Istanbul True Discovery Tour

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Dolmabahçe Palace — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

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About this activity

Dolmabahçe Palace Interior Visit,Across to Asia:Bosphorus Bridge,Asian Hill,Pierre Loti Hill,Fly over by Cable Car,City Walls,Open Buffet Lunch on the Boat,Rumeli Fortress(From the Sea,The Black Sea,Beykoz(Stop over)

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At a glance

Duration: 8 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Sultanahmet Old City Travel Turizm Organizasyon

Ages: Infants (0–3 years) · Children (4–6 years) · Adults (7–80 years) · Seniors (81–120 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Lunch

Not included

Not included: Breakfast

Itinerary

Dolmabahce Palace

2 hours Admission included

Start your day with a pickup from your European-side Istanbul hotel,

Dolmabahçe Palace, recent residence for Ottoman Sultans built by two Ottoman architects Karabet and Nikogos Balyan on a 110.000 m² area and served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire. Famous with great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier, the palace has 285 rooms and 46 halls.
Misir Carsisi

one hour

Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers etc.
The Walls of Istanbul

Passing by

Byzantine 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.
Bosphorus Strait

2 hours

This beautiful strait, sometimes spelled Bosporus and sometimes Bosphorus, was so called from the earliest ages by the ancients; from the mythology of 10, the mistress of Jupiter, having passed over it in the shape of a cow. It resembles the Dardanelles, in length, breadth and current, and like it, is a narrow separation which divides Europe from Asia; but it has many features familiar to itself. Instead of being a solitary stream running between deserted shores, it is a body of water full of life and animation, winding its way through banks covered with palaces and villages, shaded with magnificent forest trees, presenting to the eye, at every mile, a new scene of crowded existence.
Stop 5

Passing by

Bosphorus Bridge, unique chance to step from one continent (Europe) to another (Asia) in 2 minutes.
Stop 6

2 hours Admission included

Pierre Loti Hill The hill was named after the French novelist and naval officer Pierre Loti who visited Istanbul several times and stayed many years. -Fly Over by Cable Car Enjoy the beautiful view from the cable car all the way down to the hill.
Eyup Sultan Mosque

one hour

We are visiting Eyüp Sultan Hazretleri in Istanbul's Eyüp neighbourhood, outside the city walls, near the Golden Horn, the Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan Camii) stands. The building today dates back to the early 19th century. The mosque complex consists of a mausoleum, the place where the typical born and companion of Muslim prophet Muhammad, Abu Ayub al-Ansari, is said to be buried. We shall visit the tomb as well.

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

Let's meet at this location one hour before our tour starts.

End point

Let's meet at this location one hour before our tour starts.

Pickup points

Harbour Suites Old City
Atlantis Royal Hotel
Hotel Inter Istanbul
AHC Ayasofya Hotel - Special Class
Meddusa Hotel
Gulhane Corner Hotel
Skalion Hotel
Akdeniz Hotel
Faros Hotel Old City
Kupeli Hotel
Titanic City Taksim
The Hotel Istanbul

and 458 more pickup points

Pick up is Istanbul City Center Hotels, Sultanahmet, Aksaray, Laleli Grand Bazaar, Sirkeci, Karakoy, Taksim, Beyoglu, Fatih, , Eminonu,sirkeci, Cankurtaran, Sisli, kadırga, kumkapi, Beyazit.

No pick-up or drop off service from the hotels on the Asian side of Istanbul