TOUR BY Senguler Travel Agency

1.Day

Arrival to Istanbul Atataurk Airport, transfer to MİNA HOTEL , after a refreshing time orientation tour in Istanbul, You will see the fantastic Golden Horn and the most important Islamic relic , The Eyup Mosque.

After a snack on Pierre Loti Cafe you will visit the famous Chora Church with  unique  frescos and mosaics. On the end of the tour , return to hotel.

20:30 Dinner with Turkish Show ( Belly Dancers, Singers, Folkloric  Dances ... )

24:00 Return to hotel.

2.Day

08:30 After breakfast tour for Ottoman and Byzantine sides of Istanbul :

ST.SOPHIA; It was built by Emperor Constantine the Great in the 4^th century. It is the third largest basilica in the world and famous for its mosaics

BLUE MOSQUE; Built by Mehmet Emin Ağa, famous Ottoman architect, in the name of Sultan III.Ahmet in the 16^th century, it's the sole 6-minaret mosques in Istanbul. It's called the Blue Mosque due Iznik tiles in it.

HIPPODROME; The Old Hippodrome. There are three masterpieces where The old Byzantine horse races were held: Theodosius Obelisk, Bronze Serpent Column and Constantine Column.

Lunch in Typical Turkish Restaurant

TOPKAPI PALACE; The palace where the ottoman Sultans lived from 15th to 19th centuries. With its kitchen full of various samples of crystal, gold, silver and china porcelains and with the Ottoman Treasury and sacred relics in it, it is the most importance point in Istanbul.

SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE; It was built by Sinan, world-wide famous Ottoman architect, during the years from 1550 to 1557 in the name of Suleyman the MAGNIFICENT, the most powerful Ottoman Sultan. This work of Sinan was intended to prove his architecture to Hagia Sophia.

GRAND COVERED BAZAAR; A historical shopping place with more than 4000 shops inside. A wonderful historical ambient where you can find gold processing handicraft, hand-woven carpets, hand-painted ceramics, onyx and things for gift.     16:30 End of the tour, return to hotel.

21.00 by bus go to Konya.