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- 17th century Spice Bazaar, where you can find a vast diversity of spices, sacks of henna, many varieties of oils and herbs, and of course the world’s very best Turkish delight.
- Tour will continue with Istanbul Modern.
- Darussafaka Schools, a school for orphaned children.
- Bosphorus cruise on privately chartered local boat. Crossing back and forth between Europe and Asia, sail past opulent palaces, fine mosques, imposing fortresses and traditional, wooden Ottoman mansions.
- Seafood lunch in Arnavutköy.
- Uskudar, there you will have a chance to see, and try your hands at a demonstration of the ancient Turkish art of “Ebru” (paper marbling) by one of the leading ebru artists of Turkey, Mr.Hikmet Barutcugil.
- Informational session with educational NGO’s and reception at the Turkish Cultural Foundation Turkey office.
- Blue Mosque, so called because of its exquisite tile decoration. Its courtyard is exceptionally beautiful, and it is the only mosque in Istanbul to have six minarets.
- Hippodrome, the former center of sportive and political activities of Constantinople.
- Obelisk from Egypt, Serpentine Column from Delphi and Fountain of Wilhelm II.
- Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, which contains a priceless collection of Ottoman calligraphy in gold, intricate miniatures, ceramics, and magnificent carpets, some of them dating back to the 13th century. What makes the museum unique is the fact that it is housed in the Palace of Ibrahim Pasha, one of Suleyman the Magnificent’s grand vezirs.
- Topkapi Palace, lavish home to the Ottoman Sultans. For centuries, this was the place from which the Sultans ruled over an empire that stretched from eastern Europe to the Atlantic Ocean. It contains a priceless collection of jewelry, porcelain and costumes.
- Lunch at Konyali Restaurant, which is located inside the palace overlooking the Bosphorus, we enter the intricate maze of the Harem and rooms decorated with superb Iznik tiles.
- Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia), which was built by the Emporer Justinian and inaugurated in 537 AD. For over nine centuries it was the center of the eastern Orthodox Church, was turned into a mosque with the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul and now is a museum. It contains some of the finest mosaics to have survived from the Byzantine period.
- Underground cistern, which is the work of Justinian. This is the most impressive of Istanbul’s ancient cisterns with a roof supported by more than 300 columns.
- Live Turkish classical music at dinner.
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