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BYZANTINE RELICS

Feeling the enchanting grandeur of Istanbul with a throughbred private and exclusive trip is what  we offer with our each distinctive programme  which are tailored to cater the interests of all travel enthusiasts looking for the best. This specially-designed activity programme is conducted on half-day basis. The participants signed up for the tour can determine their own starting time. The recommended time to start is 09.00 am.  

 
:: Places To See

GRAND BAZAAR

The tantalizing myriad of jewelleries, antiques, carpetries all of which clustered under a  huge hstorical Bazaar offers a unique shopping experince which is to be blended with  the irressitable spell of the orientalism. Grand Covered Bazaar houses more than 4000 shops which are classified in accordance with the quarter they  take place: the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers’ street, the srteet of the skullcap makers. These streets were attached to a maze of roads and alleys. The most important of the streets which numbered up to fifty were the streets of the Clog - Makers (Kavaflar), Printed - Clothier (Basmacilar), Sandal Bedesten and Aga Sokak.  Having long sustained the beat of the commercial life, the grand covered bazaar is the original shopping mall with something to suit every taste and pocket. Turkish crafts, the world-renowned carpets, brilliant handpaiinted ceramics, copperware, brassware, and meerschaum pipes make charming  souvenirs and gifts.



HIPPODROME SQUARE

The square in front of the Blue Mosque encircling the famous Hippodrome area  stands as a  historical stamping ground for the propaganda activities, rebellions, fightings and eventually chariot races in Byzantium era  swhich was to preserve its preponderance   for social gatherings during Ottoman era as well. The original Hippodrome was constructed in 200 AD. by Emperor Septimus Severus, when he rebuilt the town of Byzantium. After Severus, Constantine the Great made Constantinople new capital which marked the prominance of Hippodrome Square. Hippodrome Square with the various strewn monuments   can be taken as a point of vantage where  to capture the glory of the whole Sultanahmet precinct. Namely,these monuments are Eqyptian  Obelisk, Serpentine Column, and German Fountain-Fountain of Kaiser Wilhelm II.



BLUE MOSQUE

Buith the unusual number of six minarets and a great cascade of domes and semi-domes, The Blue Mosque was built from 1610-1619 during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I. beside the Hagia Sophia on the site of the Great Palace of Byzantium, The interior of the mosque is  prepossesingly decorated with Iznik tiles that stand aloof around the arched domes of the structure where the daylight sneaks through the stained glass windows and filters onto the ornate painted decors. The whiff of spiritual devotion resonating under the domes of Blue Mosque will strike you and let you get drifted with  the  luscious timbres of  prayers that still exude from the  colossal  house of worship with its  6 imposing minarets. The precinct  embraces  the nearby St Sophia where the glory of  past epimomizes its zenith.



HAGIA SOPHIA

Built in 6th century during reign of the Emperor Constantinus St Sophia  is acknowledged to be the  most important Byzantine architecture found in Istanbul. The Hagia Sophia covers an area of 100 x 70 m., and the plan consists of a wide central nave flanked by two smaller naves, an apse, an inner and outer narthex and a central dome reaching 55.6 m. in height, with a diameter of 31-33 meters. The church was considerably damaged by the earthquake of 557 and the nephew of the Architect Isidorus undertook  the repair of the structure. The church had several different restorations. After the conquest of Istanbul, Mehmet the Conqueror had the church restored once again, and converted into a mosque. The four minarets, one on each corner of the building were added at various times during the Ottoman period. After Fatih captured the city this massive edifice was used for worship by Moslems. Eventually, following  the republican period, St Sophia eas converted into a museum.

 





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