| Day 1 (Saturday /Sunday) |
Meet RFE team members at airport and drive home. Resting |
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| Day 2 |
Short Historical TUNNEL ride + Venetian Tower, Beyoglu istiklal Caddesi for old Istanbul and churches |
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| Day 3 |
Drive thru Golden Horn, Bulgarian Iron Church + Pier Loti Hill (café)+ Miniaturk / Rahmi Koc Museum |
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| Day 4 (Sultanahmet District) |
Blue Mosque - Grand Bazaar |
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| Day 5 (Sultanahmet District) |
Topkapi Palace + Spice market |
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| Day 6 (Sultanahmet District) |
Hagia Sophia + Cistern |
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| Day 7 |
spare time with host |
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| Day 8 |
Panaromic view of istanbul at Sapphire Tower, crossing continents from Europe to Asia via FSM Bridge , |
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Lunch at highest point in Istanbul Camlica and returning back from Asia to Europe via Bosphorus Bridge |
| Day 9 |
Dolmabahce Palace, Boat trip thru Boshporus, Sadberg Hanim Museum, Farewell dinner at Boshporus |
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| Day 10 |
Dropping host to meeting point for extended trip to Historical sites in Turkey or to airport flight to home |
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website info for main atractions |
| ISTANBUL LIVE CAMERA |
Turistik Kameralar - İstanbulu Seyret (ibb.gov.tr) |
| Blue Mosque |
http://www.bluemosque.org/p1.htm |
| Topkapi Palace Museum |
https://millisaraylar.gov.tr/en/palaces/topkapi-palace |
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Topkapı Palace - Wikipedia |
| Hagia Sophia |
Hagia Sophia - Wikipedia |
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Hagia Sophia - HISTORY |
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ISTANBUL-Ayasofya_ENG-31fb4363-9f0a-4ec2-a1e8-ee39c7db278f.pdf (muze.gen.tr) |
| Beyoglu District |
Fotoğraflarla Beyoğlu - Beyoğlu Belediyesi (beyoglu.bel.tr) |
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Tarihçe - Beyoğlu Belediyesi (beyoglu.bel.tr) |
| Tunnel |
İETT - Tunnel (iett.istanbul) |
| Dolmabahce |
Dolmabahçe Palace - Wikipedia |
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Dolmabahçe Palace | Millî Saraylar (millisaraylar.gov.tr) |
| Sadberg Hanim Museum |
http://www.sadberkhanimmuzesi.org.tr/default.asp?page=tarihce&hl=en |
| Pierre Loti |
Pierre Loti Kahvesi (eyupsultan.bel.tr) |
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| Grand Bazaar |
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul - Wikipedia |
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Kapalıçarşı | Kapalıçarşı Hakkında (kapalicarsi.com.tr) |
| Egyptian Bazaar |
Our History – Mısır Çarşısı (misircarsisi.org.tr) |
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Spice Bazaar - Wikipedia |
| Kariye Museum-church |
Chora Mosque | Muze Istanbul |
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Kariye Museum (Chora Church) | Istanbul, Turkey Attractions - Lonely Planet |
| Miniaturk |
Miniatürk (miniaturk.com.tr) |
| Cistern |
The Basilica Cistern (yerebatan.com) |
| Bulgarian Iron Church |
Bulgarian St. Stephen Church - Wikipedia |
| Rahmi Koc Museum |
İstanbul - Homepage (rmk-museum.org.tr) |
| Sapphire Panaromic tower |
İstanbul Sapphire Seyir Terası - YouTube |
| virtual tour for historical sites in Turkey |
https://www.ktb.gov.tr/?_dil=2 |
