Date 24.11.2020
Duration 8
Language English
Type Cultural Tours

This is the heart of Istanbul! Amazing stories of Thracians, Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans will take you deep into the city's history. And tell you - how many intellectuals were imprisoned in the Sultanahmet Prison that is used as a hotel today. Where the remains of the House of the Emperor Justinian are? Listen to the outstanding true story of Beheaded Huseyin Aga and Cinci Hoca. What else? Wooden Turkish houses, mansions of Ottoman Aristocracy, Baths of Haseki Sultan, Petit Hagia Sophia and many others

In the afternoon, we will start with the Historical Train Station. Imagine arriving to Constantinople Train Station on the train cars of Wagon Lits company. Actually this will be the beginning of your tour. Following visit of this 19th century building you will continue your stroll via old shops, markets, mosques, churches. Your guide will explain you lots of stories about this journey that once upon a time started in Paris that also inspired Agatha Cristie to write her famous novel “Murder on the Orient Express. The tour will continue with short boat ride in the Golden Horn and a short journey with the oldest subway of the world- The Tunnel! The tour will end with a walking tour in the streets of Galata and Beyoglu.

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Tour Price€140