Istanbul Trip Overview
Justinianus ruled almost 40 years and went through many difficulties. He had to deal plaques, riots, disasters but still ruled the empire with a big support and also able to build lots of structures all around the empire. You will start with the best one, Hagia Sophia and visit few more buildings that he built. Some of these are above ground, some of them are below today’s Istanbul. Today will be interesting with the building we will visit, the stories you will hear and secrets of underneath Istanbul
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Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Justinianus ruled almost 40 years and went through many difficulties. He had to deal plaques, riots, disasters but still ruled the empire with a big support and also able to build lots of structures all around the empire. You will start with the best one, Hagia Sophia and visit few more buildings that he built. Some of these are above ground, some of them are below today’s Istanbul. Today will be interesting with the building we will visit, the stories you will hear and secrets of underneath Istanbul
Itinerary
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Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
We will have an extended tour here including unsual stops and unheard stories of Hagia Sophia
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Stop At: Palatium Magnaura (The Great Palace (Magnaura Palace)), Cankurtaran, Kutlugün Sk. No:33, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
Time travel back to 6th century AD
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Great Palace Mosaics Museum, Arasta CarsIsI Sultanahmet Mahallesi, Istanbul Turkey
Palace mosaics from 6th century AD which are located under 17th century AD shops
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Eresin Hotels Sultanahmet Boutique Class, Küçük Ayasofya Mahallesi, Küçük Ayasofya Cd. No:40, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
This hotel visit will give us an idea about what was here before the Roman Palace
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Nakkas Oriental Rugs & Textiles, Nakilbent Sokak, No: 13, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
We will travel underneath modern Istanbul from here. Here, you will also enjoy beautiful exhibiton about Roman Hippodrome.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Küçük Ayasofya Mahallesi, Küçük Ayasofya Camii Sokagi, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
We will visit Little Hagia Sophia Mosque which was build as a church by Justinianus. Here we will talk about its special architecture and stories about young Justinianus
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Serefiye Sarnici, Binbirdirek Mh. Piyer Loti Cd. No: 2/1, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Another cistern from Roman era with a very good condition.
Duration: 20 minutes
