Istanbul Old City Landmarks and Imperial Heritage
Visit the following attractions with your tour guide:
Blue Mosque, the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets, built by Sultan Ahmet I between 1609 and 1616.
Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column, and the Column of Constantine.
Hagia Sophia, an ancient basilica built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the best architectural marvels of all time.
Basilica Cistern, the largest covered reservoir in the city, built in 532 AD on the site of a great basilica that once supplied water to nearby palaces such as the Great Palace of Constantinople and Topkapı Palace.
Grand Bazaar, Turkey's largest covered market, with excellent shops selling beautiful Turkish rugs, tiles and ceramics, copper and brass, leather clothing, cotton and wool, foam pipes, alabaster bookends and ashtrays, and more.
Topkapı Palace, the former imperial residence of the Ottoman sultans and one of the oldest and largest remaining palaces in the world.
End of the tour.
