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FULL DAY BURSA TOUR Green Bursa Daily departure from your hotel at 06.30 and returns at 22.00 Departure by ferry-boat via Yalova, enjoying the lovely countryside view. Drive to Bursa, former Ottoman Capital and lunch of famous "Kebap of Alexander The Great". Climb to Uludag, the legendary Mount Olympos, by Teleferik (Cable Car), visit to Ulucami (Grand Mosque), the Green Mosque and the Green Mausoleum, the old Silk Market in the Covered Bazaar. Late evening return to Istanbul and transfer to hotels. |
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FULL DAY EDIRNE TOUR |
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08.30 start from your hotel and we turn back around 18.00 to your hotel. Eski Camii, was built of cut stone and brick 1402-14 with fine white marble portal and decorative calligraphy on the interior walls and pillars. Üç Serefeli Camii, the name of the mosque derived from the three balconies on the southeast minaret. Each balcony is reached by a separate stairway. The decorative tile designs on the minarets are all different. The minarets were the most important development in the structure of the mosque in the fifteenth century. Selimiye Mosque Edirne's crowning glory, was built for Selim II, (1566-74) by Sinan who was the architect of the Abode of Felicity for 50 years. It was the masterpiece of Sinan's old age. The symmetrical design strongly emphasised by the four minarets and the soaring rise of the central dome. Lunch Semiz Ali Pasa Arasta is also the work of Sinan. Completed in 1589, it is a long tunnel-like building with shops on both sides. Here you may buy one of Edirne's specialities, soap shaped like fruit or vegetables. Meric bridge (New Bridge) constructed at the junction of Meriç and Arda rivers between 1842 - 1847. Kule Kapisi (12 C Tower Gate) is all that remains of the tower which once protected the principal gate of the citadel. It was rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor John Comnenus II (1118-43) as part of his repair of the Hadrianic defensive system. Beyazit Kulliyesi is the largest in Edirne, the complex had a mosque and an hospital which was famous for the skill of its surgeons. In the octogonal, domed timarhane the insane were treated by musical therapy. |
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Day 1 - Istanbul to Troy Pick up from your hotel or agency in Istanbul and head for the ancient city of Troy, famous for the legendary Trojan Horse from the times of beautiful Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and Paris, the Trojan Prince. Overnight Canakkale. Lunch and Dinner. Day 2 - Gallipoli to Istanbul Gallipoli is one of the most touching places in Turkey. Today, we visit the World War I Battlefields, including Lone Pine Australian Memorial and Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, ANZAC Cove, Johnston's Jolly, the Nek and the Kaba Tepe Gallipoli Museum. With your own guide and driver, you may visit rarely seen areas which are not included on the standard coach tour. After our Gallipoli tour we drive for Istanbul where our tour finishes. Tour Includes o Transport in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking private vehicle o Pick up from your Istanbul hotel or agency o Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of the tour o 1 night 4 star hotel accommodation o 1 breakfast, 1 lunch and 1 dinner o All entrance fees Departs daily all year around, except the 23rd to the 26th of April. «« Please email to: contact@istanbulshuttles.com »» |
Including; Old city, Grand Bazaar, Eyup Sultan, Piyer Loti & Golden Horn,
Drive to Sariyer near the Bosphorus and Çamlica Hill...
