Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Istanbul
20 05 2007- Transfer to airport for homebound flights. Or departure for Southeastern Turkey Tour.
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace, The Southeastern Turkey
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace, The Southeastern Turkey
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Bursa, Iznik, Istanbul
19 05 2007- Iznik, famous with its Lake, Green Mosque, St. Sophia.
- Iznik Foundation, an organization reviving the tradition of the Turkish tile “Cini”.
- Dinner in Istanbul.
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Bursa
18 05 2007- Bursa Tour: Green Mosque and Tomb, and the Great Mosque, Koza Han, the home of the silk trade, and Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi Tombs, the founders of the Ottoman Empire.
- Hacivat/ Karagoz play at the Karagoz House.
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Canakkale Bursa
17 05 2007- Troy Tour
- Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Istanbul Edirne Canakkale
16 05 2007- Edirne, the second capital city of the Ottoman Empire.
- Masterpieces of Turkish architecture, the Selimiye, and Sultan II. Bayezid Külliyesi/ Complex Health Museum, which was awarded as the best European Museum in 2004 by the European Union.
- Arasta Bazaar of Edirne and historical bridges over the Meric River.
- Canakkale (Gallipoli) Tour: Anzac Cove, 57th Infantry Regiment Cemetery and Memorial, Chunuk Bair, Çanakkale Martyrs Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial.
- Dinner at the hotel.
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Istanbul
15 05 2007- Istanbul Archaeological Museum
- Listen to the “Mevlit” a Turkish versed hymn that praises the Prophet Muhammed at the Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque in Kadirga.
- In Eminonu, Egyptian Bazaar (Spice Market)
- Istanbul Modern Museum, Turkey’s first museum dedicated to displaying contemporary art.
- Dolmabahce Palace.
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Istanbul
14 05 2007- Topkapi Palace
- Lunch at Konyali Restaurant, which is located inside the palace overlooking the marvelous Bospohus
- Suleymaniye Mosque
- Fener & Balat area, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, The Ahrida Synagogue, Surp Hiresdagabad Armenian Church
- Live Turkish classical music called fasil at dinner
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Istanbul
13 05 2007- Visit to the Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office
- Istanbul tour: St. Sophia, Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome and Museum of Turkish & Islamic Arts.
- Uskudar cross the Bosphorus Bridge, there, see a performance of an artist practicing an ancient Turkish art of “Ebru” (Marbling).
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
Cultural Tours Spring 2007 - Istanbul
12 05 2007- Boat trip on the Bosporus.
Categories : CT 2007 Spring, Istanbul, Marmara, Thrace
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