Guided tours Turkey 7 Days Istanbul and Bursa Tour Istanbul City Tour

After arrival at Istanbul Airport, we will pick you up from airport and transfer you to your hotel, free time and overnight in Istanbul.

(Breakfast and Lunch included)
After breakfast, we have Istanbul City Tour. Our first visit will be HIPPODROME. Ancient Hippodrome was the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Than we will visit SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE. Across from Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, it was built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. Our next see will be HAGIA SOPHIA GRAND MOSQUE. The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, previously known as the Church of Divine Wisdom, is simply the best of its kind! Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is the greatest surviving example of Byzantine Architecture. For 1000 years, it was once the largest church in the world, decorated with stunning 6th century golden mosaics. Today it is a mosque. You can see it from outside.  After that see TOPKAPI PALACE, the great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. You can see it from outside.    The Basilica Cistern Museum is one of the most important cultural assets where we can trace the traces of glorious Istanbul history. With its 80,000-ton water storage capacity, Yerebatan Cistern is the largest covered cistern in the city and stands out with more reclaimed supporting elements compared to other covered cisterns. Covering an area of approximately 10,000 square meters, this colossal structure has a rectangular shape with a length of 140 meters and a width of 70 meters. You can see it from outside.  After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Dinner at  restaurant and Overnight in Istanbul.

If you would like to visit with entrance below sites;

Topkapi Palace Museum Entrance Fee. You pay the door price.

The Basilica Cistern Museum Entrance You pay the door price.

Please Note: Please do not forget to carry Scarf with you because of visiting to Blue Mosque & Haghia Sophia Mosque

(Breakfast and Lunch included)

Breakfast at your hotel then we pick you up from your hotel and we will see; City Walls, Golden Horn, Spice Market, Bosphorus Cruise by Boat, Rumeli Fortress ( from the sea )Lunch at a local restaurant, Bosphorus Bridge, Beylerbeyi Palace, Camlica Hill for a panoromic view, end of the tour transfer to your hotel and overnight in Istanbul.

Beylerbeyi Palace closed on Monday and Thursday replaced with Chora Museum.

Spice Bazaar closed on Sunday replaced with Golden Horn

(Breakfast and Lunch included)

We pick you up from your hotel then, cruise in the Marmara Sea to Princes’ Island by Maritime lines boat, cruising round these beautiful unspoiled islands. On our way to Buyukada, the largest island in the chain, we pass four smaller ones. All of them are famous for their mild climate, lush vegetation and ornate Ottoman houses, and on all of them cars are banned. They take their name from the princes who used the islands as a summer retreat in Ottoman times.

As cars are forbidden on the islands you will enjoy a tour of the island by horse-drawn carriage known as a “phaeton” and discover the elegant mansions draped in brilliant purple bougainvillea.

Lunch will be at one of the many excellent traditional fish-restaurants on the waterfront, gazing across the water at the Asian shore of Istanbul.

Buyukada is an excellent place both for swimming and relaxing.

Evening return to Istanbul and transfer to your hotel.

(Breakfast and Lunch included)
Breakfast at your hotel in Istanbul then it will be your free day to discover the historical peninsula at your leisure. According to the ferry departure times we will transfer you to the harbour then ferry to Bursa which takes almost one and a half hour, arrival and you will be transferred to your hotel in Bursa. Overnight in Bursa

(Breakfast and Lunch included)
Bursa is the first capital city of Ottomans where the Ottoman Empire was born. The city is known as ” Yesil Bursa” (meaning “Green Bursa”) from its beautiful parks and gardens located throughout the city. The city is famous for its ski resorts (on the mountain of Uladag), the mausoleums of Ottoman sultans, the surrounding fertile plain, thermal baths and Karagöz & Hacivat shadow puppets. It is also the home of some famous Turkish foods, especially chestnut candy, peaches, and a meat dish called Iskender kebap.

We will pick you up from your hotel at about 09:30 then our daily Bursa Tour. We will visit the Grand Mosque and the Green Mausoleum, famous for its exclusive Iznik tiles. Lunch will be served in a special ‘Iskender Kebap’ restaurant. We will visit the historical Covered Bazaar and the old Silk Market, then climb by Cable Car to Uludag (Mount Olympos) overlooking to Bursa for a magnificent panoramic view. End of the tour , we will transfer you to the ferry harbour then arrive in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

(Breakfast included)

Depending on the schedule of your flight home, you can discover more of Istanbul or do some last minute shopping at the Grand Bazaar or the Spice Market. We will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the airport where we say, “good-bye, hope to see you again soon,” to our new friends.