Istanbul Trip Overview
Edirne is an incredible city that has 1,585 registered historical monuments, making it the second European city with the highest number of historical monuments per square meter after Florence in Italy. Edirne is the second capital of the Ottoman Empire after Bursa and before Istanbul.
Please note: Most popular places are listed on our itinerary, it is created with the maximum number of places that guests can see in a day, the flexible tour itinerary allows guests to spend their time at the places where they prefer to visit and to skip places they don’t want to see in Edirne.
Pick up at 08.00 from your place in Istanbul, drive to Edirne for a full day trip, arrive at Edirne around 10.30, the sightseeing tour will take around 4 hours + 1-hour lunch, and both way drive duration is 5 hours. Approximately it takes 10 hours a full-day tour of Edirne from Istanbul. It ends at 17.45 -18.00. End of the tour drive back to Istanbul and you will be dropped at your place.
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Edirne is an incredible city that has 1,585 registered historical monuments, making it the second European city with the highest number of historical monuments per square meter after Florence in Italy. Edirne is the second capital of the Ottoman Empire after Bursa and before Istanbul.
Please note: Most popular places are listed on our itinerary, it is created with the maximum number of places that guests can see in a day, the flexible tour itinerary allows guests to spend their time at the places where they prefer to visit and to skip places they don’t want to see in Edirne.
Pick up at 08.00 from your place in Istanbul, drive to Edirne for a full day trip, arrive at Edirne around 10.30, the sightseeing tour will take around 4 hours + 1-hour lunch, and both way drive duration is 5 hours. Approximately it takes 10 hours a full-day tour of Edirne from Istanbul. It ends at 17.45 -18.00. End of the tour drive back to Istanbul and you will be dropped at your place.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Selimiye Mosque, Babademirtas Street, Edirne 22020 Turkey
You will visit the biggest mosque of the Ottoman time in Edirne. The Selimiye mosque is a great work of the architect Sinan from the 15th century. The tour guide will toy a brief about this unique monument. if you want you can give a photo break in the Selimiye mosque.
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Eski Cami, Edirne Turkey
You will visit the historical Uc Minarelli unique to explore the history, your guide will inform you about the history of the Üç Minarelli Mosque and its current function if you want you can give a photo break. Or If you want! You can skip this place and visit another place list in the description or another place you want at the Edirne city center..
Stop At: Uc Serefeli Camii, Sabuni Mahallesi, Hukumet Cad., Edirne 22100 Turkey
Your guide will inform you about history of the Üç minareli Mosque and current function.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Grand Bazaar of Edirne, Saraclar Caddesi, Edirne Turkey
Ali Pasha Bazaar is the best bazaar in Edirne, recently located along pedestrianized Saraçlar Street, Ali Pasha Bazaar was erected in the years 1568-1569 by the famous architect Mimar Sinan. You can shop here.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Beyazid II Kulliyesi Health Museum, Edirne Turkey
You will visit 2. Sultan Beyazit Complexes accompanied by your guide, your guide will inform you about the history of the 2. Sultan Beyazit Complexes and its current function, if you want you can give a photo break. Or If you want! You can skip this place and visit another place list in the description or another place you want at the Edirne city center.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Edirne Buyuk Sinagogu, Dilaver Bey Mahallesi, Maarif Caddesi, Edirne 22100 Turkey
This is an optional place, if you don’t want to visit, you can skip it. Grand Synagogue of Edirne, aka Adrianople Synagogue is a historic Sephardi synagogue located in Maarif Street of Edirne, It was designed in the Moorish Revival style and restored in 2015.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Meric River Bridge, Edirne Turkey
You will visit Meriç bridge with your guide, It is the world’s best place to watch a sunset,(Sometimes there is no time to wait for sunset), if you want you can give a photo break.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bulgarian church of Sweti George, Tavukcu Sokak Off Kiyik Caddesi, Edirne Turkey
This is an optional place, if you don’t want to visit, you can skip it. Bulgarian Orthodox Church is a very unique design, close to the center, it doesn’t open every time, you may not see when you are there but if not possible to visit in, your guide will explain to you the history of it at the front side of the church.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Adalet Kasri Kulesi, Sarayici, Edirne 22100 Turkey
This is an optional place, if you don’t want to visit, you can skip it. Your guide will inform you about the history of the justice pavilion and its current function. Or If you want! You can skip this place and visit another place list in the description or another place you want at the Edirne city center.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: House of Bahá’u’lláh, 1. Murat, 2. Sk. No:0, 22030 Edirne Merkez/Edirne, Turkey
This is an optional place, if you don’t want to visit, you can skip it. Baha’i is a religion philosopher, the Baha’is believe he is the leader of Bahaism
Duration: 20 minutes
