BOSPHORUS ON BOAT

This tour is finished at Taksim & Sultanahmet (No transfer back to hotels)

CITY WALLS The first breach of the walls was by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the second by
the cannons and troops of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in 1453.

DRIVE BY BUS TO GOLDEN HORN As a natural and extremely secure harbor, the Golden
Horn has played an important role in the development of Istanbul. The inlet separates the European
shore into two. It is approximately 8 km long, and the widest part is the entrance from the
Bosphorus. Two streams drain into this inlet at its far end.

SPICE BAZAAR (EGYPTIAN BAZAAR) The air here is filled with the enticing aromas of
cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, thyme and every other conceivable herb and spice.

BOAT TRIP ON THE BOSPHORUS An amazing cruise between the two continents, EUROPE
and ASIA, along the Bosphorus by the Dolmabahçe and Beylerbeyi Palaces, wooden villas and
mansions up to the Rumeli Fortress.

THE RUMELI FORTRESS (FROM THE SEA – NO INTERIOR VISIT)
İstanbul had been besieged many times before Mehmet the Conqueror took the city in 1453 but it
managed to defend itself with the help of the Roman city walls.