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- Before leaving Bursa, we will visit the Great Mosque.
- We will visit Koza Han, home of the silk trade.
- Proceed to Pergamum.
- Lunch at Asclepion Restaurant.
- Visit to Pergamum, one of the greatest cities of Western Asia.
- Depart for Kusadasi.
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2007
- Departure for Adapazari.
- Visit and meeting with teachers at Enka Schools.
- Lunch at Enka Schools.
- Depart for Iznik, famous with its Lake.
- Visit Green Mosque,St.Sophia.
- The tour will visit the Iznik Foundation.
- We proceed to Bursa, rich in religious monuments, mosques, tombs, and traditional Turkish baths.
- Our visits will start with the beautiful Green Mosque and Tomb, and continue with theGreat Mosque, and Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi Tombs, the founders of the Ottoman Empire.
- After these visits, our guests will view a Hacivat/Karagoz play at the Karagoz House.
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2007
- Drive to Uskudar cross the Bosphorus Bridge, 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.
- We visit the Suleymaniye Mosque.
- Lunch at Darul-ziyafe Restaurant (old Turkish/Ottoman).
- Visit to the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
- Our next stop will be the Archaeological Museum.
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7
07
2007
- Departure for full day Istanbul tour. Just across a park stands the Blue Mosque, so called because of its exquisite tile decoration.
- We next visit Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia), which was built by the Emporer Justinian and inaugurated in 537 AD.
- A short walk away is the underground cistern, which is also the work of Justinian.
- We will visit Topkapi Palace, lavish home to the Ottoman Sultans.
- Lunch at Konyali Restaurant.
- Visit to the 17th century Spice Bazaar.
- Dinner in the garden of a restored Ottoman mansion.
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2007
- Departure via boat tour along the Bosphorus for visit to Robert College, a private high school founded by Americans.
- We then resume our Bosphorus cruise, crossing back and forth between Europe and Asia, and sail past opulent palaces, mosques, imposing fortresses and traditional, wooden Ottoman mansions.
- Seafood lunch at the Karaca Restaurant.
- Visit to Istanbul University.
- Later a two hour informational session with educational NGO’s and reception at the Turkish
Cultural Foundation office.
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5
07
2007
- Arrival in Istanbul.
- Tour briefing and optional courtesy tour.
- Welcome reception and dinner.
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