Itinerary

1. Day 1- Istanbul - Aquarium + Magic Ice + Istanbul Forum

   • After your landing at Ataturk Airport, your Turkish guide will meet you at the airport.

   • You will be transferred to your hotel. Do check-in and spend the free day at leisure.

   • As an optional activity,  you can enjoy a half-day tour to Istanbul Forum for the Aquarium and Magic Ice tour. This is one of the famous and biggest Aquaria located in an area of over 8,000 square meters. There are over 29 live exhibits here with more than 10,000 sea creatures, 80 underwater tunnels, 270-degree panoramic rooms with opportunities to dive with sharks or go snorkelling. 

   • After that, we will visit the Magic Ice Museum.

   • Late in the afternoon, return to your hotel. 

2. Day 2- Bosphorus Tour - Full Day with Lunch

   • After breakfast, meet your guide in the lobby for a full day Bosphorus Cruise and Asia Tour. Cruise on a private boat through the waterway separating the two continents, Asia and Europe, with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman Architectures next to modern residential and luxury apartments. One can also see the Rumeli Fortress built by the protect Bosphorus (No interior visit).

   • After lunch, drive over the Bosphorus to see the Camlica Hill. This is one of the highest points, where one can overlook Istanbul and take nice pictures. 

   • Have lunch in a nice Turkish Restaurant.

   • See the Rustem Pasa Mosque, built between 1550-1561 by Rüstem Pasha, a Grand Vizier and Son-in-law of Sultan Suleyman, the Magnificent. Its architect was Sinan, the great imperial architect who also built Suleyman's Mosque nearby. 

   • We will drive to Eminönü to visit the aromatic Spice Bazaar, where the smells of cinnamon, cloves and thyme, rise from hundreds of colourful muslin bags at every storefront.

   • Late afternoon, you will be transferred to your hotel for an overnight stay. Optional Evening Programme: Turkish Night.

   • Following our return to the hotel for a quick rest and change, maybe we will enjoy the 1001 Night of Istanbul with dinner, live music and a spectacular show by belly dancers and Anatolian Folklore groups.

3. Day 3- Classical Istanbul Tour - Full Day with Lunch

   • After breakfast, meet your Turkish guide in the hotel lobby. The first step will be to the Old City, visiting the Hippodrome and the Blue Mosque and Saint Sophia.

   • The next visit will be the spectacular Topkapi Palace. Built on one of the seven hills of İstanbul, this huge complex commands views of the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn. It was the seat of government for the Ottoman Empire for many centuries (1453 – 1852).

   • After lunch, the last stop will be Grand Bazaar, the most attractive shopping center and the biggest (souk) in the world with nearly 4000 shops of antiques, jewellery, gold, carpets, and leatherwear.

   • Transfer back to your hotel in Istanbul.

4. Day 4- Free Leisure Day

   • After breakfast, spend the day at leisure.

   • One can enjoy and explore the city on their own. Or else, do a different daily excursion tour with the guide.

5. Day 5- Airport

   • After breakfast, meet with your guide at the reception.

   • Check out and proceed to Ataturk airport. We wish and hope that you had a pleasurable Istanbul Holiday and hope to see you again.