itinerary
Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)
45 minsAdmission Ticket FreeSpice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers etc.Rumeli Fortress(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeRumeli Fortress (from the boat - no interior visit), historical armament built by the Conqueror to control and protect the Bosphorus. A unique example of military architecture.Halic(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeGolden Horn (from the bus), the arm of the Bosphorus and a natural harbour of the historical peninsula separating the old and the new parts of İstanbul where the first colonies settled during the Byzantines. The residential area for Byzantine Jews, Italian traders and other non-muslim minorities. Drive along the traces of history at Balat viewing Metal Church of St. Stephen the Bulgarian, Jewish Hospital (Or-Ahayim), Fener Orthodox Patriarchate and 22 kms. long Byzantine City Walls, strongest fortification of the middle age.Bosphorus Bridge(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeBosphorus Bridge, unique chance to step from one continent (Europe) to another (Asia) in 2 minutesBulgarian Orthodox Church(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeMetal Church of St. Stephen the BulgarianHistoric Areas of Istanbul(Pass by)
Admission Ticket Free"Sultan Ahmet Center", the heart of the "Old City" from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled.Bosphorus Strait(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeSpice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers etc.Walls of Constantinople (Istanbul City Walls)(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeByzantine City Walls surrounded the Acropolis of Byzantium with 22 kms. long fortification with 96 towers and 9 main gates dating back to the 5th century.Fener Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi Kutuphanesi(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreePatriarchate at Fener which is the seat of Orthodox Christianity since Constantine The Great’ s declaration of Christianity as the religion of Roman Empire.
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