2-Day Istanbul City Tour with Topkapı Palace and Spice Bazaar

• You will be picked up from Istanbul Airport by the staff and transferred to your hotel.

• Arrive at your hotel in Istanbul and check in.

Overnight in Istanbul.

• Depart at 08:30 am for your Istanbul city tour. Make your first stop at Topkapı Palace Museum, the great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. It houses an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, and the Holy Mantle, which enshrines relics of the Prophet Mohammed.

• Visit the Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque. Situated across from St. Sophia and built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, it is known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.

• See the Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with its three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column, and the Column of Constantine.

• Take a lunch break and then head to the Grand Spice Bazaar, a unique atmosphere with reasonable prices for shopping. Browse many exotic spices and herbs, Turkish Baklava, Turkish Delights, Turkish Coffee, nuts and fruits, and small souvenirs such as ceramic handicrafts, Evil Eyes totems, all-natural olive oil, soaps, and many other goods in the souvenir shops and stores.

• Transfer back to the airport after the tour.

Meals: Open buffet breakfast included