IT2 ..:: BOSPHORUS CRUISE TOUR

Spice Bazaar: This covered market is an attractive L-shapped building to the southwest of the Yeni Cami. Its English name servives from the time when the market specialized in the sale of spice and herbs, as well as medicinal plants and drugs. Boat cruise of the Bosphorus: The Bosphorus, the waterway between two continents is beautiful at any time, day or night in any season. On the way to the Black Sea, you see the finest and richest examples of Ottoman houses and palaces on the shores. Rumeli Fortress: In 1452, Mehmet II prepared to besiege Constantinople by constructing a fortress at Rumeli Hisari. It took less than four months to build, thanks to 3000 laborers and master masons assigned to the task. Its crenellated walls and round towers are popular for photographers and the view from the top of the walls is one of the nicest of the Bosphorus. Dolmabahce Palace: This area was originaly the bay where the navy anchored in the early periods when the Ottomans conqured Istanbul. Between 1611-1614, this bay was filled in and a timber building when a large garden called "the Besiktas Palace" was built with the order of Sultan Ahmet I. The land of the Besiktas Palace, which had become completesy useless due to a fire, was chosen as the site of the new palace by Sultan Abdulmecit I, since it was by the sea side and close to the city center. Bosphorus Bridge: Unique chance to step from one continent (Europe) to another (Asia) within few minutes. The Ataturk Bridge carries 200.000 vehicle and 600.000 people a day. It is the 4th longest suspension bridge in Europe and 7th in the world. Camlica Hill: Suleymaniye is without question one of the greatest works of its Architect Sinan, in Istanbul. Begum in 1550, the mosque was completed in 1557, with two more years required in order to finish the complex. online reservation