Best of Istanbul Vacation Package (05 Days & 4 Nights)
Highlights: Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar, Spice Market, Boaphorus Cruise, Beylerbeyi Palace, Camlica Hill, Princess' Islands
Operates: All year-around / By coach
Package Rate: Please fill the form and tell us your travel dates & choice of hotels
Optional Tours: Turkish Bath (Hamam), Turkish Night Show & Whirling Dervishes Performance
Note: Best of Istanbul vacation package is insuranced by TURSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agencies)
Day 1 Arrival to Istanbul
Upon your arrival at Istanbul Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen Airport, you will be met by Commodore Tour & Travel representative and transferred to your hotel in the city of Istanbul, with the remainder of day at leisure. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 2 Historical Istanbul Tour (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
After breakfast, you will start the day tour of historical Istanbul with a visit to the Topkapi Palace, residance of Ottoman Sultans, famous with royal treasury and elegant four courts. After lunch, proceed the tour with the Hagia Sophia, a great Byzantine architectural masterpiece, whose interior is resplendent with golden mosaics. Then admire the delicate design and Iznik tiles of the Blue Mosque. Explore the ancient Roman Hippodrome with Egyptian Obelisk and Serpentine Column. Finally, stop off at the dazzling Grand Bazaar with over 4000 shops. After the city tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 3 Bosphorus Cruise & Two Continents Tour (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
Second day Istanbul tour starts with visitof Spice Market & followed by a boat cruise through the Bosphorus, the strait dividing the European and Asian continents. Following lunch break, in the afternoon join for a drive to the Asian part of Istanbul crossing the Intercontinental Bosphorus bridge to visit Camlica Hill. The highest point where you can overlook Istanbul and take nice pictures. Before driving back to Europe, visit the luxuriously opulent Beylerbeyi Palace, the summer residence of the sultans. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 4 Princess' Islands Cruise Tour (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
After having breakfast at hotel, you will have another full day Istanbul tour. Today you will cruise in Marmara Sea to Princes' Islands, stop at Buyukada, the popular summer resort with sandy beaches and pinewood scenery, once the pleasure island of Byzantine Princes. Here you will tour the island with horse-drawn carriages before lunch at a fish restaurant. Also visioned during the cruise: Topkapi Palace, Leander's Tower, Uskudar from the sea. After the tour you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 5 Istanbul / Home (Meal: Breakfast)
After you have checked-out from your hotel, we will arrange for the transfer to Istanbul International Airport for your onward flight. Have a nice trip and thanks for choosing Commodore Tour & Travel
What's Included:
* Hotel accommodations in choice of preferred class
* Professional Tour Guides licensed by the Ministry of Tourism
* Noted sightseeing tours on regular group or private guided basis
* Main entrance fees to sights mentioned by the itinerary
* Meals mentioned by the itinerary - Vegeterian meals available
* Required land transport including roundtrip airport transfers with A/C non-smoking minivans
* Local taxes & handling services