Istanbul Old City: Basilica Cistern - Blue Mosque - Grand Bazaar

Itinerary 1 itinerary

Day 1

Meet at meeting point: Foodie-ist Cafe and Brasserie Meet your guide outside 'FOODIE-IST CAFE AND BRASSERIE,' just a 2-minute walk from the (T1) Sultanahmet tram stop. Your guide, easily identifiable by their tour guide badge, will be waiting for you at the cafe entrance.
Attractions and Activities: Basilica Cistern (Ticket included) Largest of several hundred ancient Byzantine cisterns built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565). Huge underground Roman water source held up with 336 marble columns covering 9,800 sq. meters. 30 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: The Blue Mosque (Free entry) A popular tourist site, sits next to the Hagia Sophia, and continues to function as a mosque today. The Blue Mosque, as it is popularly known, was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque's interior walls. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes with traditional Ottoman architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. 30 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Hippodrome (At Meydani) (Free entry) The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople. Today it is a square with a few fragments of the original structure surviving. Monuments decorating the Hippodrome include the 3500-year-old Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column... 20 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Sultanahmet Square (Free entry) This beautiful square and a great place to make a stop, relax and take photos of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Hagia Sophia (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) The Church of Divine Wisdom, a fifteen hundred years old splendid monument, is a must see in Istanbul, built to be the world's largest place of worship by Emperor Justinian in 532 AD.
Attractions and Activities: Grand Bazaar (Free entry) Grand Covered Bazaar 15 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Historic Areas of Istanbul (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) The historical city of Istanbul, the only city in the world located on two continents, was the capital of three great empires; Roman, Byzantine and the Ottoman Empire.


*Itinerary times are in the local time of the place of visit and may be subject to changes due to weather conditions, road conditions, and other factors. We appreciate your understanding.