A living fantasy - Istanbul (2 days)

Excursion by coach, overnight in a 3 stars hotel on BB basis, a panoramic round tour of the city, lunch and professional guide service included.
This city is the main door to Turkey; one of the most beautiful, exotic and exciting cosmopolitan cities ever likely to visit, where Asia and Europe greet each other across the glittering waters of the Bosphorus, capital of Byzantine and Ottoman empires and center of the Islamic world, this is the city of Istanbul. It was here that the Silk Road ended, and here too, that the arts and sciences of East and West merged to produce layer upon layer of extraordinary cultures and civilizations.
During the round trip of Istanbul you’ll visit the Hippodrome - the scene of chariot races and the center of civil activities of Constantinople; the Egyptian Obelisk, the Serpentine Column, the Obelisk of Theodosius, the German Fountain and the Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Mosque) built between 1609-1616 and famous for six minarettes, the Asian part of Istanbul through the Intercontinental Bosphorus Bridge and enjoy a panoramic view from the highest point of Istanbul Camlica Hill.
We can offer you also an extra tours, like the Bosphorus Cruise - an unforgettable excursion between two continents, Europe and Asia. The cruise takes you along the last palaces of Ottomans, the Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi, as well as 19th and 20th century, beautiful wooden kiosks, mansions and modern villas, which form the elegant section of the city; a bus trip to the Topkapi Palace - the great palace of the Ottoman Sultans between the 15th to the 19th centuries. Today, it contains, as a museum, superb and unrivaled collections of porcelains, armor, jewels, illuminated manuscripts, calligraphy, and many objects of art formerly belonging to the Sultans. And in the evening at the Night bar the Turkish belly dancers show and the delightful Oriental cuisine are like a dream come true.