MACERA TOUR
Mimar Mimar Aga Cad.
No : 43 Sultanahmet
Istanbul, TURKEY
Tel : +90 212 458 65 65
Fax : +90 212 458 65 70
info@maceratur.com
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Istanbul city tours
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1 :Bosphorous Cruise |
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Spice Bazaar: This covered
market is an attractive L-shaped building to the southwest
of the Yeni Cami. Its English name survives from the
time when the market specialized in the sale of spices
and herbs, as well as medicinal plants and drugs.
Boat Cruise on Bosphorus: The
Bosphorus - the waterway
between two continents -
is beautiful at any time,
day or night in any season.
On the way to the Black Sea,
you can see the finest and
richest examples of the Ottoman
houses and palaces on the
shores.
Rumeli
Fortress: In
1452, Mehmet II prepared
to besiege Constantinople
by constructing a fortress
at Rumeli Hisari. It took
less than four months to
build, thanks to 3000 laborers
and master masons assigned
to the task. Its crenellated
walls and round towers
are popular with photgraphers
and what you see from the
top of the walls is one
of the nicest view of the
Bosphorus. |
| Price: 35
Euros Includes:Guiding and entrance fees. |
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| Tour
2:Dolmabahce and Asia Tour |
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Dolmabahce Palace: This area was originally the bay
where the navy anchored in the early periods when the Ottomans
conquered Istanbul. Between 1611-1614, this bay had been
filled in and a timber building with a large garden called "the
Besiktas Palace" had been built with the order of Sultan
Ahmet I. The land of the Besiktas Palace, which had become
completely useless due to a fire, was chosen as the site
of the new palace by Sultan Abdulmecit I, since it was
by the sea side and close to the city center.
Bosphorus Bridge: Unique chance
to step from one continent (Europe) to
another (Asia) within few minutes. The
Ataturk Bridge carries 200.000 vehicles
and 600.000 people a day. It is the 4th
longest suspension bridges in the Europe
and 7th in the world.
Camlica
Hill: Camlica
Hill is one of the highest
point of the Bosphorus and
Istanbul. The Camlica Hill
has a wonderful panorama
including the Sea of Marmara,
the Bosphorus, Historical
Peninsula and islands. |
| Price:: 35 Euros
Includes:Guiding and entrance fees. |
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| Tour
2: Byzantine meets Ottoman Tour |
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Blue
Mosque: Its magnificent series of domes and semi-domes,
its six slender minarets sprouting from the corners of
the mosque, its spacious courtyard, and its grandiose
yet elegant proportions, make the Blue Mosque one of the
architectural marvels of the world.
Hippodrome and Obelisks: The
ancient Hippodrome, the scene of
chariot races and the center of
Byzantine civil life, stood in
the open space in front of the
Blue Mosque.
Haghia
Sophia
Museum: Haghia
Sophia
was built
at the
command
of Emperor
Justinian
in the
years
532 to
537.
The courtyard
of Haghia
Sophia
harbors
a number
of minor
but fascinating
Ottoman
structures.
Grand
Bazaar: The
Grand
Bazaar
was
built
at
the
command
of
Fatih
Mehmet
shortly
after
the
Conquest.
It
contains
4399
shops,
2195
workshops,
497
stalls
and
18
fountains. |
| Price: 60
Euros Includes:Guiding and entrance fees. |
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Topkapi Palace: As the administrative
center, for nearly 400 years, for the Ottoman Empire,
which was one of the greatest empires of the world,
Topkapi Palace is certainly the most important historical
site to be visited in Istanbul. In 1461,
less than ten years after the Conquest, Fatih Mehmet
ordered
the construction of Topkapi Sarayi a palace that
would be known as Dar-us Saadet, the "House of Felicity".
Topkapi Sarayi remained the seat of the Ottoman
Sultans until 1868, when Abdulmecit I moved to the
European-style
Dolmabahce Palace farther up the Bosphorus.
Suleymaniye Mosque: Suleymaniye
is without question one
of the greatest works of
its architect, Sinan. Begun
in 1550, the mosque was
completed in 1557, with
two more years required
in order to finish the
entire complex. |
| Price: 30 Euros Includes:Guiding
and entrance fees. |
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| Tour
4: Bosphorous and 2 Continents Tour |
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Depart from your hotel in the morning
on a full day tour visiting the scents of the Spice
Bazaar, a Boat Cruise on the Bosphorus with a visit
to the Rumeli Fortress. After a break for lunch, depart
once again for a visit to the Dolmabahce Palace, Bosphorus
Bridge and Camlica Hill. After the tour, transfer back
to your hotel. |
| Price: 70
EurosIncludes:Guiding, lunch and entrance fees. |
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| Tour 5
: Byzantine and Ottoman Relics Tour |
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Depart from your hotel in the morning on a full day tour
visiting the magesty of the Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome
and Obelisks and the magnificence of the Haghia Sophia.
Also a visit to the maze that is the Grand Bazaar before
a break for lunch.
After lunch continue on our journey to the Topkapi Palace
and Suleymaniye Mosque. After the tour, transfer back to
your hotel.
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| Price: 60 Euros
Includes:Guiding, lunch and entrance fees. |
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| Tour
6 : Chora Church and City Walls Tour |
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Chora Museum: The mosaics and frescoes in St. Savior
are by far the most important works of Byzantine pictorial
art known today, in terms of both their beauty and their
number. It is fascinating to realize that they are coeval
with the frescoes of Giotto in Italy. And while different
in certain particulars, they nonetheless appear to radiate
the same sense of living, breathing reality so characteristic
of the Early Renaissance.
The Eyup Quarter: Eyup quarter
and mosques take their name from Eyup
Ensari, the companion and standard-bearer
of the Prophet Mohammed killed during
the first siege of Constantinople.
Ancient
City Walls: The
land walls, for the most
part, date from the reign
of Emperor Theodosius II
(408-450). The initial phase
of construction, which produced
one long high wall punctuated
at regular intervals by some
hundred bastions of defense
towers, was completed in
413 under the supervision
of Anthemius Perfect of the
Eastern Empire.
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| Price: 60 Euros Includes:Guiding
and entrance fees. |
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| Tour
7 : Princes' Island Cruise |
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Depart from you hotel in the morning
for a Cruise on Marmara Sea. Travel on to
Buyuk Ada Island: The
Island is in the Sea of Marmara,
twenty kilometers from the
historic peninsula. This
popular summer resort with
its sandy beaches and pinewood
scenery, was once the pleasure
island of the Byzantine Princes'.
Enjoy a ride on a Horse Drawn Carriage and then sit back
and relax for a while during the break for lunch. Afer lunch,
return to Istanbul by cruise.
Lunch is included in the tour as well as transfer back to
your hotel. |
| Price: 70 Euros Includes:Lunch
and entrance fees. |
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Please note:
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Haghia Sophia is closed on Mondays
and will be replaced by the Underground Cistern.
The Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays.
Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and will be replaced
with the Turkish and Islamic Art Museum.
Chora Church Tour - Departure Thursday
and Saturday
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