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Tour including all taxes, museum entrances,
transportation from and to hotels, professinal tourist
guides, lunch.
65 EUROS PER PERSON (free airport arrival shuttle) * Seraglio Point
* Princes' Islands Buyukada
* Horse Carriage Tour
* Ottoman summer villas
* Sea-side restaurants
Princes' Islands, Buyukada (Big Island), which served
as a place of exile for disgraced princes in days gone
by. Today it is a quiet sea front town and summer holiday
escape from the city. Leaving the Golden Horn you will
round Sarayburnu (Seraglio Point), the headland on which
the domes and minarets of Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia
and Blue Mosque can be seen. Upon arrival to the island,
you will see the lavish Ottoman mansions and other beautiful
Victorian summer villas around the island by horse-drawn
carriage tour - one of the islands only means of transport,
for motor-vehicles are strictly prohibited.
There are colorful fruit trees, beautiful gardens, wooded
areas and exotic flowers to be seen everywhere. Afterwards,
you can enjoy a delicious lunch in a cozy sea-side fish
restaurant and relax looking back at the domes and minarets
among skyscrapers of modern Istanbul's skyline.
This a perfect day for relaxing and enjoying one of Istanbul's
residents' favorite summer retreats. Return by ferry
and drop off to hotel or port. |