Byzantine Relics Tour
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HIPPODROME
The center of sport activities with its four monuments; The GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF WILHELM II, Egyptian Obelisk, SERPENTINE COLUMN and the COLUMN OF CONSTANTINE.
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THE BLUE MOSQUE
The most famous mosque of Istanbul which is known as the BLUE MOSQUE as well because of its beautiful blue Iznik tiles.
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St. SOPHIA
This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time.
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GRAND BAZAAR
In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4000 shops with each trade having its own area; the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brasware and trays, water ewers, onyxware and meerschaum pipers.
Notes
If St. Sophia closed on Monday / Replaced with Underground CisternGrand Bazaar closed on Sunday / Replaced with Arasta Bazaar
Blue Mosque closed on Friday due to Prayer