Fatih Trip Overview
While having an essential sight seeing of Istanbul and visiting the landsmarks of the city, you will be getting cooking and ceramics lessons, enjoying the historical Peninsula by the water with folkloric dances and spending an exotic day out.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 days
Starts: Fatih, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey
While having an essential sight seeing of Istanbul and visiting the landsmarks of the city, you will be getting cooking and ceramics lessons, enjoying the historical Peninsula by the water with folkloric dances and spending an exotic day out.
Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul – Arrival Day
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Welcome to Turkey, arrival into Istanbul. Transfer from airport and check in to your hotel and have some rest. Tonight you will have a welcome dinner, be introduced to our friendly crew and other travelers while enjoying traditional Turkish food and enjoy the mystical atmosphere of Istanbul at night. Overnight in Istanbul.
Meals included:
• Dinner: Welcome Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Pullman Hotel or Ramada Hotel Golden Horn
Day 2: Istanbul City Tour – Turkish Cooking Lesson Istanbul
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
After a morning orientation, sightseeing tour of Istanbul, you participate in your first Turkish cooking lesson: preparing lunch which you will enjoy! After lunch, we visit to TOPKAPI PALACE. The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE: Across from St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. HIPPODROME: Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine then visit the GRAND SPICE BAZAAR The air here is filled with the enticing aromas of cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, thyme and every other conceivable herb and spice. Overnight in Istanbul.
Duration: 7 hours
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Turkish Cooking Lesson
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in Pullman Hotel or Ramada Hotel Golden Horn
Day 3: Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise Tour – Belly Dancing and Folklore Class
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Pick up at 08:30am from your hotel for the Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise by boat along the waterway seperating Europe and Asia, then visit the famous Grand Bazaar ( Cover Bazaar ) In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more then 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area: the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes. After the Tour return to hotel for a rest.Overnight in Istanbul.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
In the evening, we depart for your Belly dancing and folklore class. This will be a very memorable class learning belly dancing techniques and folklore dance. You will learn the special moves and how to get the attention of the audience.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Pullman Hotel or Ramada Hotel Golden Horn
Day 4: Istanbul City Tour – Ceramics Lesson
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
After breakfast between 08:00 am and 09:30 am pick ups from hotel. Final timing one day before will be given you by your tour consultant.
Today you will depart for a day tour of old Istanbul city. Visit to ST. SOPHIA; This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. You will be assisted by professional ceramic artists to make your own ceramic piece that you will take home as a memory and souvenir of your trip to Turkey.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Ceramic art is the most famous artwork coming from the Cappadocia region. Overnight in Istanbul.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Pullman Hotel or Ramada Hotel Golden Horn
Day 5: Istanbul – End of Tour
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. After breakfast, we check out from the hotel. We organize your return airport transfer services. Have a nice trip back home and thanks for choosing us.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
