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Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
One of the most popular places of worship and it is 1500 hundred years old .
Hagia Sophia was originally built as a church in the 6.th A.D by Roman emperor Justinian and it was used as cathedral for thousand years .later it was converted into a mosque in 1453 by Ottoman Empire and used as mosque for 500 years till 1935 . In 1935 it was decided to be museum . In 2018 after 85 years it was converted back to a mosque. Inside we are going to see reliefs of both Christianity and Islam
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
One of the imperial mosques which was built by Ottoman Empire in the 17.th century A.D. it is famous for twenty thousand of blue ceramic tiles .Inside we are going to see beautiful blue tiles of the mosque . the mosque takes its name from these tiles
It is 400 years old and it’s original name is Sultanahmet mosque
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
It is was built by ottoman sultan Mehmet the II. In the 15. Th century A.D after taking Constantinople. It was used as the residence of ottoman sultans and imperial palace to control the empire for nearly 400 years till 1856 . Since 1935 it is used as museum.
Inside we are going to see four gardens for official rooms together with harem section which was used as the house of sultans
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hippodrome, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2, Istanbul Turkiye
The square that today we call hippodrome was built by emperor Constantine the great in the 4.th century A.D when he chose the city as the new capital of Roman Empire . The hippodrome was basically used for chariot racing which was the most popular activity in the city .
Today at the hippodrome we can the Egyptian obelisk from Egypt, the serpent column from Greece , German fountain from germany and the walled obelisk from the city .
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Grand bazaar is a 500 year old historical market from ottoman time and it was built in 1461 . In side there are 3.500. Shops for , ceramic , spice , Turkish delight and jewelry and hand made rugs .
Duration: 40 minutes