Bosphorus Cruise and Golden Horne with Lunch

Bosphorus Cruise and Golden Horne with Lunch

Cruise the stunning Bosphorus Strait, visit Golden Horne and experience three of the best Istanbul sights on this excellent full-day sightseeing tour: The Chora Museum , The Soliman the magnificent Mosque and The Spice Market. This tour takes you on a boat ride on the Bosphorus Strait to savor spectacular sights of bridges, palaces, mosques and fortresses.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkey

2 Hours Bosphorus strait cruise (shared) from Galata to the second birdige of Bosphorus following both sides of Istanbul.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu - Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkey

Istanbul‘s Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı, built 1664), at the southern end of the Galata Bridge near the Eminönü ferry docks (map), is filled with the fragrance of the exotic East.

Spices, dried fruits, cheeses, sausages, jams, nuts and seeds, lokum (Turkish Delight) and other edibles fill most of the shops, though jewelry and other high-margin goods have begun to move in.

It’s no wonder: this is prime retail space, right at the southern end of the Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn in the Eminönü district, right next to the New Mosque (Yeni Cami).

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Kariye Museum (The Chora Church), Kariye Cami Sk. No: 8 Fatih, Istanbul 34087 Turkey

Chora is considered one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture. Famous for its late Byzantine mosaics and frescoes, Chora is one of the most important Byzantine sites in Istanbul. The first church was known as Chora, which carried the double meaning of being affiliated to a monastery outside the city walls, and of one of the adjectives used to describeJesus ‘’the widest sphere enclosed by man’s spiritual world’’. The church was built in 6th century. Later destroyed in an earthquake, the church was rebuilt in the 11th century.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Suleymaniye Mosque, Prof. SIddIk Sami Onar Cd. No:1 Süleymaniye Mah, Istanbul 34116 Turkey

Suleymaniye mosque, or better known as the mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent, was built in the 16th century by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificient, also known as the Legislator. It stands on a hilltop (3rd hill) dominating the Golden Horn and contributing to the skyline of Istanbul. The mosque is the largest mosque of Istanbul.
The mosque was ordered by the sultan Suleyman, and architect Sinan built it in 7 years, between 1550-1557 AD. Like all big and important mosques of that period, also this mosque was built as a complex including a hospital, library, madrasa, kitchen and hospice for the poor, hamam, and shops. It's one of the best examples of Ottoman Islamic architecture in Istanbul.

Duration: 45 minutes