Old Town and Dolmabahce Palace

Dear Guests

I highly recommend this tour to all guests who arrive in Istanbul for the first time.

On this tour we visit the most important sights of Istanbul. We begin our tour with you with a meeting in the lobby of your hotel, then visit the sights of the old city, I tell you the history of the city and we will visit the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Roman Hippodrome then dine in a beautiful restaurant and move to the luxurious Dolmabahce Palace by tram. In one day you will see almost all the sights you need to see in the city. BLUE DREAM

BLACK DREAM, Sultanahmet Jamiyi with its six minarets and multi-colored tiles, the active mosque allows you to walk barefoot on carpets like Muslims. Built under Sultan Ahmed first between 1609-1616. The construction was assigned to the architect of Perlamutra master Sedefkar Mehmet Agha ... when the construction was completed, the Blue Mosque became the second mosque with six minarets in the world after the Sacred Kaaba ... Today the magnificent interior of the blue mosque fascinates visitors ...

Entrance is free

Holy Sophia

Saint Sophia, the current legend stands in one place with 537.

St. Sophia Cathedral was first built of wood in 360 under Emperor Constantius and was the victim of a rebellion in 404. On the site of the second cathedral was built of marble and stones in 415, but the second also shared the same fate with the first cathedral in 532. Emperor Justinian built today’s cathedral for 5 years, which became the greatest temple of that time... the Sophia Cathedral served as a church for 916 years before the fall of Constantinople. After the conquest, the Turks converted the cathedral into a mosque so served as a mosque for 482 years and in 1935 was converted into a museum. Today, the attributes of the two religions hang next to each other. And Hagia Sophia Museum is one of the most visited museums in the world.

Entrance 60 lira

TOPKAPI'S DOOR

(where the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire lived and ruled the territory of the empire) the harem where the concubines lived is also in this palace. After the conquest of the city, the conqueror Sultan Mehmet II ordered the construction of a palace. By order of the Sultan, the palace was built in 1478. At that time it occupied 700,000 square meters. There lived from two thousand to five thousand people. The palace is divided into four courtyards and will consist of two parts of haremlik selamlık. In Selamlyk, sultans and officials ruled the entire territory of the empire, and the harem where the sultans lived with their retinue.

Entrance to the palace 60 lire

Dolmabahce's door

It was built by order of the 31st Sultan Abdulmechid between 1843 and 1856. The Sultan wanted to build a new residence in the European style. The construction work was assigned to the famous Armenian Architects of that time Garabet and his son Nikogos Balyan, the Palace was built on the European Rococo Baroque styles and the neoclassical construction cost the Ottoman treasury 5 million pounds of gold and even went to decorate the interior of 14 tons of gold. The palace has 285 rooms, 44 halls, 68 toilet rooms, the longest facade on the Bosphorus is 600 meters. The palace will consist of two parts harem and selamlyk. In the Selamlyk part, the Sultans ruled the entire territory of the empire and conducted all state affairs. Harem is where the retinue of sultans lived. After the founding of the modern Republic of Turkey, the Founder of the Republic of Atatürk spent his last years here. And he died here.

Entrance to Selamlak 60 lira. The harem is 40 lire.